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Virgo1
Oct 21, 2022 10:19 AM UTC
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Enhanced Maternity Pay

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.

GeorgiaCAnswer
Oct 21, 2022 3:33 PM UTC

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
Oct 21, 2022 12:12 PM UTC

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? 🙂

Virgo1Author
Oct 21, 2022 12:15 PM UTC

I'm using the advanced version of payroll

GeorgiaCAnswer
Oct 21, 2022 3:33 PM UTC

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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