In the UK you pretty much can pay yourself entirely in dividends. What many people do is pay themselves over the National Insurance threshold (£8064, which nowadays essentially matters only for being able to claim a state pension eventually) but below the personal allowance (£10600, below which you don't pay any income tax), and then the remainder in dividends. Note as of the 2015 UK Budget the law relating to dividends has changed which makes the tax due far closer, and that comes into effect for the 2016/2017 tax year.
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In the UK you pretty much can pay yourself entirely in dividends. What many people do is pay themselves over the National Insurance threshold (£8064, which nowadays essentially matters only for being able to claim a state pension eventually) but below the personal allowance (£10600, below which you don't pay any income tax), and then the remainder in dividends. Note as of the 2015 UK Budget the law relating to dividends has changed which makes the tax due far closer, and that comes into effect for the 2016/2017 tax year.