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UK Income Tax Calculator

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United Kingdom·Income tax

Take-home pay (a year)

£45,357

£3,780 a month

Take-home 76%Tax 24%
Income tax
£11,432
National Insurance
£3,211
Total tax
£14,643
Average rate 24.4%Marginal rate 42%

England, Wales & Northern Ireland rates by default — pass region "SCT" for a Scottish taxpayer, whose non-savings, non-dividend income is taxed at the Scottish rates and bands instead (the personal allowance and National Insurance stay UK-wide). Personal allowance tapers above £100,000. Excludes student-loan repayments and the separate dividend/savings rates. Indicative only — general information, not tax advice.

Source:HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)· verified Aug 2026
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UK income tax bands (2026-27)

Everyone gets a £12,570 personal allowance that is tax-free (it tapers away above £100,000). Income above the allowance is taxed at 20% up to £37,700 of taxable income, 40% to £125,140, then 45% above — plus employee National Insurance at 8% from £12,570 to £50,270 and 2% above.

Taxable income (after allowance)Tax rate
£0 – £37,70020%
£37,701 – £125,14040%
£125,141+45%

England, Wales & Northern Ireland rates, 2026-27 — Scotland sets its own bands. Bands are shown on taxable income (after the £12,570 personal allowance). General information, not tax advice.

UK income tax — common questions

What is the personal allowance in the UK?

For most people the first £12,570 of income is tax-free — the personal allowance. It is reduced by £1 for every £2 you earn over £100,000, and disappears entirely at £125,140.

How much tax do I pay on £60,000 in the UK?

On a £60,000 salary in 2026-27 you would pay about £11,432 in income tax plus £3,211 in National Insurance — roughly £14,643 in total, leaving about £45,357 take-home.

Does this include National Insurance?

Yes — employee Class 1 National Insurance is included (8% between £12,570 and £50,270, then 2% above). It excludes student-loan repayments and the separate dividend and savings rates.

Does this work for Scotland?

These are the England, Wales and Northern Ireland rates and bands. Scotland sets its own income-tax bands, so a Scottish taxpayer’s income tax differs — National Insurance is the same UK-wide.

Is this UK take-home calculator free?

Yes — completely free, no sign-up. Fin works out your income tax, National Insurance and take-home pay instantly.

Did you know?

In a 1991 tribunal, McVitie's defended Jaffa Cakes as cakes (not chocolate biscuits) by baking a giant 12-inch Jaffa Cake and arguing that cakes go hard when stale while biscuits go soft.

VAT is charged on chocolate-covered biscuits but cakes of any kind are zero-rated; the tribunal ruled Jaffa Cakes had 'sufficient characteristics of cakes' and kept them tax-free, making it Britain's most famous tax-classification case.

Source: Wikipedia - Jaffa Cakes ↗

HMRC treats a gingerbread man with chocolate eyes as tax-free, but add chocolate trousers or buttons and it becomes 20% more expensive.

HMRC's official VAT Food manual lists 'gingerbread men with chocolate eyes' among items not considered wholly or partly chocolate-covered (so zero-rated); a biscuit figure with further chocolate decoration is partly covered and becomes standard-rated confectionery.

Source: GOV.UK - HMRC VAT Food manual VFOOD6240 ↗
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