Tax & Company calculators

VAT, Corporation Tax and the tax side of how you pay yourself, using 2026/27 UK rates.

What these calculators help with

These calculators handle the tax questions most limited company directors and sole traders run into: how much VAT to charge or strip out, what Corporation Tax a profit figure creates once Marginal Relief is taken into account, and how much of the money actually reaches your bank account depending on how you take it. Statutory rates are held centrally and versioned by tax year, so the same page keeps working as rates change.

Who they are for

Written for sole traders, first-time company directors and small limited companies without an in-house finance team. You do not need to know the terminology in advance — each page explains terms such as taxable turnover, Marginal Relief and the Dividend Allowance in plain English before it uses them.

How they fit together

They follow the order most people meet them in: charge or strip out VAT on a sale, check whether rolling turnover has reached the registration threshold, work out Corporation Tax on the profit that remains, then decide how to take that profit as salary, dividends, or a mixture. The sole trader versus limited company comparison sits alongside them for anyone still deciding on a structure, and the CIS calculator covers construction payments where deductions are taken at source.

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