Tax on Bonus UK (2026/27): Per-Amount Worked Examples
Per-amount worked tax calculations for the most common UK bonus sizes in 2026/27. Each page shows how the bonus is taxed across 4 different base-salary stack levels: basic-rate (£30k base), just-under-higher (£50k base), higher-rate (£75k base), and £100k PA-taper zone (£110k base). The bonus stacks on top of your existing salary at the marginal rate - there is no special "bonus tax rate" in the UK.
Popular bonus amounts
- Tax on £1,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £2,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £3,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £5,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £7,500 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £10,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £15,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £20,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £25,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £50,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels
- Tax on £100,000 bonus Worked across 4 base-salary levels