IR35 contract: Contractor Status And Rates

The Contractor Status And Rates carries 15 published figures read from 7 sources' own pages, from 10.75 to 48 percent, read 19 October 2026.

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10.75 to 48 % Range of the published figures 15 published figures, not one market: read the rows
5 Sources with a figure of 12 read in full, 20 Oct 2026
7 of 12 Sources read that publish one 58% publish a figure at all
  1. HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202748 %
  2. HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202745 %
  3. HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202745 %
  4. HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202742 %
  5. HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202740 %
  6. GOV.UK, tax on dividends39.35 %
  7. GOV.UK, tax on dividends35.75 %
  8. IRS, forms and taxes for independent contractors30 %
  9. IRS, forms and taxes for independent contractors24 %
  10. HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202721 %
  11. HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202720 %
  12. HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202720 %
One figure per source, highest first; the top 12 of 27.
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RowValue
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202748 %
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202745 %
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202745 %
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202742 %
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202740 %
GOV.UK, tax on dividends39.35 %
GOV.UK, tax on dividends35.75 %
IRS, forms and taxes for independent contractors30 %
IRS, forms and taxes for independent contractors24 %
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202721 %
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202720 %
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202720 %
  1. 519 to 23
  2. 123 to 26
  3. 26 to 30
  4. 130 to 33
  5. 133 to 37
  6. 237 to 40
Where the 15 published figures fall, %, in six equal bands from the lowest to the highest.
Bands
BucketValue
19 to 235 sources
23 to 261 source
26 to 300 sources
30 to 331 source
33 to 371 source
37 to 402 sources

7 of the 12 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 19 October 2026.

By jurisdiction

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
jurisdictionEngland and Northern Ireland40%40 to 40%1
jurisdictionScotland31.5%31.5 to 31.5%1

Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
GOV.UK, Corporation Tax rates250,000GBP2026-10-17
GOV.UK, income tax rates and Personal Allowance125,140GBP2026-10-17
GOV.UK, income tax rates and Personal Allowance100,000GBP2026-10-17
GOV.UK, income tax rates and Personal Allowance50,271GBP2026-10-17
GOV.UK, income tax rates and Personal Allowance12,571GBP2026-10-17
GOV.UK, income tax rates and Personal Allowance12,570GBP2026-10-17
GOV.UK, self-employed National Insurance rates12,570GBP2026-10-17
GOV.UK, self-employed National Insurance rates7,105GBP2026-10-17
GOV.UK, tax on dividends500GBP2026-10-17
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 2027242GBP2026-10-19
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202748%Scotland2026-10-19
HMRC, the April 2021 client rules45day2026-10-17
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202745%England and Northern Ireland2026-10-19
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202745%Scotland2026-10-19
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202742%Scotland2026-10-19
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202740%England and Northern Ireland2026-10-19
GOV.UK, tax on dividends39.35%2026-10-17
GOV.UK, tax on dividends35.75%2026-10-17
IRS, forms and taxes for independent contractors30%2026-10-17
IRS, forms and taxes for independent contractors24%2026-10-17
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202721%Scotland2026-10-19
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202720%England and Northern Ireland2026-10-19
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202720%Scotland2026-10-19
GOV.UK, Corporation Tax rates19%2026-10-17
HMRC, rates and thresholds for employers 2026 to 202719%Scotland2026-10-19
GOV.UK, tax on dividends10.75%2026-10-17
GOV.UK, self-employed National Insurance rates3.65GBP2026-10-17
The sentence each figure was read from (27)

Read in full, publishes no figure

5 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

7 of the 12 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 5 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 5 figures, never sentences; 31 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per regime per rule (the UK off-payroll determination and its 45-day dispute window, HMRC's CEST and the conditions under which HMRC stands behind it, the IRS common-law test and Form SS-8, the DOL economic-reality test) joined to the tax table that turns a day rate into take-home: personal allowance, the income tax bands, Class 2 and 4 National Insurance, corporation tax with its marginal band, the dividend allowance and rates, and the 24% US backup-withholding rate; the derivation is the take-home CURVE across day rates inside and outside IR35 in the current tax year, and the changed-since when a threshold moves at the Budget

31 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

Sources (12)
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The Contractor Status And Rates carries 15 published figures read from 7 sources' own pages, from 10.75 to 48 percent, read 19 October 2026.

7 of the 12 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 19 October 2026.

Contractor Status And Rates, jurisdiction England and Northern Ireland: median 40 percent across 1 source, read 19 October 2026.

Contractor Status And Rates, jurisdiction Scotland: median 31.50 percent across 1 source, read 19 October 2026.

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19 to 40 percent

5 published figures, Contractor Status And Rates, across 7 sources, read 19 October 2026

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