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Is there any way of finding out how much tax and national insurance that has to be paid on wages

Hereward

Details can be found on the Revenue and Customs website.

Income tax rates and Allowances: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/it.htm
National Insurace rates and Allowances: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/nic.htm

The NI page is fairly complicated, but I'm sure someone else will be along soon to point you towards a decent calcuator site.
Edit: Having had a quick look myself this site seems fairly decent: http://www.ir35calc.co.uk/PAYE_NI_Net_Salary_Tax_Calculator.aspx

Seraphim

NI rates ---> http://www.direct.gov.uk/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/Taxes/BeginnersGuideToTax/BeginnersGuideToTaxArticles/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4015904&chk=izW7Qe

Tax Rates ---> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onelife/work/rights/law_redund.shtml

According to the sites, assuming you aren't self employed:
tax:
The first £4,385 you earn is tax free
The next £1,520 is taxed at 10%
£1,521-£28,400 is taxed at 22%
Earnings over £28,400 are taxed at 40% (I have to admi I thought the threshold was higher than this....)

NI for 06/07:
if you earn above £97 a week (the 'earnings threshold') and up to £645 per week you pay 11 per cent of this amount as 'Class 1' NICs
you also pay one per cent of earnings above £645 a week as Class 1 NICs
you will pay a lower amount as an employee if you are a member of your employer's contracted out pension scheme

domestic_goddess

http://www.listentotaxman.com/index.php?calc=1&year=2006&age=0&add=0&taxcode=503L&period=1&ingr=15000&Submit=Calculate

Sorry aboutthe long link but someone pointed me in the direction of the above site when I asked a similar question....

hth:o