Quote Originally Posted by Toadstool View Post
I could pay a base salary ( under the NI threashold ) but I don't - I agree I could "avoid" the tax, and maybe not with this change I will - still get clobbered with the div tax ( as well as the CT I already pay which is also going up 2022 or 23? ).
1.25% is hardly clobbered. and if you take a mix of salary and divs you're still paying less tax overall (even allowing for CT, NICS and IT) than an employee earning the same income.