Reference

The 47 UK taxes — complete list

Britain Needs Us counts 47 distinct taxes, charges and levies that can affect a typical UK household. Our headline figure of 27 stealth taxes refers to mechanisms with a hidden or indirect character — frozen thresholds, embedded charges and pass-through levies.

Every tax is explained on our interactive reference page with average household costs, impact ratings and links to deeper articles where available.

Sources: HMRC, ONS, OBR 2024–25. See our methodology for full details.