Tax Relief Calculator 2026/27

GMC, NMC, HCPC, BMA, royal college, exams, mileage and uniform: if you paid for it and your employer did not, HMRC owes you the tax back. Work out what you are owed, then claim it yourself on GOV.UK for free.

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Rules last checked 2 October 2026

Your details

What you earn

Annual taxable pay

Your tax rate

Professional fees

Registration fee

BMA membership

Royal College fee

Defence organisation

Other approved subscriptions

Travel for work

Car or van, business miles

miles

Motorcycle miles

miles

Bicycle miles

miles

Public transport fares

Exams, courses and equipment

Exam fees

Travel to exams

Courses and conferences

Books and equipment

Uniform and home working

Uniform and laundry

Weeks worked from home

weeks

Your refund

Estimated refundEstimated refundThe tax you get back, not the money you spent. Relief means you do not pay tax on that part of your income, so a £481 GMC fee is worth about £96 to a basic-rate taxpayer and about £192 to a higher-rate one.Allowable costsEverything on this page that HMRC accepts as a work expense, added up. It is the amount that comes off your taxable income, not the amount you get back.Relief rateThe rate your claim is actually relieved at. Usually your tax band, but it lands between two of them when the claim crosses a threshold, and it can be 60% between £100,000 and £125,140 where the personal allowance tapers away.With back yearsClaiming the same costs for this tax year and the 4 before it, which HMRC allows. It assumes your costs and your tax rate were the same every year, so treat it as a ceiling rather than a figure to expect.

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What you are claimingProfessional feesYour GMC, NMC or HCPC fee, and BMA, royal college and defence organisation subscriptions, plus anything else on HMRC's approved list, as long as you paid it yourself and were not reimbursed.Uniform and laundryCleaning, repairing or replacing uniform and specialist clothing, at HMRC's flat rate for your job unless you have receipts for more. Doctors are not named in HMRC's table, so theirs is the £60 default.TravelWork journeys that are not your ordinary commute: between sites, to another trust, to training. Mileage is paid at HMRC's approved rate, public transport at what you actually paid.Exams, courses and equipmentCosts you had to meet yourself to do the job and that your study budget did not cover, including things you keep such as a stethoscope.Working from home£6 a week, and only for weeks you had to work from home rather than chose to.A category on £0Something you have not claimed for. They stay listed on purpose: an empty row is the most useful line here, because it is money still on the table.

Professional fees	£0
Uniform and laundry	£0
Travel	£0
Exams, courses and equipment	£0
Working from home	£0
Total allowable costs	£0

These figures are an estimate, not tax advice: they are worked out from GOV.UK and HMRC's rates and thresholds for 2026/27 and the GMC's own published fees, and updated each April. You file the claim yourself on GOV.UK, and it is free. If something here is wrong, we are sorry, and we would like to know: use Spot a mistake and we will check it against the source. See the full methodology and disclaimer.

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