A reasonable balanced article on the Dividend and other tax changes

[DaveB]

In The Register.

Even the comments are fairly balanced and resonable. I suspect some denizens of CUK may be posting there already.

Are you a Tory-voting IT contractor? Congrats! Osborne is hiking your taxes

[Zero Liability]

This may be of interest too:

New dividend tax regime confirmed - Contractor Weekly

[Sausage Surprise]

For us keeping under the 40% threshold with £10k salary does this mean the previous calcs we made have been understated?

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For us keeping under the 40% threshold with £10k salary does this mean the previous calcs we made have been understated?

Threshold is £42,700 for 16/17

so £10,000 salary gives you £32,700 in dividends of which £27,700 is taxed at 7.5% (or £2077.50 to pay)

so £42700 taken from the company will be £40622.50 in your pocket and cost the company including corporation tax £50875

[d000hg]

If CUK members are posting in the comments, I doubt they are balanced or reasonable. However, CUK members might view the comments as balanced and reasonable

[northernladuk]

Won't this all be irrelevant if we are by default inside IR35?

[eek]

Won't this all be irrelevant if we are by default inside IR35?

Yep but that's 2017 so my figures are still correct..

[northernladuk]

If CUK members are posting in the comments, I doubt they are balanced or reasonable. However, CUK members might view the comments as balanced and reasonable

Mike is getting a bit upset but not sure he's getting it. The example is on 70k divs which no one in their right mind will be taking (or many anyway) and he says it will cost him an extra 7/8k more but the example says 4k. Strange.

[eek]

Mike is getting a bit upset but not sure he's getting it. The example is on 70k divs which no one in their right mind will be taking (or many anyway) and he says it will cost him an extra 7/8k more but the example says 4k. Strange.

70k in divs is 65k at 7.5% or £4875. The calculation is very simple (x-5000)*.075 is the additional tax to pay...

[Jog On]

Threshold is £42,700 for 16/17

so £10,000 salary gives you £32,700 in dividends of which £27,700 is taxed at 7.5% (or £2077.50 to pay)

so £42700 taken from the company will be £40622.50 in your pocket and cost the company including corporation tax £50875

Should that read £5875 CT liability?

Or is that the gross for LTDco when taking the above as take home?