Add Statutory Paternity Pay in QuickBooks Core Payroll

Learn how to add Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) in Core Payroll for eligible employees whose partner is having or adopting a child, or having a baby through surrogacy.

Before you begin

• To be eligible for Statutory Paternity Pay , you'll need to give your employer a notice of 28 days in advance. Check the HMRC employer guide for more information.
• If you have a new employee or if you've recently switched from another payroll, the starter declaration is used to calculate the employee's leave entitlement, the amount owed and the taxes and national Insurance (NI) contributions.

Add Statutory Paternity Pay

1. Follow this link to complete the steps in product
2. Select your employee.
3. Select Statutory Leave and click Start
4. Select Statutory paternity pay (SSP). 
5. Specify the start and end dates of the leave.
6. Enter the average weekly earnings. QuickBooks will automatically calculate this unless you're switching from another payroll system or haven't run payroll in QuickBooks for at least 23 weeks before the baby's due date.
7. If the SPP is for adoption, use the matching date instead of the expected due date.
8. Select the expected due date (you can make changes in the ‘Leave periods’ section if you need to). 
9. Save your changes.

Change or delete Statutory Paternity Pay

1. Follow this link to complete the steps in product
2. Select your employee. 
3. Select Edit to open the Pay Types section. 
4. Next to the leave period, you have two options:
   To edit, select the pencil icon and make the necessary change, then Save. 
   To delete, select the bin icon and then Delete to confirm. 
5. Select Save.

More help

Looking for guidance on navigating QuickBooks Online Core Payroll? Check out this resource page with how-to guides to help you.