Updated for tax year 2025/26

UK pay, pension & family-finance calculators.

Your numbers, with HMRC's rules, in plain English. Free and ad-light.

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Every calculator runs your numbers against the live 2025/26 HMRC rates and shows the working, not just the answer.

Family

Tax-Free Childcare calculator

See the government top-up on your childcare, up to £2,000 per child.

Pay

Take-home pay calculator

PAYE income tax, National Insurance and take-home pay for 2025/26.

Pension

Salary sacrifice calculator

How much salary-sacrifice pension saves you in tax and NI.

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Pension

Pension drawdown calculator

Estimate the tax on withdrawing from your pension pot.

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Pay

Student loan repayment calculator

Plan 1, 2, 4, 5 and postgraduate repayments for 2025/26.

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Pay

Bonus tax calculator

How much of your bonus you keep after tax and NI.

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The rules · 2025/26

UK income tax & NI at a glance

England, Wales & Northern Ireland bands. Scotland uses six bands, shown in the take-home calculator.

Personal Allowance £12,570 · tapered above £100,000
Up to £37,700 (Basic)20%
£37,701 to £125,140 (Higher)40%
Over £125,140 (Additional)45%
National Insurance is 8% on earnings between £12,570 and £50,270, then 2% above. Watch the roughly 60% marginal trap between £100,000 and £125,140 as the Personal Allowance is withdrawn.