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Join us LIVE as our experts explain what this week's National Insurance changes mean for you

Join us tomorrow (July 8) at 1pm live on the Daily Mirror Facebook page

Millions of workers will be better off due to National Insurance (NI) changes that came in earlier this week.

These will affect 30million workers and mean they get to keep an extra £6billion of their wages.

This is because the Government is changing how much you can earn before paying NI.

The idea of the NI cut is to help Brits with the cost of living crisis.

The changes mean some two million low-income workers will pay no NI at all - while millions more will see their tax bill reduced.

But the changes aren't good for everyone, and can also affect how much State Pension you get.

But higher earners will end up paying more, and the changes might also affect your State Pension and Universal Credit claims.

David Denton, technical consultant at financial firm Quilter, will be joined by Mirror Money reporter Sam Barker tomorrow at 1pm to run through everything you need to know.

You can ask us a question during the live broadcast, or drop us a line now at: mirror.money.saving@mirror.co.uk.

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What is National Insurance?

NI is a tax on earnings, paid by both employed and self-employed workers.

This cash goes into a pot of money used to fund state benefits.

You pay NI if you’re 16 or over and are either an employee earning above £190 a week, or self-employed and making a profit of £6,725 or more a year.

Once you reach State Pension age, you no longer need to keep paying NI.

Got a cost of living question that our money experts could help solve? Email us at mirror.money.saving@mirror.co.uk

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How is National Insurance changing?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is raising the amount you can earn before paying NI from £9,880 a year to £12,750 from July 6.

That means you will only pay 13.25% NI on your earnings that are between £12,570 and £50,270 a year.

The Government says this tax cut will save anyone who earns more than £12,750 around £330 a year - but this varies.

It will also lift 2.2million ­people on low salaries out of paying ­NI completely.

How much money will the National Insurance changes save me?

Last month the Government launched a calculator that claims to show how much of your wage you'll keep - or pay - once NI changes kick in.

The calculator uses your salary information to give you an idea how much you'll save if they pay tax through PAYE.

The Government claims the average worker will be £330 better off under the changes.

However, according to its own NI calculator, someone on the average UK salary of £31,447 a year would be just £184 better off - and you'd need to be earning around £15,500 to save £330.

Not only this, but the calculator only compares what you'd save after July 6 compared to just before it.

That means it does not factor in big increases to NI payments from April 2022 that hit all people earning more than £9,880 a year - or £12,750 from July 6.

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