How do I claim employment allowance?

Modified on Wed, 19 Mar at 12:00 PM

You can create payment runs to pay tax, employee and employer NI, and student loan deductions to HMRC. The payment runs are created by the P32 period. Therefore, if you have more than one payroll under a tax reference, all payments due to HMRC are created in one run. As part of this process, the EPS (Employer Payment Summary) file is created and submitted to HMRC. The EPS file displays employer payments that are due such as tax, NI etc.

To claim employment allowance

Navigate to the Allowances and Take On window.
Go to Cintra iQ: Payroll> Payroll Setup> Employer Setup
Select your employer.
Navigate to Allowances and Take On tab
Select the desired Tax Year.
Open the allowance window
Select Yes under Employment Allowance
Click the Save button.
When you create HMRC payment run your liability amount will be adjusted to take into account Employment Allowance.

You only need to set this flag once at the start of the tax year and Cintra iQ will reduce your liability automatically.

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