Sometimes, you need to calculate and process ShPP manually.

However, there isn't a checkbox in the employee record to enable manual ShPP like in other statutory payments.

Continue to follow this article to find out how to enter this payment.

Don't create a pay element to process this payment, as it doesn't appear in the P32 this way. Instead, follow the guidance below.

Check your small employers' relief status

Typically, employers can reclaim 92% of ShPP that they pay to employees. However, with small employer relief, eligible employers can reclaim more.

Check your small employers relief eligibility before you process ShPP. If you're eligible, set up your software so that it automatically calculates the SER for you. Do this before you process ShPP.

For help with doing this, follow our what is Small Employers' Relief article.

Prepare an employee record for manual ShPP

To enter ShPP values manually, set their original statutory parental payment to use manual calculations.

For help with doing this, select one of the options below.

• Enter Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) manually
• Enter Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) manually
• Enter Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) manually
• Enter Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (SNCP) manually

Process manual ShPP

Once you've set the original payment to manual, follow the steps below to enter the payment:

1. Select the relevant employee on your employee list.
2. Go to Payroll, then Change Process Date.
3. Check the process date is correct, then select OK.
4. Select Enter Payments, then go to the Summary tab.
5. Click the field that's both alongside Shared Parental Pay, and below the Current heading.
6. Select the finder button that appears on the field you clicked.
7. Enter the value of ShPP you want to pay your employee in this pay period, then select OK.

Once you enter the ShPP for your employee, you can adjust their normal payments to accommodate the statutory pay if necessary.