See How Quickly Better Hardware Pays for Itself.
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Enter your hardware investment to see the payback analysis.
Tax Relief Guidance (AIA)
Maximise your deduction with qualifying equipment.
Under the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), qualifying IT assets usually include:
- Computers & PCs – desktops, laptops, and workstations.
- Servers – physical servers used for business operations.
- Networking – switches, wireless access points, and routers.
- Peripherals – printers, scanners, and monitors.
- Infrastructure – storage arrays, firewalls, and UPS units.
Only business-use hardware qualifies; personal equipment is excluded.
- Software subscriptions or licenses (treated as Opex).
- Office consumables like USB sticks or mouse pads.
- Mixed-use equipment primarily for personal use.
Unlocking Capacity
Value the human performance recovered by removing technical friction.
Enter the employee's gross annual salary. We assume 1,700 productive hours per year (46.4 weeks after holidays and leave).
Includes Employer NI, pension and overheads. Typically 1.25–1.4× the base salary.
Hours per week saved from slow systems, crashes and delays. Example: 0.5 hours/week ≈ 6 minutes per day (5-day week).
12 minutes per day
Your UK Corporation Tax rate. This sets the AIA tax relief. Relief reduces your tax bill at year-end — not instant cash.
Payback Analysis
Net Effective Investment
Hardware cost after estimated AIA tax relief. Not a cash rebate — the saving appears when you file your tax return (only if profitable).
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Estimated cost after applying tax relief (realised through Corporation Tax when accounts are filed).
Annual Value Unlocked (per employee)
Estimated yearly value of time recovered per employee (redirected into productive work).
£0
Estimated annual value of recovered productivity.
Break-Even Point
0.0 Months
The number of months required for productivity gains to cover the effective cost of the investment.
Investment Fully Recovered