Tax
← HomeTax is where sensible people quietly lose, or keep, thousands. We track the UK rules as they change and translate them into legal, practical moves. Figures reflect the 2026/27 tax year.
Tax · Bonuses
How Your Bonus Is Actually Taxed
There is no bonus tax, just your marginal rate plus NI, and a band where £10,000 leaves you £4,800. What you keep, and how to keep all of it.
Tax · Allowances
Marriage Allowance and the Small Tax Wins People Miss
£252 a year, backdatable four years to £1,260, and it takes ten minutes. Plus the trading, property and savings allowances that go unclaimed.
Tax · Families
The Child Benefit Charge Costs More Than You Think
Between £60,000 and £80,000 the charge claws back 1% of your award for every £200 earned, and with two children that is a marginal rate few people see coming.
Compound Research
The Small Pension Pots Loophole Costs Most at £100,000
Taking three £10,000 pots is described as free money. The effective rate peaks at 45% at £100,000, higher than at £150,000.
Pay · Reference
What the Average UK Salary Actually Takes Home
Median full-time pay, run through income tax, National Insurance and a student loan, so the headline figure becomes the number that lands in an account.
Tax · Professions
Headteacher Take-Home Pay Across the Full Range
The headteacher pay range spans nearly £90,000 of gross salary. The effective tax rate at the bottom of it can be higher than at the top.
Tax · Professions
NHS Consultant Take-Home Pay, and the 60% Trap on Three of Five Pay Points
Three of the five consultant pay thresholds in England sit inside the personal allowance taper.
Tax
Corporation Tax Has a 26.5% Rate That Is Higher Than Its Top Rate
Between £50,000 and £250,000 of profit, every extra pound is taxed at 26.5%. Above...
Tax
The £12,570 Rule Is Right for Some Companies and Costs Others £3,000 a Year
Every guide tells company directors to take the personal allowance as salary and the rest as dividends....
Tax · Scotland
Scotland's Hidden 48% Band: Why the Top Rate Really Starts at £116,760
The advertised start is £125,140. Over £100,000 it begins nearly £8,400 earlier.
Tax · Pensions
Salary Sacrifice: the Higher Earner's Most Underused Move
One tick on an HR form can cut your income tax and your National Insurance in the same stroke, and quietly hand back benefits you
Compound Research
Which UK Professions Sit Inside the Tax Traps?
Published NHS and teaching pay scales mapped onto the 2026/27 bands. Three consultant thresholds sit in the 60% trap.
Compound Research
UK Marginal Tax Rates 2026/27: When 60% Becomes 77%
Every UK marginal rate mapped for 2026/27: how the taper, Child Benefit charge and student loans compound.
Tax · Higher Earners
The 60% Tax Trap Between £100k and £125k, and the Legal Way Out
The harshest marginal rate in the system, and the pension move that escapes it.
Tax
2026/27 Tax Thresholds Are Still Frozen, Here's What the Freeze Quietly Costs You
Fiscal drag: the stealthiest tax rise there is, and how to soften it.
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