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Free tools and references for UK limited companies and their directors, grouped by what you need to do. Every figure is worked to the penny with the calculation shown.
Paying yourself
For company directors deciding how much to take out of the company, and how.
Director take-home calculator
Enter your company's expected profit and see the most tax-efficient way to pay yourself in 2026/27, with every step of the working shown.
Open the calculator → CalculatorDividend tax calculator
Your 2026/27 dividend tax band by band at the new rates, how much more you can take before the higher rate, and exactly when the bill is due.
Open the calculator → CalculatorPension vs dividends for directors
Company profit into your pension, or dividends invested yourself? See what each grows to after every tax, year by year.
Open the calculator → CalculatorSalary take-home calculator
Gross to net for 2026/27 with pension, student loan and National Insurance, plus what a salary really costs an employer.
Open the calculator →Starting a company
For anyone setting up a limited company, or deciding whether to.
Sole trader vs limited company
Would you keep more as a sole trader or through a company in 2026/27? Enter your profit and what you need to live on, and see both side by side.
Open the calculator → CalculatorFirst-year deadlines for new companies
Enter your incorporation date and get every first-year deadline worked out, then download them all to your calendar.
Open the calculator →Reference and planning
Rates, dates and general tools, updated for 2026/27.
UK tax rates 2026/27
Income Tax, National Insurance, dividends, Corporation Tax, VAT and capital gains, sourced from HMRC.
See the rates → ReferenceKey dates and deadlines
Every HMRC and Companies House deadline in one place, with a year-at-a-glance timeline.
See the dates → CalculatorWhere do my taxes go?
See how your 2026/27 Income Tax and National Insurance is spent, in an interactive chart, using the latest published spending split (2024/25).
Open the calculator → CalculatorCompound interest calculator
How your savings grow with interest on interest, including tax on interest, rising deposits and inflation.
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