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11 December 2025 · 6 min read · calculatemysalary.co.uk Editorial Team

Dividend Tax Rising in April 2026: Savings Tax Follows in 2027

Dividend tax rates rise by 2 percentage points from April 2026. Savings and property income tax increases follow a year later in April 2027. Here are the new rates and how to plan.

4 December 2025 · 6 min read · calculatemysalary.co.uk Editorial Team

Frozen Tax Thresholds Until 2031: How Fiscal Drag Quietly Shrinks Your Pay

UK income tax and NI thresholds are now frozen until 2031. Learn what fiscal drag is, how much it could cost you each year, and what steps you can take to protect your take-home pay.

27 November 2025 · 7 min read · calculatemysalary.co.uk Editorial Team

Autumn Budget 2025: What It Means for Your Take-Home Pay

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Autumn Budget on 26 November 2025. Here is what the key tax, National Insurance, and spending changes mean for your salary and take-home pay.

11 November 2025 · 8 min read · calculatemysalary.co.uk Editorial Team

UK Bonus, RSU Vesting, and Tax: Sell-to-Cover versus Hold: An Illustration

How UK bonuses and RSUs are taxed at vesting, the trade-offs between sell-to-cover and holding, timing tips, and practical worked examples.

4 November 2025 · 9 min read · calculatemysalary.co.uk Editorial Team

Open Enrolment Benefits UK: How to Choose the Right Options

Understand UK open enrolment benefits, compare schemes for EVs and bikes, weigh up private medical insurance, and see how these choices affect your tax and take-home pay for 2025/26.

28 October 2025 · 7 min read · calculatemysalary.co.uk Editorial Team

Minimum Wage vs Real Living Wage UK: Rates & Shift-Pattern Impact

Understand the difference between the legal minimum wage and the voluntary Real Living Wage in the UK, how the 2025–26 rates work, and what they mean for your payslip if you work shifts or part-time.