PAYE and National Insurance calculatorEstimate payroll deductions for one pay period.Enable JavaScript to calculate an estimate.Example figures are filled in. Change them to calculate your own.Pay detailsWhat do you want to estimate?PAYE taxNational InsuranceBothGross pay for this periodHelpEnter pay before deductions. This calculator does not calculate pension contributions, student loans, benefits, statutory pay or other deductions.£How often is the employee paid?MonthlyWeeklyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 weeksPAYE detailsPayment dateHelpThis estimate covers payment dates in the 2026–27 tax year only. The date identifies the tax period.Tax codeHelpSupported examples include 1257L, S1257L and C1257L. Other code types need separate payroll rules.Tax code basisCumulativeWeek 1 / month 1HelpCumulative uses pay and tax already recorded this tax year. Week 1/month 1 treats this payment on its own. An X, W1 or M1 ending also means week 1/month 1.Previous gross pay this tax yearHelpEnter total gross pay already recorded since 6 April, before this payment. For a week 1/month 1 code these figures are ignored.£PAYE already due this tax yearHelpEnter the total tax due already recorded since 6 April. This estimate is for records where no tax was carried forward because of HMRC’s 50% regulatory limit.£Region comes from the S or C prefix on the tax code. No prefix uses England and Northern Ireland rates.National Insurance detailsNI category letterABCJMZHelpChoose the category shown on the employee’s payslip. This calculator supports A, B, C, J, M and Z only; special location categories need a separate check.Calculate estimateDownload summary (CSV)Print summaryReset exampleScope and official sourcesThis is an estimate for one employee payment in 2026–27, not payroll software. It covers PAYE only for standard L tax codes with no regulatory deduction limit, and NI categories A, B, C, J, M and Z. Directors’ annual NI, special NI categories, multiple jobs, statutory pay, pensions and student loans are outside scope. Inputs stay in your browser and are not saved or sent to Swift.Rules checked 13 October 2026. HMRC may produce different results where its payroll tables, rounding, pay intervals, previous records or individual circumstances differ. Check results against payroll records and HMRC guidance.HMRC PAYE calculator · HMRC National Insurance calculator · 2026–27 rates and thresholdsAll calculators