Fiscal events, translated

The Budget, briefly.

Budget speeches are for the cameras; the measures are for your payroll, your dividends and your January. This page keeps the score — what is actually in force for 2026/27, and same-day plain-English analysis when the next fiscal event lands.

In force for 2026/27 — the ones that bite

Dividend tax up 2p10.75% basic · 35.75% higher
MTD for Income Tax beginssole traders & landlords £50k+
Business Asset Disposal Reliefnow 18% (was 14%)
Employer NI15% above £5,000 — still stinging
Employment Allowance£10,500
Thresholdsstill frozen — the stealth rise continues

Every number, in full: tax rates & allowances 2026/27.

What each one means

The dividend rise re-prices salary-vs-dividend maths — re-run yours. MTD ITSA turns the annual tax return into quarterly digital updates — we set clients up well before the first quarter. The BADR rise makes exit timing worth a conversation before heads of terms — see the difference. And frozen thresholds mean a pay rise quietly moves more of it to 40% — the tax rise nobody announces.

When the next Budget lands

Budget day here: we read the actual documents (the speech never matches them), publish what matters to owner-managed businesses the same day under updates, and call the clients whose plans it changes. No fifty-page firm PDF three weeks later — the three things that affect you, the day they're announced.

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