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If you're an employer, use form SAP1 if you need to inform an employee that they aren't entitled to receive Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP). Use the form to tell the employee why they aren't entitled. If you're an employee and your employer gives you a form SAP1, retain it for your records.

Help and guidance relating to this form

 

Employers reporting PAYE in real time

Statutory Adoption Pay: an overview
Employer information on Statutory Adoption Pay rates & eligibility, including how SAP is paid & how to recover payments

Employers filing online but not yet reporting PAYE in real time

E16: Employer helpbook for Statutory Adoption Pay (PDF, 473KB)
Guidance for employers to use for employees whose child is expected to be placed with them for adoption on or after 4 April 2013

Employers exempt from online filing 

E13 - Day-to-day Payroll (PDF, 1.2MB)
Use this guide for information on day-to-day payroll operations

E16: Employer helpbook for Statutory Adoption Pay (PDF, 473KB)
Guidance for employers to use for employees whose child is expected to be placed with them for adoption on or after 4 April 2013

 

If you're an employer, use form SAP1 to tell an employee why they aren't entitled to receive Statutory Adoption Pay

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OSPP1 - Why I Cannot Pay You OSPP
If you're an employer, use form OSPP1 to tell an employee why they aren't entitled to receive Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (OSPP)

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