Real-Time Information for the Tax Year 2026-27

Use the new process delivered for FPS submissions for tax year 2026-27. If you're paying Statutory Parental  Bereavement Pay to Northern Ireland employees under the new extended entitlement and are gainfully employed in Northern Ireland, you can use the new data items and balances delivered for FPS and EPS reporting.

Full Payment Submission (FPS)

Here's the summary of changes to the Full Payment Submission for the tax year 2026-27

  • XML output to reflect the tax year 2026-27
  • Additional data fields added to XML output for:
  • Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay in Northern Ireland (SPBPNIRE)
  • Access to Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) in Northern Ireland due to miscarriage.
  • Northern Ireland employee workplace postcode
  • A new process Run Full Payment Submission for Tax Year Ending April 2027 is available.
  • Validations for the new data items and cross validations are incorporated in the FPS process for 2026-27

Process

Run the FPS tax year 2026-27 using the process Run Full Payment Submission for Tax Year ending April 2027.

Employer Payment Summary (EPS)

The changes to Employer Payment Summary for the tax year 2026-27 include:

  • XML output to reflect the new tax year 2026-27
  • Additional data fields added to XML output for:
  • Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay recovered year to date in Northern Ireland
  • NIC compensation on Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay year to date in Northern Ireland
  • Run EPS
  • Use for tax years from 2022-23 and onward
  • Run Employer Payment Summary for Tax Year Ending April 20YY
  • Only use this process for tax years prior to 2022-23

Data Items

The new data items and balances have been delivered for reporting on FPS & EPS for SPBPNIRE.   

New Balances

These balances are delivered for reporting on PS & EPS:

  • Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay in Northern Ireland due to miscarriage (FPS)
  • SPBPNIRE Recovery (EPS)
  • SPBPNIRE NIC Compensation (EPS)

When you create the SPBPNIRE payment element, set it to feed these new balances accordingly to ensure correct reporting on FPS and EPS is correct.

Other Data Items

If you pay statutory bereavement pay to employees who are gainfully employed in Northern Ireland under the extended entitlement, you must also enter the workplace post code in the correct format for Northern Ireland. For this a new field has been delivered on the Legislative Information for Person labelled:

  • Northern Ireland Workplace Postcode for SPBP due to miscarriage

The FPS process will validate to ensure it conforms to Northern Ireland postcode format.

The new flag on FPS Access to Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) in Northern Ireland due to miscarriage will default to Y(es) if the balance Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay in Northern Ireland (SPBPNIRE) is present

Validation changes

Validations have been added according to the RTI Data Items publication for tax year 2026-27 on the new data items for SPBPNIRE.

Comply with legislative changes and statutory requirements for the tax year 2026-27.

Steps to Enable and Configure

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Key Resources

For more information, see Payroll Legislative Updates 2025/2026 on Information Center: Fusion Human Capital Management - United Kingdom (KA143)