Cintra People Payroll handles different types of employer-provided benefit in several places, all of which you can access when editing an employee.
Note: If you are an outsourced customer and you can't see the benefit option you need, contact your bureau.
Payrolled benefits
Benefits that are taxed through payroll, such as private medical insurance or dental cover, are entered in the Benefits tab > Benefits in kind > Payrolled benefits. The benefit's cash equivalent is added to the employee's taxable pay each payroll period. See Benefits in kind.
Benefit costs
What a benefit costs you, and anything the employee pays towards it from their pay, is recorded in the Benefits tab > Benefits in kind > Benefit costs. For example, private healthcare membership (employer paid) with additional perks like a sauna (employee paid). See Benefits in kind.
Note: Payrolled benefits and benefit costs are separate records. If you want to tax a benefit through payroll and record what it costs, add it to both sections.
Salary sacrifices
Salary sacrifice schemes, such as pension contributions, cycle to work or childcare vouchers, are entered in the Benefits tab > Salary sacrifices. See Salary sacrifice schemes.
Company vehicles
Company cars and vans are assigned and managed in the Benefits tab > Company vehicles. Benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax is calculated automatically and feeds straight into payroll. See Company vehicles.
