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Why pay more tax than you need to?
Taxes are at a post-war high, and with thresholds frozen until 2031, more of everyone’s pay is being taxed every year. Yet most people pay what HMRC asks for and assume it’s the right number.
Often it isn’t.
Reliefs go unclaimed, allowances go unused, and simple choices that could lower a tax bill never get made. That’s not because people don’t care. It’s because nobody told them.
PocketTax is here to tell them.
We believe tax should be fair, and fairness starts with knowing what you’re entitled to.
The UK tax system is full of reliefs and allowances that are meant to be claimed, whether you’re saving into a pension, letting a property, running your own business, giving to charity or sharing allowances with your spouse. But the rules are among the longest and most complex in the world.
Our mission is to give everyone who pays income tax a simple way to find the reliefs they’re owed, understand them and claim them.
Paying the right amount, not less than your share.
PocketTax isn’t about loopholes or clever schemes. It’s about using the rules exactly as Parliament intended. We look at your tax position, check it against the reliefs available to you, and show you in plain English what you could save and how to claim it. It’s built by a Chartered Accountant and designed for everyone.
Take a look at the numbers
£1.42bn
In pension tax relief left unclaimed by higher-rate taxpayers each year¹
£1,756
Average relief a higher-rate pension saver could be missing each year¹
£3.5bn
In income tax overpaid by 5.6m people through PAYE, mainly due to wrong tax codes²
38.5%
Of the UK economy forecast to be taken in tax by 2030/31, a post-war high³
“I kept finding money for friends and family. These were reliefs they were entitled to and had no idea existed. Then I realised how many people are missing out and was shocked.”
Calvin Woodroffe
Founder & UK Chartered Accountant
1. LCP/Steve Webb, Freedom of Information request to HMRC, 2023/24 data (January2026) 2. UHY Hacker Young, Freedom of Information request to HMRC, 2023/24 tax year 3. Office for Budget Responsibility, Economic and Fiscal Outlook (March 2026)