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UK Tax Codes 2026/27

Every UK PAYE tax code that appears on payslips in the 2026/27 tax year, with plain-English explanations, who gets each code, how it affects take-home pay, and a worked calculation.

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Full prose explainers, worked examples, and recruiter pro tips per code.

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Compact lookup table — code, title, one-line answer, doc URL. For payroll software import.

/data/uk-tax-codes-2026-27.csv

Codes covered (14)

1257L BR D0 D1 0T NT K Codes M (Marriage Allowance recipient) N (Marriage Allowance giver) T W1 / M1 (emergency) S1257L (Scotland) SBR (Scotland Basic Rate) C1257L (Wales)

Sources

Sourced from HMRC PAYE manual, gov.uk, and legislation.gov.uk. Cross-checked against Spring Budget 2026 announcements and recruiter placement data (employees actually receiving each code on real payslips). Updated annually with the new tax year.

Citation

JobLabs UK Tax Codes 2026/27 dataset.
By Alex (12-year UK recruiter), JobLabs.
https://joblabs.ai/data/uk-tax-codes-2026-27/
Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Last updated 2026-04-27.

Pair this dataset with

→ UK Tax Codes — interactive cluster index
→ UK Tax Codes Explained 2026 — recruiter overview
→ UK 60% Tax Trap 2026 — escape strategies
→ UK Statutory Rates 2026/27 dataset
→ UK paycheck calculator
→ UK Tax Guide 2026-27
→ UK Salaries 2026 dataset — companion open dataset for role + city benchmarks
→ UK Tax Reliefs at Work cluster — salary sacrifice, 60% trap, marriage allowance
→ UK HMRC Forms Explained — where your tax code appears (P45, P60, Starter Checklist)
→ UK Pension at Work cluster — pension contributions and how they affect your code
→ UK Career Rights & Guides master index