How much is council tax in 2026/27?

The average Band D bill in England is £2,392, but your actual bill depends entirely on your local authority and band. Check your council’s rate for the real figure.

What band is my house?

Look it up free on VOA website for England and Wales or the SAA for Scotland using your postcode. Your band appears on every council tax bill too.

Who gets 25 percent off council tax?

Anyone who is only adult in their home. Students, some carers and people with severe mental impairment are disregarded when counting adults.

Why is my band higher than a bigger house nearby?

Bands were set on 1991 values and errors from that exercise persist. If identical neighbouring homes sit in a lower band, a free VOA challenge may be worth it.

Do students pay council tax?

Full time students are exempt in a household made up entirely of students. One non student adult in property brings a bill, reduced by the 25 percent discount.

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Corporation Tax Calculator UK

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Corporation tax in the UK applies to company profits. Our Corporation Tax Calculator UK tool works out your tax bill for the 2026/27 financial year, automatically applying the 19% Small Profits Rate, 25% Main Rate, and Marginal Relief for profits between £50,000 and £250,000.

Company Accounts

Enter gross profits and business expenses

Gross Trading Profit (£)

Your total income before any expenses are deducted.

Allowable Expenses (£)

Staff salaries, office costs, legal fees, and specific tax deductions.

Awaiting Finance Data

Enter your company's gross profit and allowable expenses to view your tax bill and marginal relief.

Deadlines to Remember

You must usually pay your Corporation Tax bill exactly 9 months and 1 day after your accounting period ends.

How the Corporation Tax Calculator Works

Enter your council tax band and your local authority area or your postcode. The calculator applies your council’s Band D rate and national band ratios to estimate your annual bill, then adjusts for any discounts you select such as living alone.

The scale of numbers for 2026/27, the average Band D bill in England is £2,392 a year, up 4.9 percent on last year. Behind that average sits a huge postcode lottery, from around £1,000 in the cheapest London boroughs to over £2,700 in most expensive shire areas for an identical Band D property.

How the Banding System Works

Every home in England and Scotland was placed into a band from A to H based on its value on 1 April 1991, not its value today. Wales revalued in 2003 and added a ninth band, I. Each band pays a fixed fraction of the Band D rate, expressed in ninths:

Band A: 6/9 of Band D
Band B: 7/9
Band C: 8/9
Band D: the reference rate
Band E: 11/9
Band F: 13/9
Band G: 15/9
Band H: 18/9, exactly double Band D

So where Band D costs £2,392, a Band A home pays £1,595 and a Band H home £4,784 in same area. The 1991 baseline is why a modest house in an area that has boomed since can sit in a higher band than a larger home elsewhere.

Discounts and Exemptions Worth Checking

The full bill assumes two or more adults live in property and several reductions cut it:

Single person discount: 25 percent off if you are the only adult
Full time students: not counted and a household entirely of students is exempt
Severe mental impairment: disregarded for council tax with medical certification
Council Tax Reduction: means tested support for low income households run by each council
Disabled Band Reduction: a drop of one band where a home has been adapted

Two practical points many households miss. Bills default to 10 monthly instalments but every council must offer 12 if you ask, smoothing the same total across the year. And an annexe occupied by an elderly relative can qualify for a 50 percent discount or full exemption.

Challenging Your Band

Around one in twenty properties is thought to be in wrong band, usually from hurried 1991 valuations. The check is free through Valuation Office Agency, compare your band with identical neighbouring properties on the VOA website, then estimate what your home was worth in 1991 using historic price data. If both point same way, a formal challenge costs nothing and a successful one is backdated to when you moved in, sometimes producing refunds running to thousands.

The honest caveat: the VOA can move bands in either direction, so a challenge on thin evidence risks an increase for you and even your neighbours. Do the two checks first.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Scotland uses same A to H structure with its own ratios and lower averages, around £1,580 at Band D, though Scottish bills also carry water and sewerage charges collected alongside. Wales uses 2003 valuations across bands A to I with an average Band D around £2,170. Northern Ireland has no council tax at all, using domestic rates based on a property’s capital value instead.