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title: "Processing average holiday rate take-on data"
slug: "how-do-i-process-average-holiday-rate-take-on-data-within-cintra-iq"
description: "Calculate holiday pay accurately with Cintra iQ by importing Take On data, ensuring all periods are included for precise employee pay rate calculations."
updated: 2026-07-29T08:49:49Z
published: 2026-06-10T11:26:23Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/how-do-i-process-average-holiday-rate-take-on-data-within-cintra-iq"
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# Processing average holiday rate take-on data

Normally when paid staff go on holiday, you can calculate their holiday pay based on the previous **52** weeks/**12** months to the current payroll period. Should employees not have **52** weeks/**12** months of payslip data (because you have not been using the **Cintra** system for that length of time), **Cintra iQ** has the facility to allow you to import **Take On** data so that you can calculate holiday pay and include data that is not available in a payslip.

Now that you have imported the **Holiday Take On** data within **Cintra iQ**, you can use the data to average out an employee's **Holiday Pay Rate** calculation.

> [!TIP]
> **Example:** If an employee only has 9 periods of relevant pay out of the current 12 periods, you can take on the 3 missing pay periods to make up the short fall.

## Before

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## After

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## To process take on data

1. Navigate to the **Holiday Pay Rate** window. Go to **Cintra iQ**: Payroll Tools > Payroll Input > Hourly/Daily Holiday Rate ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063942.png)
2. Select the desired **Addition** **Heading** from the drop-down list.
3. Select the desired **Payroll** from the drop-down list.
4. Select the **Specific Employee** from the drop-down list. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063943.png)
5. Click the **Calculate Rates** button. The rate for the employee(s) appears. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063944.png)
6. Click the **Expand** button to view the details of the **Holiday Pay Rate** per period. The imported **Take On** data is included in the calculation.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** The number of Holiday Rate Periods was set up in the Payroll's Holiday Pay Rate Calculation Settings.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063941.png)
7. Click the **View Take On Data** button. The data is displayed in the data pane. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/fc2cda72-4645-4b36-96bf-60439ec11f11/Images/Documentation/204001063945.png)

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** You can filter the data by double-clicking a record. You can also save the data in a PDF, CSV, EXCEL, or TEXT format.
8. Continue to **Export Summary**, **Export Details**, or create a **Report** within the **Holiday Pay Rate** window.