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title: "How do I process maternity pay for leavers?"
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# How do I process maternity pay for leavers?

When an employee is made a leaver on the payroll, **HMRC** will be notified when the **RTI** data is submitted each pay period. You need to give the employee a **P45** form for their records, which shows the total pay and tax in the employment tax year.

Within **Cintra iQ**, you can process maternity pay for a leaver for both one-off payments and monthly payments.

## Maternity Pay

Enter the maternity pay for a Leaver, before their leave date is entered into Cintra iQ.

### How do I process maternity pay?

1. Open the employee's **SMP** claim. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employment Record > Forms > Parental Payments > Maternity Pay tab and open the current record. The **SMP Claim** window appears.
2. Click the **Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)** tab.
3. Click the **Payment Details** button. The **SMP Payment Details** window appears.
4. Double click the record with the latest date. The **Edit Pay UpTo Date** pop appears.
5. Enter the date the maternity pay is paid up until.
6. Click the **OK** button.
7. Click the **OK** button to exit the **SMP Payment Details** window.
8. Click the **OK** button to exit the **Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)** window.
9. Calculate the employee’s maternity payment record. The remaining amount of maternity pay due to the employee is processed.
10. Continue to make the employee a leaver.

### How do I process monthly payments?

After you have entered the date the maternity pay is paid up until, if a maternity payment is needed to be paid on a monthly basis to the **Leaver.**

1. Navigate to the **Tax & NI** form and click the **HMRC Forms Sent** tab.
2. Deselect the **P45 Printed** option and save.
3. Make the employee a late payment to leaver using the **Late Payment to Leaver** button on the **Payroll Membership** form.
4. Save.
5. Calculate the employee's payment. The monthly payments are processed.