Delivery driver profit & tax calculator

How the calculator works

Everything is worked out in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

1. Profit. We add up what the apps paid you, then take off one of three things: the HMRC mileage rate plus your other work costs, your actual costs, or the £1,000 trading allowance. You can only use one, so we show all three and use the biggest unless you tell us you're already using a method (which is better?).
2. Mileage rate. Cars and vans: 55p a mile for the first 10,000 business miles in 2026/27 (45p in 2025/26), then 25p. Motorbikes: 24p a mile. The rate replaces fuel, insurance and repairs, so those aren't claimed again.
3. Income Tax. Your profit is added to any pay from a job, and we work out the extra tax that causes, using the bands for England and Northern Ireland, Wales or Scotland. The tax-free Personal Allowance shrinks above £100,000.
4. National Insurance. Class 4 is 6% of profit between £12,570 and £50,270 and 2% above. Class 2 no longer has to be paid; it's treated as paid once profit reaches the Small Profits Threshold.
5. Take-home and hourly rate. We take your real cash costs (fuel at your MPG and price, plus the work share of insurance and repairs) and the tax off your earnings, then divide by your hours.

The full method, the rates for each tax year and our test cases are on how the calculator works.

Calculators for each app

• Deliveroo tax calculator: bike, motorbike and car riders
• Uber Eats tax calculator: including couriers with a job as well
• Just Eat courier tax calculator: weekly pay and bike couriers
• Amazon Flex tax calculator: high-mileage car drivers

Guides and calculators

• 2025/26 tax return: due 31 January 2027, at 45p a mile
• How much to set aside for tax, week by week
• Job and delivery driving: the extra tax on your profit
• Real hourly rate and fuel cost per mile
• Expenses you can claim and mileage rate vs actual costs