HMRC tools and calculators
Find and use tools and calculators that will help you work out your tax.
Income Tax
Tool | What it does |
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Estimate your Income Tax for a previous tax year | Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax you should have paid for a previous tax year |
Estimate your Income Tax for the current year | Estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you should pay for the current tax year (6 April 2019 to 5 April 2020) |
PAYE
Tool | What it does |
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Calculate your leave and pay when you have a child | Find out if you can get maternity, paternity or shared parental leave – for employees |
PAYE tax calculator | Check your payroll calculations |
National Insurance payroll calculator | Check your National Insurance payroll calculations |
Basic PAYE tools | Tools to help you run your payroll |
PAYE CHAPS | Request form for PAYE CHAPS transfer |
Company car calculator | Calculate the company car tax charge based on a car’s taxable value and CO2 rating |
Statutory Sick Pay calculator | Work out your employee’s Statutory Sick Pay |
Maternity and paternity calculator | Work out your employee’s maternity or paternity pay and leave |
PAYE Desktop Viewer | View your employee tax codes and notices |
Stop PAYE payment booklet form | Stop receiving a PAYE payment booklet |
Order P45s and P60s | Get P45s and P60s for your employees if you cannot produce these using your payroll software |
PAYE/National Insurance contributions current year reference checker | Check your PAYE, National Insurance contributions reference for the current year |
PAYE/National Insurance contributions previous year reference checker | Check your PAYE, National Insurance contributions reference for the previous year |
Class 1A National Insurance contributions reference checker | Check your Class 1A National Insurance contributions reference |
Self employed
Tool | What it does |
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Self-employed ready reckoner | Budget for your first Self Assessment tax bill if you’re self-employed |
National Insurance
Tool | What it does |
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National Insurance refund | Apply for a refund on your National Insurance contributions |
Director’s National Insurance contributions calculator | Check a company director’s National Insurance contributions |
National Insurance contributions calculator | Calculate your employee’s National Insurance contributions |
Tax credits
Tool | What it does |
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Get a tax credits claim form | Find out if you qualify for tax credits |
Tax credits calculator | Estimate of how much in tax credits you could get in total |
Tax credits: working out your childcare costs tool | Calculate your childcare costs for claiming tax credits |
Self Assessment
Tool | What it does |
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Lloyd’s calculator | Work out adjustments under section 107 Finance Act 2000 when filing your Self Assessment tax return |
Employment status
Tool | What it does |
Check employment status for tax | Check the employment status of a worker |
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT)
Tool | What it does |
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SDLT calculator | Work out how much SDLT you need to pay when buying or transferring land or property |
SDLT CHAPS request | Request to pay SDLT by CHAPS |
Capital Gains Tax
Tool | What it does |
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Non-resident Capital Gains Tax | Calculate your non-resident Capital Gains Tax |
Capital Gains Tax shares calculator | Calculate your Capital Gains Tax on the sale of shares |
Capital Gains Tax property calculator | Calculate your Capital Gains Tax on the sale of property |
Pensions
Tool | What it does |
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Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) checker | Request GMP calculations |
Pension annual allowance tool | Check your pension annual allowance |
Child Benefit and Child Trust Fund
Tool | What it does |
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Child Benefit tax calculator | Check if you need to pay the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge |
Child Trust Fund locator | Work out where your Child Trust Fund is held |
Childcare
Tool | What it does |
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Check what help you could get with childcare costs | Find out how much you could get towards approved childcare |
VAT
Tool | What it does |
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VAT payment deadline calculator | Work out the VAT payment deadline for your accounting period |
EU VAT number validation | Check a VAT number from any EU country to help you complete an EC Sales List |
VAT CHAPS request | Request to pay VAT by CHAPS |
Corporation Tax
Tool | What it does |
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No Corporation Tax due | Tell HMRC you have no Corporation Tax due |
Corporation Tax via CHAPS (Cumbernauld) | Request to pay Corporation Tax by CHAPS to HMRC Cumbernauld |
Corporation Tax via CHAPS (Shipley) | Request to pay Corporation Tax by CHAPS to HMRC Shipley |
Inheritance Tax
Tool | What it does |
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Inheritance Tax checker | Get an approximate value of an estate and decide if any Inheritance Tax is likely to be due |
Inheritance Tax interest calculator | Calculate how much interest is due on a payment of Inheritance Tax |
Inheritance Tax residence nil rate band (RNRB) calculator | Calculate the RNRB if a home is left to direct descendants |
Inheritance Tax reduced rate calculator | Check if you qualify to pay a reduced rate of Inheritance Tax |
Inheritance Tax: grossing up calculators | Work out an estate value when legacies in a will are free of tax and other assets are tax exempt |
Inheritance Tax: guaranteed annuity calculator | Work out an estimated market value of guaranteed annuity payments when valuing assets of the deceased’s estate |
Inheritance Tax: quarters calculator for trusts | Work out the number of quarters (3-month periods) when Inheritance Tax is charged on a trust for certain chargeable events |
Import and export
Tool | What it does |
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System for the Exchange of Excise Data (SEED) | Check whether your SEED Excise ID is valid |
UK Trade Tariff tool | Classify your goods for import or export using the UK Trade Tariff, based on the EU TARIC (Tariff Integre Communautaire) |
IR35: working through an intermediary
Tool | What it does |
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Deemed payment spreadsheet | Calculate a deemed employment payment |
Gambling duties
Tool | What it does |
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Machine Games Duty registered business | Search businesses by postcode |
Certificates of tax deposit
Tool | What it does |
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Certificate of Tax Deposit interest calculator | Check the level of interest due against a tax deposit you have already made under the Certificate of Tax Deposit scheme |
Last updated 29 July 2022 + show all updates
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The 'Trusts' section has been removed as the content is now out of date.
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The additional threshold has been renamed residence nil rate band (RNRB).
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Removed the bereavement guide link as it has been replaced.
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The Capital Gains Tax shares and property calculators have been added to the list of tools.
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The childcare calculator has been added to the list of tools.
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New Inheritance Tax additional threshold calculator added
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New calculator added to help you check your pension annual allowance.
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Replaced Employment Status Indicator with 'Check your employment status for tax' service.
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Non-resident Capital Gains Tax calculator added to the page.
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A new Guaranteed Minimum Pension Checker service is available to request Guaranteed Minimum Pension calculations.
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IR35 2016 calculator now available.
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First published.