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title: "Overriding cost allocations"
slug: "how-do-i-override-cost-allocations"
description: "Set up cost analysis rules in Cintra iQ, group pay elements, and override accounts for precise payroll liability mapping. Streamline your payroll process today!"
updated: 2026-07-29T09:05:51Z
published: 2026-06-10T11:26:23Z
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# Overriding cost allocations

Now that your **Cost Analysis Structure** is set up, you can set up rules within **Cintra iQ**, according to how you want your costs to be analysed when you extract **Cost Analysis** data. The rule set up is based on pay elements.

You can also group multiple pay elements together under a costing category so that you can apply cost analysis rules to categories of pay elements rather than individual pay elements.

You can override an **Accounts Part** for a specific payroll when mapping a liability to an account.

> [!TIP]
> **Example:** I want to see the Weekly Payroll bill I had just paid to HMRC, therefore I should override the default Liability Account used for HMRC with one that is specific to the weekly payroll so I can allocate all the HMRC payments to that particular account code.

## To override an allocation

1. Navigate to the **Account Mappings** window. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Payroll > Payroll Set up > Accounting.
2. Navigate to the **Liability Allocation Overrides** tab. The **Payroll Liabilities** tab and the **Allocation Overrides** tab appears.
3. Select the desired **Payroll**.
4. Select the **Allocation Overrides** tab.
5. Select the desired **Accounts Part**.
6. Right-click: **Open** on the desired value. The **Allocation Override** form appears. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001064058.png)
7. Select the desired **Override Value**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001064059.png)
8. Click the **OK** button. The value appears in the **Payroll Liability Override** window. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001064060.png)
9. Click the **OK** button.