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Salary after tax, £60,000 to £150,000: every cliff, worked out

Fifteen salaries chosen where the story changes: the Child Benefit charge starts and ends, the £100k line, the 62% band and where it stops. Each page has the take-home, the rate on the next £1,000, the sacrifice that gets under £100,000 and the working, line by line.

£60,000 to £80,000

The Child Benefit charge: 1% back for every £200 over £60,000.

  1. £60,000Take-home and the Child Benefit charge£45,357 a year · £3,780 a month42%on the next £1,000
  2. £70,000Take-home and the Child Benefit charge£51,157 a year · £4,263 a month42%on the next £1,000

£80,000 to £99,000

Clear of the charge, and how much room is left before the cliff.

  1. £80,000Take-home, and £20,000 from the £100k cliff£56,957 a year · £4,746 a month42%on the next £1,000
  2. £90,000Take-home, and £10,000 from the £100k cliff£62,757 a year · £5,230 a month42%on the next £1,000
  3. £95,000Take-home, and £5,000 from the £100k cliff£65,657 a year · £5,471 a month42%on the next £1,000

Right below £100,000

Everything kept, and £1 from losing the childcare support.

  1. £99,000Take-home, and £1,000 from the £100k cliff£67,977 a year · £5,665 a month42%on the next £1,000
  2. £100,000Right on the £100k cliff£68,557 a year · £5,713 a month62%on the next £1,000

Just over £100,000

A small sacrifice brings back a lot.

  1. £101,000£1,000 over, and what it costs£68,937 a year · £5,745 a month62%on the next £1,000

£100,000 to £125,140

The 62% band, and the sacrifice that gets you out of it.

  1. £105,000£5,000 into the 62% trap£70,457 a year · £5,871 a month62%on the next £1,000
  2. £110,000Take-home, the 62% trap and the fix£72,357 a year · £6,030 a month62%on the next £1,000
  3. £120,000£20,000 into the 62% trap£76,157 a year · £6,346 a month62%on the next £1,000
  4. £125,000£140 from the end of the 60% trap£78,057 a year · £6,505 a month49.1%on the next £1,000

£125,140

Where the personal allowance runs out and the trap ends.

  1. £125,140Where the 60% trap ends£78,111 a year · £6,509 a month47%on the next £1,000

Above £125,140

47% on the next £1,000, and when sacrificing still pays.

  1. £130,000Take-home above the 60% trap£80,686 a year · £6,724 a month47%on the next £1,000
  2. £150,000Take-home above the 60% trap£91,286 a year · £7,607 a month47%on the next £1,000

Not one of these? Work out your own.

Any salary, with your pension, bonus and children. The marginal rate, the sacrifice to get under £100,000 and the childcare at stake, with the working and every GOV.UK source. Two minutes, no account needed.

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