Director take-home calculator 2026/27

Enter your company's expected profit before you pay yourself. We compare the standard salary-plus-dividends route with taking everything as salary, and show every line of the working.

£60,000
Assumptions
  • Tax year 2026/27, England, Wales and Northern Ireland rates.
  • Single director with no other income and no Employment Allowance.
  • All profit after tax is taken out of the company in the year.
  • Ignores pensions, student loans, the child benefit charge and other reliefs.
  • Figures rounded to the nearest pound. Illustrative, not advice.

Route A · usually best

£12,570 salary + dividends

£0

in your pocket

Salary
£0
Dividends
£0
Employer NI
£0
Corporation tax
£0
Dividend tax
£0
Income tax on salary
£0
Total tax paid
£0

Route B · for comparison

Everything as salary

£0

in your pocket

Gross salary
£0
Employer NI
£0
Income tax
£0
Employee NI
£0
Corporation tax
£0
Total tax paid
£0
£0
more in your pocket with Route A on the same profit
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