Work out what a negotiator costs once employer National Insurance and the car are in the figure.
Leave at zero if you provide no vehicle. A company car also attracts Class 1A National Insurance at 15% on the benefit value.
After VAT and referral costs, the figure the commission calculator gives you.
Illustrative figures on 2026/27 rates and simplified assumptions. This is general information, not advice. Ask us to work it out on your agency's figures, free.
The calculator’s starting figures, with the Employment Allowance already used elsewhere. Employer National Insurance is 15% above £5,000 a year from 6 April 2025, and a company car adds Class 1A at 15% on the benefit.
At a £3,500 average net fee, the role needs thirteen completions a year to pay for itself.
The Employment Allowance is £10,500 and no longer limited by the £100,000 cap. It is not available to a company whose only employee is its sole director.
Statutory sick pay from day one and for lower-paid staff. Paternity and unpaid parental leave become day-one rights. The collective redundancy protective award doubles.
The employment tribunal claim time limit rises from three months to six.
The unfair dismissal qualifying period falls to six months, with fire-and-rehire protections and uncapped compensatory awards.
The government roadmap contains no statutory nine-month probation period. Plan on the six-month qualifying period.
Commission is large and moves with the market, so the year a role costs most can be the year it earns least, while the fixed costs stay put. Test the number of completions against a slow quarter.
If you buy the car instead of paying an allowance, new zero-emission cars get a 100% first-year allowance. Second-hand electric cars and anything up to 50g/km go to the main pool at 14%; above 50g/km the rate is 6%.
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