Dividend Tax Calculator

UK individual 2026/27: dividends stack above other taxable income, and the £500 zero-rate dividend allowance occupies tax bands. Inputs must already reflect personal-allowance allocation. Excludes band extensions, allowance optimization, ISAs, trusts and special dividends. Outputs are unrounded arithmetic values; return-specific and payroll rounding procedures are separate.

UK individual 2026/27: dividends stack above other taxable income, and the £500 zero-rate dividend allowance occupies tax bands. Inputs must already reflect personal-allowance allocation. Excludes band extensions, allowance optimization, ISAs, trusts and special dividends. Outputs are unrounded arithmetic values; return-specific and payroll rounding procedures are separate.

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Result

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How to use this tool

Check the units, enter your values, and run the tool. Results follow the assumptions and method below.

Calculation method

Dividends exceeding dividend allowancemax(0,dividends-500)
2026/27 dividend tax(min(max((ordinary+dividends)-0,0),37700)*0.1075+min(max((ordinary+dividends)-37700,0),87440)*0.3575+max((ordinary+dividends)-125140,0)*0.3935)-(min(max((ordinary+min(dividends,500))-0,0),37700)*0.1075+min(max((ordinary+min(dividends,500))-37700,0),87440)*0.3575+max((ordinary+min(dividends,500))-125140,0)*0.3935)

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