self employed paternity

[ruth1104]

Hello, there was a very helpful thread on here a while ago about maternity pay while self employed, so I was hoping someone might be able to help me. My husband is self employed, is he entitled to ordinary paternity pay since he meets the national insurance requirements? How is it claimed? I have looked, but the hmrc website as usual isn't all that forthcoming...

i think it depends on how he pays himself- sole trader or Ltd company?

My hubby is a self employed dentist and works through a Ltd company. He is paid a salary and then takes dividends after tax. I think you can pay the SPP through HMRC PAYE system.

My husband is SE and as far as we could tell, after extensive research, he was entitled to claim feck all.

This link states there's no paternity pay for self employed people.

www.dad.info/work/paternity-leave/what-if-i-m-self-employed