Model a limited company salary and dividend scenario with Corporation Tax and dividend tax caveats.
Use this director salary and dividend calculator to model one limited-company extraction scenario: company profit before salary, salary, Corporation Tax and dividends. It is not an optimum salary recommendation and should not replace company accounts, payroll records or accountant advice.
This compares the entered scenario only. It does not recommend a salary/dividend mix, decide dividend legality or confirm HMRC treatment.
| Profit after salary | £87,430 |
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| Post-Corporation Tax profit | £68,011 |
| Dividends modelled | £50,000 |
| Corporation Tax band | marginal relief zone |
| Dividend availability | Within modelled post-tax profit |
Use this director salary and dividend calculator to model one limited-company extraction scenario: company profit before salary, salary, Corporation Tax and dividends. It is not an optimum salary recommendation and should not replace company accounts, payroll records or accountant advice.
| Tax/source year | 2026/27 |
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| Region | England/Wales/Northern Ireland |
| Tax code basis | 1257L where the page uses PAYE defaults |
| Pension basis | No pension deduction unless this example says otherwise |
| Student loan basis | No student loan unless selected in this example |
| What is not decided here | PayBreakdown does not decide payroll correctness, lender approval, benefit entitlement or employer compliance, and does not give regulated financial, mortgage, debt, tax, payroll or legal advice. |
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The figures on this page use the values below. Open the calculator if your example salary differs.
The calculator models profit after salary, Corporation Tax, available post-tax company profit, a requested dividend amount and personal dividend tax.
This page compares the entered scenario only. It does not recommend a salary/dividend mix, decide dividend legality, or confirm HMRC treatment.
Use this director salary and dividend calculator to model one limited-company extraction scenario: company profit before salary, salary, Corporation Tax and dividends. It is not an optimum salary recommendation and should not replace company accounts, payroll records or accountant advice. Salary estimates can change when the tax year, UK region, tax code, pension method, student loan plan, pay frequency, bonus, overtime or salary-sacrifice assumptions change.
The useful figure for budgeting is usually take-home pay after Income Tax, National Insurance, pension deductions and student loan deductions. Gross pay helps compare jobs, while net pay is usually the better starting point for bills, savings and borrowing checks.
Real payslips can differ because payroll works by pay period and can include tax-code changes, pension method differences, student-loan starts or stops, taxable benefits, salary sacrifice, bonuses, overtime, arrears, refunds, or rounding. Match the calculator settings to the payslip before treating a difference as meaningful.
Two jobs with the same headline salary can feel different once pension contribution rate, employer pension method, student-loan plan, bonus pattern, overtime, tax code, region, salary sacrifice and pay frequency are considered. Compare the monthly net figure with commuting costs, bills and savings goals before deciding whether a higher gross salary improves the household plan.
Start by matching the pay basis: annual salary, hourly rate, weekly hours, pay frequency and whether the figure is full-year or part-year. Then match the deductions that usually move the result the most: pension method, pension rate, student-loan plan, postgraduate loan, tax code, Scottish or Welsh tax treatment, bonus, overtime, taxable benefits and salary sacrifice. If the page is a comparison page, keep both sides on the same tax year and pension method before reading the difference. If it is a required-salary or pro-rata page, treat the answer as a target estimate and rerun it with a cautious lower-income or higher-deduction scenario before using it for bills, rent, borrowing or savings.
Use the visible result as a starting point, then change the assumptions that apply to your situation. For salary pages, that usually means tax year, region, tax code, pension method, student loan plan, bonus, overtime and salary-sacrifice settings. For borrowing, debt or budget pages, it means the real payment amount, term, interest rate, balance, bill timing, savings target and any expected income change. Keep the result separate from advice or approval decisions: PayBreakdown helps you model the numbers, while official sources, employer records, provider documents and professional support are still the right place for final checks. If a change is close to a threshold, rerun the calculation with a cautious higher-cost or lower-income scenario before relying on the result.
It estimates profit after salary, Corporation Tax, dividends modelled, dividend tax and estimated personal cash after dividend tax for one entered scenario.
No. It is not an optimum salary recommendation. Employer costs, pensions, benefits, expenses, VAT, company accounts and personal circumstances can change the answer.
No. Dividend legality, distributable reserves, company law and board records are not decided by this calculator.
No. Use it as a planning estimate, then check company accounts, payroll records, HMRC guidance and accountant advice before making extraction decisions.
Last updated 2026-08-19. Estimates are for planning and should be checked against official records where the decision matters.