Director is employee of company, does he/she is also classed as self employed and does he/she have to pay class 2 NI
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If the director has additional self employment, then he/she will have to pay Class 2 NI, unless taxable profits of the self employment are below the threshhold.
If no additional self-employment, then class 2 NI does not apply.
No
Salary to an employee is subject to Class 1 NIC.
Of course, being an employee doesn't exempt a director from Class 2 NIC, so if he is doing other things he would also need to consider whether he is "self-employed" by virtue of those activities.
They certainly won't be classed as self-employed solely by virtue of being a director.
If you are in doubt as to whether his work for the company makes him an "employee" or "self-employed" you should consider seeking professional advice but normally a director would be an employee and you won't get any argument from HMRC if treating them as such.