If you have two jobs, HMRC usually gives your Personal Allowance to your main job (tax code 1257L) and taxes your second job entirely at basic rate (BR) from the first pound. Here is how to check and fix it in 2026/27.
Drawing income from more than one pension at the same time often triggers an emergency tax code on the second and later pensions. How to fix it, and claim back any overpaid tax, in 2026/27.
Whether you're a session musician, wedding band member or solo gigging artist, here's how UK Income Tax and expenses work for irregular music income in 2026/27.
Mystery shopping fees are taxable self-employment income, and reimbursed purchases you get to keep (a free meal, product, or service) generally count as payment in kind too. Here is how HMRC treats it in 2026.
Mystery shopping fees, reimbursed purchases and expenses are treated differently by HMRC. How the £1,000 trading allowance applies to mystery shopper income in 2026/27.
Most nannies are employees of the family they work for, not self-employed contractors, which changes who pays tax and NI. Full worked example on a £28,000 nanny salary.
Two different methods give pension tax relief in the UK — net pay arrangement and relief at source. Why the difference matters for low earners and non-taxpayers in 2026/27.
Want £3,000/month in your bank account? Here is how to work backwards from a target net salary to the gross figure you need to negotiate, with full 2026/27 income tax and NI worked examples.
How to calculate and track UK household net worth properly, including pensions, property equity and debt, for 2026/27.
Fixing snagging defects on a newly built rental property raises a repairs-vs-improvement question for tax. How HMRC's capital vs revenue distinction applies to snagging costs in 2026/27.
New Style JSA is a contribution-based benefit paid regardless of savings or a partner's income, and can be claimed alongside Universal Credit — though any JSA received reduces the UC award pound for pound. Here is how they interact in 2026/27.
The 2026/27 tax year runs to 5 April 2027. Several frozen thresholds are due to start unfreezing around then, and some measures announced in recent Budgets take effect from April 2027. Here's what to watch for while there's still time to plan.
