The Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (OSPP) calculator will help you to work out if you have to pay OSPP to your employee and if so how much OSPP you have to pay them. It will also help you to work out how much OSPP recovery you can get.
OSPP is available to any employee (male or female) who is:
Note: OSPP is only payable if the adopter has been matched with a child for adoption by an adoption agency or, for adoption from abroad, the foreign adoption agency has been issued with a certificate of eligibility by a UK authority. Private adoptions are not covered by OSPP.
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1) Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) was introduced from 3 April 2011. As a consequence of this, the formally know Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) is now know as Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay. The calculator has not been updated with this name change. Please read all references to Statutory Paternity Pay (or SPP) to now read Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (or OSPP). The rules for SPP have not changed. If you require further information regarding ASPP, please read our guide 'Additional Statutory Paternity Pay: eligibility forms and records'.
Additional Statutory Paternity Pay: eligibility forms and records
2) For directors of companies incorporated after 1 October 2009, there are new company regulations which may affect the director's average weekly earnings for OSPP purposes. You'll find more detail in HM Revenue & Customs' (HMRC's) publication E19: 'Employer Helpbook for Ordinary and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay'. You can download this publication using the link at the end of this section. Alternatively, you can contact the Employer Helpline - you can find their contact details in the 'Further help' section at the end of this guide.
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Go to E19: Employer Helpbook for Ordinary and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay
To work out how much OSPP you will have to pay for adoptions in the UK you will need:
To work out how much OSPP you will have to pay when the child has been adopted from abroad you will need:
To calculate the recovery of OSPP you can get you will need:
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Should any faults come to your attention please refer to HMRC's online services page on reporting problems using the link below.
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Use our online tool to calculate your employee's Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay
Calculating and recovering OSPP
Go to E19: Employer Helpbook for Ordinary Statutory and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay