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Add Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) in QuickBooks Payroll

by Intuit• Updated 1 month ago

Learn how to add Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) for eligible employees in QuickBooks Online Core Payroll. An employee may be eligible if their child:

  1. Was born on or after 6 April 2024
  2. Required neonatal care for seven consecutive days within the first 28 days of birth

Before you begin

  • If claiming, ensure your settings have been updated to reflect Small Employers’ Relief for the 2024–2025 tax year.
  • Employees must give at least 28 days’ notice to claim SNCP.
  • If your employee is new or you’ve switched payroll systems, QuickBooks uses the starter declaration to calculate leave entitlement, pay, and national insurance (NI) contributions.
  • SNCP cannot be taken at the same time as other types of statutory leave. If another statutory parental leave is active during the child’s stay in a neonatal facility, SNCP may begin once the other leave has ended.

For more information, see the official HMRC guidance on Statutory Neonatal Care Pay and Leave.


In Core Payroll

  1. Follow this link to complete the steps in product Open this link in a new window
  2. Select your employee.
  3. Select Statutory Leave and click Start.
  4. Select + Add statutory leave.
  5. Select Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) .
  6. Specify the start date of the leave.
  7. Select the Tier type (one or two).
  8. 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 eight weeks before the baby's due date.
  9. If the SNCP is for adoption, use the matching date instead of the expected due date.
  10. Select the expected due date (you can make changes in the ‘Leave periods’ section if you need to).
  11. Save your changes.
  1. Follow this link to complete the steps in product Open this link in a new window
  2. Select your employee.
  3. Select Edit next to the Statutory Leave 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.

What's next?

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

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