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  1. UK Payroll - Calculate pension contributions on pre-SMP earnings

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    submitted  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    Hi everyone👋, thanks for the idea and support here. To be open and upfront we don’t have any plans in the near term to expand this functionality.

    Right now, you can create an additional Employer Pensions pay item and add it to the employee's Pay Template. When the pay run is processed you'll be able to enter in the difference due, to ensure the total contributions equals the required value. If anything changes in this space, we’ll update you on this idea. 

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    James Synge commented  · 

    Please could someone point me to UK law that says Employer contributions are based on more than the pay being received by the employee. In Gov.UK auto-enrolment regs it states "If you’re not getting paid, your employer still has to make pension contributions in the first 26 weeks of your leave (‘Ordinary Maternity Leave’). They have to carry on making contributions afterwards if it’s in your contract. Check your employer’s maternity policy." At present I am simply using what Xero calculates, and would welcome clarification.