Salary and tax calculators
Work out take-home pay, the tax on a company car and what a redundancy package is worth after tax, for the 2026/27 tax year.
- Take-home pay calculator Enter your salary to see exactly what reaches your bank account, and how each deduction was worked out.
- Scottish take-home pay calculator Scotland sets its own income tax rates. See what you keep, and exactly how much more or less that is than the rest of the UK.
- Redundancy pay calculator Your statutory entitlement, and then the part gov.uk's own calculator leaves out: how much tax comes off the package.
- Company car tax calculator Work out the benefit in kind on a company car, what it costs you each month, and what it costs your employer.
Guides
- UK income tax rates and thresholds for 2026/27 Every income tax rate, band and allowance for the 2026/27 tax year, for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, with National Insurance and dividend rates.
- Scottish income tax compared with the rest of the UK How Scotland’s six income tax bands compare with the three used elsewhere in the UK in 2026/27, and at what salary a Scottish taxpayer starts paying more.
- Student loan repayment thresholds for 2026/27 The 2026/27 repayment threshold and rate for every UK student loan plan, which plan you are on, and how a postgraduate loan stacks on top of an undergraduate one.
- Salary sacrifice, and what changes in 2029 How pension salary sacrifice saves National Insurance as well as income tax, how it differs from net pay and relief at source, and the £2,000 cap announced for April 2029.
- The £100,000 tax trap Why earnings between £100,000 and £125,140 are effectively taxed at 60%, how the personal allowance taper causes it, and how a pension contribution escapes it.
- Is redundancy pay taxable? The £30,000 exemption covers redundancy pay but not notice pay or holiday pay, and it is one £30,000 across the whole package — not per payment.
Other calculators
- Property tax calculators — Stamp duty across England, Scotland and Wales, plus Capital Gains Tax when you sell a property that is not your main home.
- Mortgage calculators — See what overpaying saves you and how much you could realistically borrow, with the assumptions shown rather than hidden.
- Business tax calculators — Compare trading as a sole trader with running a limited company, and check whether the VAT Flat Rate Scheme is worth joining.