SMP claim back and queries via Bright Pay Payroll

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    Hi,
    We use Bright Pay for payroll and do this ourselves. We pay staff weekly.

    Looking for some advise?

    We've had a person who's just started maternity leave. I've flagged them as such in Bright Pay and there first weekly payslip shows SMP pay at 90% of the earnings for the qualifying period. The software calculated the amounts automatically based on qualifying earnings.

    However when doing the HMRC RTI submission I thought we would get some money back for paying SMP but can't see anything on the summary page that shows HRMC payments.

    Should this get auto included on the RTI or is there a separate process to claim funds back, or do I not get anything back at the moment and have to claim it separately at end of year?

    As above this is the first time I've done this so not sure what the normal process is for SMP.

    Any advise greatly appreciated.
     
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    If you do the filing correctl;y you don't get anything back, you get the amount of SMP deducted from the amount you pay HMRC for PAYE and NI every month/quarter.

    You can apply for an advance of the SMP amount via your givernment gateway (I think).

    Have you filed asn EPS showing the amount of SMP paid?
     
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    Thanks for the reply. I don't normally do an EPS monthly. Just the FPS.

    I've only run the EPS in April to claim the small employers allowance. Should I be running the EPS monthly regardless?

    As I pay weekly the first pay date for this employee with maternity pay lands on 8th November.

    So if I run an EPS for period ending 5th November doesn't show anything.

    I'll ensure I do the EPS for period ending 5th December and that should allow me to reduce the payment for that period but as above should I be running the EPS monthly regardless of whether I had someone on maternity pay or not? I've not been doing so and nobody as grumbled.
     
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    SSAS said:
    Thanks for the reply. I don't normally do an EPS monthly. Just the FPS.

    I've only run the EPS in April to claim the small employers allowance. Should I be running the EPS monthly regardless?

    As I pay weekly the first pay date for this employee with maternity pay lands on 8th November.

    So if I run an EPS for period ending 5th November doesn't show anything.

    I'll ensure I do the EPS for period ending 5th December and that should allow me to reduce the payment for that period but as above should I be running the EPS monthly regardless of whether I had someone on maternity pay or not? I've not been doing so and nobody as grumbled.
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    You file the EPS when there is something to tell HMRC. If SMP has not yet been paid you cannot tell them about it. The software I use prompts me to file an EPS when it is needed, I assume BrightPay does the same.
     
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