Free tools & explainers
A small, growing library of free interactive tools. No account, nothing sent anywhere — every figure computes in your browser on published 2026/27 rates, the same engine behind the paid product. Made to be shared, and to be checked.
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The same £100,000, earned five ways. A public-sector job pays 20%; the person who employs four people pays over 40%. The system taxes risk hardest.
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VAT, fuel duty, alcohol and tobacco, insurance premium tax, air passenger duty. The average household pays around £7,000 a year with no bill attached. Estimate yours.
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The 60% marginal band no rate table prints, the childcare cliff that makes it worse, and the pension move that undoes both.
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Set your salary and dividend. See the total tax — income tax, National Insurance, dividend tax and the corporation tax already paid inside the company — and what actually reaches you.
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Most owners never realise it: a pound of company profit is taxed harder than a pound of salary — 53% vs 42% in the higher band. See the anomaly at every income.
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Frozen thresholds quietly raise your tax every year with no announced rate change. See the total that fiscal drag has cost you since 2021.
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UK workers are taxed below the OECD average. UK company owners are taxed near the top of the developed world. The same country, two very different stories.
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The 35%-of-GDP figure hides the pension bill Britain collects privately. Count it, and with the burden heading for 43% by 2030, the UK sits near the top of Europe.
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The top 1% pay 28.5% of all income tax; the top 10% pay 60%. A progressive system — and an unusually fragile one.
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Your income tax and NI, itemised into what it buys — the NHS, pensions, debt interest, defence. The receipt the state never sends.