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