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title: "How do I claim employment allowance?"
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# How do I claim employment allowance?

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

1. Navigate to the **Allowances and Take On** window.

Go to **Cintra iQ**: Payroll > Payroll Setup > Employer Setup
2. Select your employer.
3. Navigate to Allowances and Take On tab
4. Select the desired **Tax Year**.
5. Open the allowance window
6. Select **Yes** under Employment Allowance

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7. Click the **Save** button.
8. 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.