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title: "Amending corrections"
slug: "amendments-to-corrections"
description: "Learn how to create amendments in Cintra iQ, correcting past entries and ensuring accurate payroll processing with our step-by-step guide."
updated: 2026-07-28T13:27:51Z
published: 2026-07-28T13:27:51Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/amendments-to-corrections"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.cintra.co.uk/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Amending corrections

## What is an amendment?

To understand what an amendment is, we must also consider corrections.

- A **correction** is Cintra iQ automatically applying the *right* tax/NI treatment to a *past* change you've made (a new work pattern, a sickness event, a rate change). It's the system doing something correctly in response to a source change.
- An **amendment** is what you do when that correction itself now needs undoing or changing, because the original entry was wrong, entered with the wrong dates, or needs removing entirely. It's the *reversal mechanism* for a correction you already made.

## Create an amendment

Where you create an amendment will depend on where the correction was applied. See [How do I know which values to amend?](/iq/docs/amendments-to-corrections#how-do-i-know-which-values-to-amend) below.

### Update **post history**

1. Navigate to the employee's **Post History** window.
2. Amend the **Spine Point** and/or **Work Pattern** at source.

> [!TIP]
> Changing the **Spine Point From Date** back to **4th April 2025** instead of the current **4th April 2026** within **Post History** will remove the correction once you have recalculated the payslip.

### Update **payroll period input**

This gives you the ability to manually change the entry without amending it at source.

For example, sometimes a back dated pro rata doesn't give you the value you would like. This often occurs in shortened months (such as February compared to October).

1. Go to the employee's **Payroll Period Input and Corrections** window.
2. Select the correct **Payroll Period.**
3. Open the relevant **Payments and Rates** record.
4. Re-enter the **Input Amount.**
5. [Recalculate the payslip](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-edit-delete-corrections#calculate-and-view-the-employees-payslip).

### Update **payments and rates**

1. Navigate to the **Set Up Individual Allowances and Rates** tab in the employee's **Standing Allowances and Rates** window and amend at source.
  1. Employment Record > Forms > Payments/Rates
2. Close the **Contribution** record,
3. Create a new contribution record.
4. [Recalculate the payslip](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-edit-delete-corrections#calculate-and-view-the-employees-payslip).. This in turn will delete the correction.

#### Remove **calendar event**

1. Navigate to the employee's **Calendar.**
  1. Employment Record > Forms > Calendar
2. Delete the event.
3. Re-calculate the payslip. This in turn will delete the correction.
4. Re-add the event in the **Calendar** if required.

> [!CAUTION]
> **Warning:** Except for Calendar Events, you should not delete any lines of data within Cintra iQ as this could lead to corrections overlapping other corrections, which makes the problem very difficult to resolve. Or, a payment could have already been made, which also can make the problem more difficult. It is best practice to perform the following:
> 
> 1. Never delete.
> 2. Check the Audit log.
> 3. Fix at source.

## How do I know which values to amend?

If you can't remember where you have made the amendments, you can unpick the changes by referring to the **Audit Report**, seeing where the changes were made and re-instating them one-by-one. To do this:

1. Navigate to the **Audit** form.
  - Go to **Cintra iQ**: Tools > Auditing.
2. Select the desired **File to audit** to identify where the changes have occurred. The form adjusts accordingly.
3. Select the desired **Payroll**.
4. Select the desired **Period**.
5. Select the desired option from the drop-down list.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/YoENRPPbqbBFOzL3g_w_QePGLlww_EiAMQ.png)

1. Enter the **Date/Time Range** of the correction(s).
2. Select the desired user from the **Select Records Maintained by Users** pane.
3. Click the **Next** button. The **Auditing** window appears.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/R_m9ebo-UW5UrK6TqyHhgJCFb3zCvuEauQ.png)
4. Scroll through to find the earliest change to a section and compare the **Old Value** with the **New Value**.

> [!TIP]
> **Tip:** Look at the Date and Time stamp to locate the required change.
5. Keep a record so that you can make the changes in the necessary sections.
6. Remember to recalculate the employee's payslip once the old values have been re-instated.

### Calculate and view the employee's payslip

1. Open the employee's **Payslip Period Summary** form.
  - Go to **Cintra iQ**: Employment record > Forms > Payslip
2. Click the **Calculate** button. The following occurs:
  - The payments are recalculated and display what has been corrected, on the **Gross to Net Summary** tab.
  - The tax, **NI** and pension contributions are adjusted accordingly to reflect the earnings in the pay period and display what has been corrected.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Student loans are not affected during a correction.

Expand a payment/deduction to view the correction. Double-click it for more information.