What cookies are
Cookies are small files placed on your device by websites. Similar technologies, such as local storage or pixels, can also help a site remember settings, protect sessions, measure performance, or understand usage.
How we use cookies
Tax Explained may use cookies or similar technologies for essential site operation, security, error diagnosis, and performance measurement. If you allow optional analytics, Google Analytics may use analytics cookies to help us understand how the site is used. Advertising technologies may be added in the future and would require their own consent choices.
Calculator inputs are intended to run in your browser. We do not intentionally use cookies to store the financial figures you enter into calculators.
Types of cookies
- Essential cookies: used to deliver core site functionality, security, and network management.
- Performance cookies: used to understand whether pages load correctly and to diagnose technical issues.
- Analytics cookies: used to understand aggregate traffic and improve content only if you allow analytics in the site's privacy settings.
- Advertising cookies and similar technologies: used by ad partners to deliver, measure, and, where you consent, personalise advertising.
- Consent cookies or storage: used by our consent management platform to remember and communicate your privacy choices.
Third-party services
Hosting, security, analytics, advertising, consent management, or embedded services may set their own cookies or process technical information when you use the site. These services currently include Google Analytics when you allow optional analytics. Google or other advertising partners may be added if ads are enabled in the future. Their use of information is governed by their own policies.
Managing cookies
Most browsers let you block, delete, or limit cookies through browser settings. Where a consent banner or privacy choices screen is shown, you can use it to accept, reject, or manage optional cookies and similar technologies. Blocking some cookies may affect site performance, functionality, or advertising.
More information
For more detail on personal information, read the privacy policy. For questions, use the contact page.