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Updated for 2026/27 tax year — confirmed HMRC rates

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Free, accurate IR35 calculators and tax tools for UK contractors. No fluff. No registration. No guesswork. Just the numbers — using confirmed 2026/27 HMRC rates.
£20K+
Typical annual difference between inside and outside IR35 at £500/day
50+
Profession-specific calculators pre-loaded with typical day rates
700K
UK contractors currently working via umbrella companies
Apr 26
Date umbrella reforms went live — affecting every inside IR35 contractor

The Tools

All free — all 2026/27
Most Used
IR35 Take-Home Calculator
Outside IR35 (Ltd company) vs Inside IR35 (umbrella) — side by side. Enter your day rate and see the full breakdown: corp tax, dividends, NI, income tax, and effective rate.
2026/27 · England, Wales & Scotland · Ltd vs Umbrella
New Thresholds
Small Company Checker
Does your client qualify as small — and who determines your IR35 status? Uses the updated April 2025 thresholds: £15M turnover, £7.5M balance sheet, 50 employees.
2026/27 · 5-question flow · Instant verdict
Ltd Directors
Dividend & Salary Optimiser
Find the most tax-efficient salary for your Ltd company profit level. Compares £0, £5k, £12,570 and £50,270 strategies side by side with live take-home figures.
2026/27 · Corp tax · Dividend tax · Marginal relief
April 2026 — Live
Umbrella Reforms Explained
The biggest change to umbrella contracting in years. Agencies are now jointly liable for PAYE failures. What it means for your pay, your choices, and what to watch out for.
In force 6 April 2026 · Joint liability · Supply chain
50+ Professions
Calculators by Profession
IT contractor, locum doctor, SAP consultant, interim CFO, civil engineer — each calculator pre-loaded with your profession's typical day rate and working pattern.
50 professions · Pre-populated · 2026/27 rates
Guides
IR35 Guides & Explainers
Plain-English guides to IR35 status tests, the small company exemption, umbrella red flags, and how to challenge a status determination. No jargon, no upsells.
Updated 2026 · Practitioner-reviewed

Why
accurate
matters.

01

Most calculators use the wrong rates

Plenty of IR35 tools are still running 2024/25 or 2025/26 figures. Employer NI changed in April 2025 (13.8% → 15%), the secondary threshold dropped to £5,000, and the small company thresholds changed again in April 2026. All our tools use confirmed current-year rates.

02

The difference is real money

At a £500/day rate over 220 days, the gap between outside IR35 (Ltd, £5k salary, dividends) and inside IR35 (umbrella) is typically £18,000–£24,000 per year. At £700/day, it's £28,000–£38,000. These are not rounding errors — they're life decisions.

03

The rules keep changing

IR35 has had significant changes in 2017, 2021, 2024, 2025, and 2026. More are coming — umbrella full regulation is expected in 2027. We update every tool when HMRC confirms new rates or thresholds, not when we remember to.

04

No registration. No data. No nonsense.

Everything runs in your browser. We don't log your inputs, we don't ask for your email, and we don't sell your data. The tools are free because we earn a small affiliate fee if you choose to contact an accountant or insurer we recommend — and only then.

Calculators by Profession

50 professions