{"id":4090,"date":"2018-03-24T16:13:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T16:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-are-tax-codestax-codes-are-used-to-calculate-how-much-tax-to-deduct-from-your-pay-or-your-pension-hmrc-works-out-the-code-and-sends-it-through-you-so-you-can-ensure-your-employees-are-paying-t\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:45:33","slug":"what-are-tax-codes","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-are-tax-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"What are tax codes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Glossary definition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat are tax codes?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What are tax codes?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/glossary\/what-are-tax-codes\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/tax-codes-business\/\">Tax codes<\/a> are used to calculate how much tax to deduct from your pay or your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/blog\/pension-contributions\/\">pension<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HMRC works out the code and sends it through you so you can ensure your employees are paying the right amount of tax. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-gb\/payroll-software\/tax\/\">HMRC-recognised payroll<\/a> software will always gaurentee that your employees have the most up to date tax codes.<\/p>\n\n<section class=\"more-topics alignfull has-grey-light-background-color 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