Tool
The split that keeps the most.
Drag your company’s profit and see the salary and dividends that leave the most in your hand, with the working under every line.
Or see what it would cost, in a minuteYour split
nothing you enter is kept
Your company’s profit this year,
before you are paid anything
How much of it do you take?
What you need in your hand
for the year, after tax
This assumes
- One director, who owns the company and is the only person it pays.
- No other income this year, and no pension paid by the company.
- Every pound the company can pay out is taken.
Your split
Not worked out yet
Drag the profit, or type it, and the salary and dividends that keep the most appear here, with the working under every line.
Worked from the published rates for 2026 to 2027, for a taxpayer in England, Wales or Northern Ireland with no other income. It is an estimate to start a conversation, not advice: we confirm the figures with you before anything is done. Nothing you enter here is kept or sent anywhere.
Rates checked by Jonathan Dennis on 12 November 2026.
- Income Tax rates and Personal Allowances (GOV.UK)
- Tax on dividends (GOV.UK)
- Rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027 (GOV.UK)
- Self-employed National Insurance rates (GOV.UK)
- Corporation Tax rates and allowances (GOV.UK)