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Boris Johnson Tax Calculator - £ 85,000.00 Salary Example (£85K 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 £ 85,000.00 Salary (£85K Salary). The illustration also includes an overview of a current 2023 salary example for £ 85,000.00 and an salary example for £ 85,000.00 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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£ 85,000.00 Salary Comparison
WhatCurrent (2019)Boris £80k Higher Rate ThresholdiCalculator™ £30k Personal Allowance
Net Pay50368.4456707.4847207.48
Difference n/a6339.04-3160.96
Take Home59.26%66.71%55.54%

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: £ 85,000.00
  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 £ 85,000.00 (Current)

£ 85,000.00 Salary Example 2023/24 Tax Year
YearlyMonthly4 Weekly2 WeeklyWeeklyDailyHourly%1
Gross Income85,000.007,083.336,538.463,269.231,634.62335.9746.70100.00%
Adjusted Gross Income280,750.006,729.176,211.543,105.771,552.88319.1744.3795.00%
Company Pension: Employee4,250.00354.17326.92163.4681.7316.802.345.00%
Company Pension: Employer2,550.00212.50196.1598.0849.0410.081.403.00%
Taxable Pay80,750.006,729.176,211.543,105.771,552.88319.1744.3795.00%
Tax Due [PAYE]24,800.002,066.671,907.69953.85476.9298.0213.6329.18%
National Insurance5,581.56465.13429.35214.68107.3422.063.076.57%
Total Pay Deductions34,631.562,885.962,663.971,331.98665.99136.8819.0340.74%
Net Pay50,368.444,197.373,874.501,937.25968.62199.0827.6759.26%

Employers NIC Contribution9,952.28829.36765.56382.78191.3939.345.4711.71%
Salary Package [Cost of Employee]97,502.288,125.197,500.183,750.091,875.04385.3853.57114.71%

1 Percentage expressed in relation to Gross Income [£ 80,750.00].

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2023 Salary Example for £ 85,000.00 (Planned by Boris Johnson)

£ 85,000.00 Salary Example 2023/24 Tax Year (Planned by Boris Johnson)
YearlyMonthly4 Weekly2 WeeklyWeeklyDailyHourly%1
Gross Income85,000.007,083.336,538.463,269.231,634.62335.9746.70100.00%
Adjusted Gross Income280,750.006,729.176,211.543,105.771,552.88319.1744.3795.00%
Company Pension: Employee4,250.00354.17326.92163.4681.7316.802.345.00%
Company Pension: Employer2,550.00212.50196.1598.0849.0410.081.403.00%
Taxable Pay80,750.006,729.176,211.543,105.771,552.88319.1744.3795.00%
Tax Due [PAYE]18,800.001,566.671,446.15723.08361.5474.3110.3322.12%
National Insurance5,242.52436.88403.27201.64100.8220.722.886.17%
Total Pay Deductions28,292.522,357.712,176.351,088.17544.09111.8315.5533.29%
Net Pay56,707.484,725.624,362.112,181.061,090.53224.1431.1666.71%

Employers NIC Contribution9,980.99831.75767.77383.88191.9439.455.4811.74%
Salary Package [Cost of Employee]97,530.998,127.587,502.383,751.191,875.60385.5053.59114.74%

1 Percentage expressed in relation to Gross Income [£ 80,750.00].

2023 Salary Example for £ 85,000.00 (Suggested by iCalculator)

£ 85,000.00 Salary Example 2023/24 Tax Year (Suggested by iCalculator)
YearlyMonthly4 Weekly2 WeeklyWeeklyDailyHourly%1
Gross Income85,000.007,083.336,538.463,269.231,634.62335.9746.70100.00%
Adjusted Gross Income280,750.006,729.176,211.543,105.771,552.88319.1744.3795.00%
Company Pension: Employee4,250.00354.17326.92163.4681.7316.802.345.00%
Company Pension: Employer2,550.00212.50196.1598.0849.0410.081.403.00%
Taxable Pay80,750.006,729.176,211.543,105.771,552.88319.1744.3795.00%
Tax Due [PAYE]28,300.002,358.332,176.921,088.46544.23111.8615.5533.29%
National Insurance5,242.52436.88403.27201.64100.8220.722.886.17%
Total Pay Deductions37,792.523,149.382,907.121,453.56726.78149.3820.7744.46%
Net Pay47,207.483,933.963,631.341,815.67907.84186.5925.9455.54%

Employers NIC Contribution9,980.99831.75767.77383.88191.9439.455.4811.74%
Salary Package [Cost of Employee]97,530.998,127.587,502.383,751.191,875.60385.5053.59114.74%

1 Percentage expressed in relation to Gross Income [£ 80,750.00].

Further Reading

Boris Johnsons Plan for changes to the Higher Rate Tax Threshold

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