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Press kit for salarytax.uk - sourced facts on UK tax 2026/27, free embeddable calculator widgets and contact details for journalist queries.

Copy-paste-ready facts, quotable assertions, free embed widgets and contact information for journalists, bloggers, and citation requests.

Site at a glance

salarytax.uk is a free UK personal tax calculator and reference site covering the 2026/27 tax year. It provides take-home calculations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, factoring in Income Tax (including Scottish bands), Class 1/4 National Insurance, Student Loan repayment plans (1/2/4/5 and Postgraduate), workplace pension contributions, salary sacrifice, the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC), and dividend taxation.

Beyond the headline calculator, the site includes 50+ calculators for specific scenarios (Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax, Stamp Duty, contractor inside/outside IR35, maternity pay, redundancy), 100+ explainer guides built on cited HMRC and ONS sources, and per-profession landing pages with ASHE-grounded salary ranges.

Key facts

Domain	salarytax.uk
Launched	April 2026
Calculators	63
Guides published	100+
Tax year covered	2026/27, with 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 selectable
Regional coverage	England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Data sources	HMRC, gov.uk, ONS ASHE, devolved-government statistics
Tracking	Google Analytics 4 in Consent Mode advanced mode: the tag loads for every visitor with analytics and ad storage denied by default, so no analytics cookie is set unless you accept. Sentry error monitoring. No advertising trackers.
Tech stack	Astro SSG, vanilla TypeScript, served via nginx

Pre-vetted quotable facts

Each fact below was checked against the gov.uk page linked under it, and the rates are read from the same rulesets the calculators use. Rates change every April, so check the linked source before publishing. Attribute to "salarytax.uk" or "the maintainer of salarytax.uk".

The Personal Allowance has been £12,570 since April 2021 and is legislated to stay at that level until 5 April 2031, after the Autumn Budget 2025 extended the freeze.
Source: gov.uk: Maintaining Income Tax and equivalent National Insurance contributions thresholds until 5 April 2031
From 30 October 2024, the main Capital Gains Tax rates on gains other than residential property rose from 10% and 20% to 18% and 24%, the same as the residential property rates.
Source: gov.uk: Capital Gains Tax rates and allowances
The High Income Child Benefit Charge starts at £60,000 of adjusted net income and recovers 1% of the Child Benefit for every £200 above it, so the whole benefit is repaid at £80,000 (thresholds in force since April 2024).
Source: gov.uk: High Income Child Benefit Charge
Statutory Maternity Pay for 2026/27 is 90% of average weekly earnings, with no cap, for the first 6 weeks, then £194.32 a week or 90% of average weekly earnings, whichever is lower, for the next 33 weeks.
Source: gov.uk: Maternity pay and leave - pay
Business Asset Disposal Relief taxes qualifying gains at 18% for disposals from 6 April 2026, up from 14% for disposals between 6 April 2025 and 5 April 2026, and 10% on or before 5 April 2025.
Source: gov.uk: Business Asset Disposal Relief
Investors' Relief: the Autumn Budget 2024 cut the lifetime limit from £10 million to £1 million for qualifying disposals on or after 30 October 2024. Its rate matches Business Asset Disposal Relief: 14% in 2025/26 and 18% in 2026/27.
Source: gov.uk: Capital Gains Tax: Investors' Relief lifetime limit reduction; Capital Gains Tax rates and allowances
From April 2026 the dividend ordinary rate rose from 8.75% to 10.75% and the upper rate from 33.75% to 35.75%; the additional rate stayed at 39.35%.
Source: gov.uk: Changes to tax rates for property, savings and dividend income

Free embed widgets

No attribution required; a credit link to salarytax.uk is appreciated but not enforced. Both embeds are responsive, CSP-friendly, and load lazily.

Full-size embed (640px tall)

<iframe src="https://salarytax.uk/embed/salary-calculator" width="100%" height="640" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" title="UK Salary Calculator"></iframe>

Compact embed (480px tall)

<iframe src="https://salarytax.uk/embed/salary-calculator-compact" width="100%" height="480" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" title="UK Salary Calculator"></iframe>

Methodology + sources

Every rate, threshold and rule cited on the site links inline to the source. The full data provenance index is at /methodology. Underlying ruleset files are versioned per tax year.

Contact

For journalist queries, embed support, citation requests, or pre-computed scenario figures (e.g. "what does the Autumn Statement mean for a Band 6 NHS nurse"), see the contact details at /about.

What we will not provide

Personal financial advice (the site is informational, not regulated under FCA).
Endorsements of specific financial products or services.
Promotional placements paid or otherwise.
Affiliate-linked content.