Grossed out

In the UK we rarely speak about salaries, but in the situation when you’re negotiating a salary for a new role or a possible promotion, the salary is usually given as a gross annual amount. Whilst it is nice to discuss such large numbers, they are sometimes rather abstract, and disconnected from the actual monthly amount we get in our payslips. This is particularly different to other European countries, such as Belgium and the Netherlands, whereby it is common practice to negotiate a monthly net sum, i.e. the actual amount you get in your pocket each month. This, to me at least, makes much more sense.

Now, whilst there are plenty of websites that give you a monthly breakdown given your annual salary, few, if any, give you a dashboard approach, with simple design. Some I have used are very detailed and functional, but overload the user with buttons and options and many lacked visual aids such as graphs and plots. Hence, accountingtom.com was born.

Check it out here and let me know what you think.

Written by Thomas Stainer who likes to develop software for applications mainly in maths and physics, but also to solve everyday problems. Check out my GitHub page here.