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Boris Johnson Tax Calculator - £ 38,000.00 Salary Example (£38K Salary)

This Salary and Tax Calculator is provided to illustrate how Boris Johnsons planned changes to the higher Rate Income Tax Threshold will affect a £ 38,000.00 Salary (£38K Salary). The illustration also includes an overview of a current 2023 salary example for £ 38,000.00 and an salary example for £ 38,000.00 if the personal allowance were to be increase to £30k (a solution which would affect all tax ayers, not just those who earner over £50k.

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£ 38,000.00 Salary Comparison
WhatCurrent (2019)Boris £80k Higher Rate ThresholdiCalculator™ £30k Personal Allowance
Net Pay25583.8425558.8822338.88
Difference n/a-24.959999999999-3244.96
Take Home67.33%67.26%58.79%

You can see a detailed salary overview for each of these calculations below.

About the Boris Johnson Salary Examples

In order to provide a like-for-like salary comparison against our three tax scenarios, we have used the following defaults:

  1. Annual Salary before tax: £ 38,000.00
  2. The individual is part of a company pension scheme
    1. An Employer Pension Contribution of 5% has been applied
    2. An Employee Pension Contribution of 3% has been applied
  3. A standard tax code has been used
  4. Salary is calculated over a full tax year
  5. There are no salary sacrifice options included
  6. There are no special National Insurance Contibutions rules /exemptions (Employer or Employee)

2023 Salary Example for £ 38,000.00 (Current)

£ 38,000.00 Salary Example 2023/24 Tax Year
YearlyMonthly4 Weekly2 WeeklyWeeklyDailyHourly%1
Gross Income38,000.003,166.672,923.081,461.54730.77150.2020.88100.00%
Adjusted Gross Income236,100.003,008.332,776.921,388.46694.23142.6919.8495.00%
Company Pension: Employee1,900.00158.33146.1573.0836.547.511.045.00%
Company Pension: Employer1,140.0095.0087.6943.8521.924.510.633.00%
Taxable Pay36,100.003,008.332,776.921,388.46694.23142.6919.8495.00%
Tax Due [PAYE]7,220.00601.67555.38277.69138.8528.543.9719.00%
National Insurance3,296.16274.68253.55126.7863.3913.031.818.67%
Total Pay Deductions12,416.161,034.68955.09477.54238.7749.086.8232.67%
Net Pay25,583.842,131.991,967.99983.99492.00101.1214.0667.33%

Employers NIC Contribution3,790.58315.88291.58145.7972.9014.982.089.98%
Salary Package [Cost of Employee]42,930.583,577.553,302.351,651.18825.59169.6923.59112.98%

1 Percentage expressed in relation to Gross Income [£ 36,100.00].

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2023 Salary Example for £ 38,000.00 (Planned by Boris Johnson)

£ 38,000.00 Salary Example 2023/24 Tax Year (Planned by Boris Johnson)
YearlyMonthly4 Weekly2 WeeklyWeeklyDailyHourly%1
Gross Income38,000.003,166.672,923.081,461.54730.77150.2020.88100.00%
Adjusted Gross Income236,100.003,008.332,776.921,388.46694.23142.6919.8495.00%
Company Pension: Employee1,900.00158.33146.1573.0836.547.511.045.00%
Company Pension: Employer1,140.0095.0087.6943.8521.924.510.633.00%
Taxable Pay36,100.003,008.332,776.921,388.46694.23142.6919.8495.00%
Tax Due [PAYE]7,220.00601.67555.38277.69138.8528.543.9719.00%
National Insurance3,321.12276.76255.47127.7463.8713.131.828.74%
Total Pay Deductions12,441.121,036.76957.01478.50239.2549.176.8432.74%
Net Pay25,558.882,129.911,966.07983.03491.52101.0214.0467.26%

Employers NIC Contribution3,819.29318.27293.79146.9073.4515.102.1010.05%
Salary Package [Cost of Employee]42,959.293,579.943,304.561,652.28826.14169.8023.60113.05%

1 Percentage expressed in relation to Gross Income [£ 36,100.00].

2023 Salary Example for £ 38,000.00 (Suggested by iCalculator)

£ 38,000.00 Salary Example 2023/24 Tax Year (Suggested by iCalculator)
YearlyMonthly4 Weekly2 WeeklyWeeklyDailyHourly%1
Gross Income38,000.003,166.672,923.081,461.54730.77150.2020.88100.00%
Adjusted Gross Income236,100.003,008.332,776.921,388.46694.23142.6919.8495.00%
Company Pension: Employee1,900.00158.33146.1573.0836.547.511.045.00%
Company Pension: Employer1,140.0095.0087.6943.8521.924.510.633.00%
Taxable Pay36,100.003,008.332,776.921,388.46694.23142.6919.8495.00%
Tax Due [PAYE]10,440.00870.00803.08401.54200.7741.265.7427.47%
National Insurance3,321.12276.76255.47127.7463.8713.131.828.74%
Total Pay Deductions15,661.121,305.091,204.70602.35301.1861.908.6141.21%
Net Pay22,338.881,861.571,718.38859.19429.5988.3012.2758.79%

Employers NIC Contribution3,819.29318.27293.79146.9073.4515.102.1010.05%
Salary Package [Cost of Employee]42,959.293,579.943,304.561,652.28826.14169.8023.60113.05%

1 Percentage expressed in relation to Gross Income [£ 36,100.00].

Further Reading

Boris Johnsons Plan for changes to the Higher Rate Tax Threshold

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