Enhanced Maternity Pay

Virgo1 · ‎October 21, 2022

Hello,

We offer an enhanced Maternity Package, whereby we pay our employees more than the statutory maternity payments of 90% of their salary for 6 weeks and 33 weeks at £156.66.

I use QuickBooks online and the statutory payment is calculated and correct but does anyone know how I add the enhanced payment in for the employee as there does not seem to be an enhanced maternity pay category - do I just use one of the other payroll categories e.g. Adjustment or Allowance?

Thanks in advance for your help.

GeorgiaC · ‎October 21, 2022

Thanks Virgo1, you can follow the steps below to create the additional pay category to keep track of any enhanced maternity pay:

Go to Payroll Settings and select Pay Categories.
When you create a new business, a number of common pay categories will already be available. You can delete these and create new ones that match your business needs. To create a new Pay Category, select Add.
Enter your Pay Category Name then Save.
Complete the fields below then Save.
- Name
- Units - Hourly, Annually, Fixed, or Daily
- PAYE Tax Exempt
- Accrues Leave
- Exempt from National Insurance
- Rate Precision - option to set rate at between 0 and 5 decimal places.

To add this when running the payroll, simply select Actions on the employee > Add earnings > Select the pay category on the drop-down of the new earnings line that appears.

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GeorgiaC · ‎October 21, 2022

Hi Virgo1, thanks for your post - you can use any relevant pay category to add the top-up as an additional earnings line on the pay slip. Are you using the standard or advanced version of our payroll? :)

Virgo1 · ‎October 21, 2022

I'm using the advanced version of payroll

GeorgiaC · ‎October 21, 2022

Thanks Virgo1, you can follow the steps below to create the additional pay category to keep track of any enhanced maternity pay:

Go to Payroll Settings and select Pay Categories.
When you create a new business, a number of common pay categories will already be available. You can delete these and create new ones that match your business needs. To create a new Pay Category, select Add.
Enter your Pay Category Name then Save.
Complete the fields below then Save.
- Name
- Units - Hourly, Annually, Fixed, or Daily
- PAYE Tax Exempt
- Accrues Leave
- Exempt from National Insurance
- Rate Precision - option to set rate at between 0 and 5 decimal places.

To add this when running the payroll, simply select Actions on the employee > Add earnings > Select the pay category on the drop-down of the new earnings line that appears.

lovebartonoxford · ‎January 05, 2025

Very useful explanation.

Can I confirm for Standard Payroll, to reflect full pay for the first month for the employee on maternity leave , I would let QB calculate the statutory maternity pay for that month and include the relevant amount to as 'additional earnings' to bring it up to the full month's salary?

FateCandylaneT · ‎January 05, 2025

We've got the detailed information to help you make manual adjustments to your employee's Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) calculations, Oxford.

I've seen that you've posted twice in this forum with the same concern. Don't worry, my colleague has already provided a solution for you to guide you in managing SMP payments. Feel free to visit this link: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-uk/employees-and-payroll/re-uk-employee-smp-payment-f...

We'll keep this thread available for any additional queries you have when setting up SMP payments in your account. Keep safe and have a great day ahead!

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