About taxbands.co.uk

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Direct answer

taxbands.co.uk is an independent reference for UK income tax bands and council tax bands. Built and maintained by Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder of Digital Signet40. No ads, no affiliate revenue. Every figure carries a primary-source citation.

The author

Oliver Wakefield-Smith runs Digital Signet, a portfolio of independent calculator and reference sites covering UK and US personal finance, tax and infrastructure costs.

Why this site exists

The exact-match domain taxbands.co.uk promises two things at once: UK income tax bands and council tax bands. Every SERP competitor splits these. The site unifies them on one screen, with a single resolver that takes a salary, a postcode and a regime, and shows both answers without scrolling.

The audience

UK PAYE professionals on £30,000 to £150,000 looking up a band; self-employed contractors and directors checking the dividend uplift; bill payers checking their council tax band; pension planners modelling the 60% trap.

Funding

The site is funded by Digital Signet. There are no banner ads, no sponsored links and no affiliate referrals. Sources and methodology are documented in the method ledger.

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