If you are self employed how much is maternity pay?

Question

How does maternity pay for self employed people work? How much do you get paid and when and how long does it last for?

Also, do you need to be self employed for a certain amount of time before you qualify? For example, if you have been self employed for 5 months can you still get maternity pay?

Answer 1

well you are entitlesd to MA which is maternity allowance - a tax free benefit from he government! Its paid from 11 weeks before the expected birth and you will get it for 26weeks (39 weeks if childbirth is expected on or after Apirl 1 2007)!
As you are self employed you need to be paying Class 2 National Insurance or hold Small earnings certificate to qualify for it. You qualify if you have been employed and/or self employed for at least 26 weeks in the 66 weeks up to and including the week before your baby is due. This 66 week period is known as the Test Period. Part weeks are counted as full weeks If you claim more than 3 months after the date your MA is due to start .Claim as soon as you can after you have been pregnant for 26 weeks.you will lose money.



TO THE GUY ON UP - SHE IS PAYING FOR HER OWN BENEFITS - THATS WHAT NATIONAL INSURANCE IS FOR AND THE SELF EMPLOYED PAY OUT LOTS OF IT - SH EIS ENTITLED TO THE SAME AS YOU!

Answer 2

Log in here:-
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Workingparents/DG_10029285
It gives you all the information you'll need

A lot of the other people answering have got the wrong end of the stick I think. You mean Maternity Pay as in Statutory Maternity Pay, from the Government. I was in a good job (and had been there for 11 years) and the company did not top up my Statutory Maternity Pay, I only got what the Government paid £104 per week - but you need to be in emplyment for a set number of weeks to qualify for SMP.
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Answer 3

You will not be entitled to maternity pay but you WILL be allowed maternity allowance for a maximum of 6 months. This works out at £104 per week
You just need to check about how long you must be working before you can claim this. I think you must be in work starting from your 4th week of pregnancy right up untill you are planning on stopping work without any breaks

Answer 4

The self employed do NOT qualify for Maternity Pay or Sick Pay

Answer 5

I'm self employed and had maternity benefit of £104 a week. However, you need to have paid your national insurance stamp to claim anything........If you haven't paid it, I don't think you are entitled to it.

Answer 6

it depends how much you can pay yourself

if you are self employed, you should put aside some money when you are earning a lot so you will have some money when you are not earning a lot

like they do for teachers when they have Summers off

Answer 7

I'm not sure on the length of time you need to have been classed as self-employed, but this link may be of use to you:

http://tiger.direct.gov.uk/cgi-bin/maternity.cgi?

Best of luck with the pregnancy and birth :)

xx

Answer 8

What are you talking about. If you are self employed, you are your own boss, you are the business. You use the money earned to pay taxes, and the profits you spend at your own discretion.No one is going to pay you anything, like I said, you are the whole ball of wax.

Answer 9

if you are self employed there is no one to pay you maternity pay. you will not be earning while you are not working. you may be entitled to some sort of benefit, but it wont be maternity pay.

Answer 10

Uh.....who exactly are you expecting to pay this? The costs of being self-employed include nobody compensating you for vacation, holidays or any type of leave you may choose to go on.

I pray to God you aren't referring to some sort of social security program. As a taxpayer, its not my responsibility to pay you for time off after having had a baby.