SPP calculator (birth)
The Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) Calculator for births will help you to work out if you have to pay SPP to your employee and if so how much you have to pay. It will also help you to work out how much SPP funding you can get back.
SPP is available to any employee who is:
- a biological father
- a partner, civil partner or husband who is not the baby’s biological father
- a female partner in a same sex couple
You will not be able to able to use the calculator for any case where the baby born date is before 3 April 2005. In these cases refer to the Employer Helpbook E15 (PDF 367K)
If you have used the Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) calculator to calculate the amount of repayment or recovery previously please check for any updates below and click on the appropriate link below:
Important updates:
TThe calculator will not be up-rated with the rates for the 2008/09 tax year until the beginning of April 2008 so you may need to recalculate the amount of SPP payable to your employee for SPP weeks starting on or after 6 April 2008 once the calculator has been updated.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.
To access use the link below:
Calculate your employee's Statutory Paternity Pay
If you have not used the Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) calculator previously please read the information needed below and click on the link above or below:
To work out how much SPP you will have to pay you will need:
- A declaration of family commitment signed by the employee. This can either be form SC3 or your own version of the form.
- To establish whether your employee's gross earnings attract Class 1 National Insurance contributions (NICs) or would if they were high enough.
- The date your employee expects to stop work.
- Your employee's gross pay amounts and dates in the set period.
- The date your employee started working for you.
To calculate the funding you can get you will need:
- the amount of SPP you are liable to pay as calculated by the calculator
- details of your gross Class 1 NI Liability for the relevant tax year
You may want to look at Employer Helpbook E15 Pay and time off work for parents.
HM Revenue & Customs cannot be held liable for incorrect output from this Calculator.
Correct information can only result from this Calculator if correct details are entered.
If you experience problems printing result pages on the calculator try setting the page orientation from portrait to landscape.
If you encounter any problems using the calculator please let us know by using our feedback form and selecting 'Feedback about the website' from the list.
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