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title: "How do I perform a payroll pension refresh?"
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# How do I perform a payroll pension refresh?

Within **Cintra iQ**, you can perform a **Payroll Pension Refresh** if any of your schemes have banded contributions based on annual earnings. This enters the correct band in the employee records. You can perform the refresh outside of **Auto-Enrolment**.

## To perform a payroll pension refresh

1. Navigate to the **Payroll Pension Refresh** window. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Payroll Tools > Pensions > Salary Related % Refresh
2. Select the desired **Pension Scheme**.
3. Select the desired **Pension Scheme Part**.
4. Select the desired **Payroll**.
5. Select the **All Employees Changes Only** option in the **Refresh** for section.
6. Enter the **Effective Date of Contribution Rate Change**.
7. Click the **Refresh** button. The details appear in the **Contribution Rate Change Summary** pane. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063907.png)
8. Click the **Commit** button. The correct band percentage is displayed in the employee's contribution.
  1. Go to **Cintra iQ:** Employment record > Forms > Expenses/Benefits form.
  2. Navigate to the **Pensions & Benefits Schemes** tab**.**
  3. Select the desired **Scheme Membership**. Its contribution records appear in the **Contributions** pane.
  4. Open the desired contribution record. The **Edit Standing Pension Contribution** form appears.
  5. Navigate to the **Percentage** field. The band percentage is displayed.

**Cintra iQ** has an **Auto Enrolment (AE)** facility, which takes you through the process of amending a pension scheme set up, defining which payment headings are pensionable and which headings are classed as **Qualifying Earnings**, running an assessment, and enrolling employees into the relevant **Auto Enrolment** scheme. **Cintra iQ** can also manage **Opt ins** and **Opt outs**.

If any of your schemes have banded contributions based on annual earnings, you need to perform a **Payroll Pension Refresh** for auto enrolled employees. This enters the correct band in the employee records.

## To perform a refresh

1. Navigate to the **Pension - Auto Enrolment** window. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Payroll > Payroll Tools > Pensions > Auto Enrolment
2. Once a new employee has been enrolled, perform the following:
3. Click the **Refresh Salary Related %** button. The **Payroll Pension Refresh** window appears with an **Auto Enrolment** message, specific to your set up, stating: There have been **Auto Enrolments** and **Salary Related Pension Contributions** in the **Payroll Period**, (date, payroll), for the **Assessment Period** from (date) to (date) for the following **Pension Schemes** and **Parts**: ( name of pension scheme and parts).
4. Click the **OK** button.
5. Navigate to the **Payroll Pension Refresh** window. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063908.png)
6. Select the desired **Payroll**.
7. Select **Employee Auto-Enrolled in Period** in the **Refresh for** section. The **Effective Date of Contribution Rate Change** and **Annual Hours** fields are populated.
8. Click the **Refresh** button. The details appear in the **Contribution Rate Change Summary** pane. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063909.png)
9. Click the **Commit** button. The correct band percentage is displayed in the employee's contribution.
  1. Go to **Cintra iQ:** Employment record > Forms > Expenses/Benefits form.
  2. Navigate to the **Pensions & Benefits Schemes** tab**.**
  3. Select the desired **Scheme Membership**. Its contribution records appear in the **Contributions** pane.
  4. Open the desired contribution record. The **Edit Standing Pension Contribution** form appears.
  5. Navigate to the **Percentage** field.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063910.png)