Limited Company Guide

About LimitedCompanyTaxCalculator.co.uk

LimitedCompanyTaxCalculator.co.uk is a free planning tool for UK limited company directors, owner-managers and contractors. It estimates corporation tax, director salary, employer NI, dividends, retained profit and personal take-home based on published HMRC rates for the current tax year.

Updated 2026/27 · LimitedCompanyTaxCalculator.co.uk · Editorial standards · Methodology

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1. Purpose and audience
2. Editorial standards and review
3. Part of an independent UK calculator network

Purpose and audience

The site is built for directors and owner-managers who need a reliable estimate of their company and personal tax position, without having to run a spreadsheet or wait for a quarterly call with an accountant.

Most useful for: directors deciding on salary and dividend mix; contractors modelling day-rate income through a limited company; sole traders considering incorporation and wanting a company-side baseline; and anyone planning pension contributions or retained profit strategy.

This site is not an accounting or filing tool. It produces estimates based on a simplified model and published rates. For company tax returns, remuneration policy or high-stakes extraction decisions, a qualified accountant is the right resource.

Editorial standards and review

Content on this site is written by the editorial team and reviewed against published GOV.UK and HMRC guidance. Corporation tax rates, dividend tax rates, NI thresholds and other assumptions are reviewed and updated at each Budget and at the start of each new tax year.

Where a rate or threshold may have changed since our last update, source links to the relevant GOV.UK pages are provided. Last updated: May 2026.

Part of an independent UK calculator network

This site is part of an independent network of UK finance calculators. For a sole trader baseline, use SoleTraderTaxCalculator.co.uk. For PAYE salary, use AfterTaxSalary.co.uk. For employer payroll costs, use EmployerCalculator.co.uk.

The sites are designed to work together: compare company and sole trader structures by running the same profit assumption through both the limited company and sole trader calculators.

Use the calculator

Estimate your limited company tax

The limited company tax calculator turns this guidance into a concrete estimate for corporation tax, dividends and personal take-home, based on 2026/27 HMRC rates.

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