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.

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