UK Tax Drag is a UK personal tax editorial site covering income tax, pensions, ISAs, capital gains, inheritance, property, and self-employment with more than 600 pages of calculators and guides. No affiliate revenue. No sponsored content. Editorial independence is the model. Assets journalists and researchers can use: the Fiscal Drag Tracker (CC BY 4.0 dataset), the Worked Examples Library (40 step-by-step calculations), and our more than 70 calculators and tools.
Press contact
- How to reach us: the contact form — choose "Press or research" for media and data questions, or "Editorial enquiry" for anything about the content
- Response time: we aim to reply within five working days
- Languages: English (UK)
- Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+0 / +1 BST)
Key facts at a glance
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Total pages | 600+ UK personal finance pages |
| Calculators | 70+ free calculators and tools |
| Glossary terms | 200+ |
| Worked examples | 40 step-by-step calculations |
| FAQ entries | 50+ answered questions |
| Cluster guides published in 2026 | Student loans, State Pension, IHT, Limited company, Profession-specific, HMRC enquiry, Foreign income |
| Editor | The site is written and edited by one person: its founder, the director of the publisher, Finsolve Consulting Limited. Press enquiries go through the contact form. |
| Revenue model | Display advertising (Google AdSense) only — no affiliate links, no sponsored content, no paid placements |
| Open data | Fiscal Drag Tracker (CC BY 4.0) |
| Open methodology | Calculator JavaScript is unminified at /assets/ |
| Founded | 2024 |
The Fiscal Drag Tracker dataset
The UK Fiscal Drag Tracker is our flagship open-data asset, published annually under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). It records UK tax thresholds since 2020/21 and estimates, in cash terms, how much more Income Tax is paid in 2026/27 at different salaries than if the 2020/21 Personal Allowance and basic rate limit had risen with CPI inflation: £760 a year for a basic-rate taxpayer.
What's in it
- Annual UK tax thresholds: Personal Allowance, higher-rate threshold, additional-rate threshold, HICBC threshold
- Capital Gains annual exempt amount, Dividend Allowance, NI Class 1 Upper Earnings Limit
- UK average full-time salary estimate (ONS ASHE-based)
- CPI index rebased to April 2020 = 100
- Real-value loss per threshold, plus cumulative loss since 2020/21
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Citation guidance
Recommended attribution:
"UK Tax Drag (2026), 'UK Fiscal Drag Tracker 2026/27', https://uktaxdrag.co.uk/uk-fiscal-drag-tracker-2026-27.html, CC BY 4.0."
Editorial standards
Every page on UK Tax Drag is reviewed against current HMRC, ONS, FCA, or Bank of England guidance before publication. Our full standards are public:
Quoting and excerpting
Allowed without permission
- Quoting up to 200 words of any UK Tax Drag article with attribution and a link to the source page
- Citing calculator outputs with attribution
- Using Fiscal Drag Tracker data under the CC BY 4.0 license terms
- Referencing our methodology or editorial standards
- Linking to any UK Tax Drag page
Permission required
- Reproducing entire pages or substantial portions
- Reproducing our calculator UI or visual design
- Translating content to another language
- Republishing for commercial purposes (other than incidental press use)
For permission, use the contact form.
Common journalist queries
"What's a typical UK fiscal drag impact?"
The official estimate for the extended freeze is in the Budget 2025 policy paper: keeping the Personal Allowance at £12,570 and the higher-rate threshold at £50,270 until 5 April 2031 brings 700,000 more people into Income Tax by 2030 to 2031 than raising those thresholds with CPI from 2028 to 2029 would, and raises £12,435 million in 2030 to 2031. Our Fiscal Drag Tracker has the threshold history since 2020/21 and our own estimates of the effect at different salaries.
"How does the 60% trap work?"
Between £100,000 and £125,140 of adjusted net income, the Personal Allowance is withdrawn at £1 per £2 of additional income — creating an effective 60% marginal Income Tax rate on that band. See our explainer.
"What is the typical Self Assessment burden?"
HMRC expected 12,029,168 Self Assessment returns for the 2024 to 2025 tax year, and more than 11.48 million were filed by the 31 January 2026 deadline. Our calculators cover many common personal tax calculations.
"What are HMRC nudge letters?"
Pre-investigation prompts where HMRC has data suggesting undisclosed income. See our guide.
Brand and logo
Our logo and brand are minimalist by design. For press-quality versions, use the contact form with details of your publication and intended use.
Brand colour palette:
- Forest green #1b3a2d (primary)
- Gold #c9a961 (accent)
- Cream #faf6ee (background)
- Muted brown #6b6353 (secondary text)
Editorial moats — what makes UK Tax Drag distinctive
- No affiliate links. We don't earn commissions from product or platform recommendations. Our incentive is your tax outcome, not our commission.
- Open methodology. Every calculator's JavaScript is unminified and visible at
/assets/. You can verify the math we use. - Open data. The Fiscal Drag Tracker is CC BY 4.0 licensed. Anyone can download, analyse, or redistribute with attribution.
- Visible corrections. Substantive corrections are listed with the date in the changelog, with a note of what changed.
- Editorial review dates. Every page shows its last-reviewed date so you know how current our coverage is.
- Direct sourcing. Primary sources (gov.uk, HMRC manuals, ONS, FCA, legislation.gov.uk) cited on every claim-heavy page.
Recent coverage
No major press citations yet — we launched the public site in 2024 and are building the data assets that make us citation-worthy. Let us know via the contact form if you've cited us — we'd like to know.
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How UK Tax Drag holds itself to account
Every page is reviewed against the editorial standards, written from primary sources and sourced openly, with corrections listed in the changelog. No affiliate revenue. No sponsored content. No paid placements.
UK Tax Drag is an independent publication by Finsolve Consulting Limited, not affiliated with or endorsed by HMRC, GOV.UK or any government body.