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title: "Sending BACS files outside of Cintra"
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# Sending BACS files outside of Cintra

<html><head></head><body><p data-block-id="mpppkoru-5lvsa6-524">Once your payroll is finalised, you can pay employees using your preferred payment method and report the details to <strong>HMRC</strong> in a <strong>FPS </strong>submission. If Cintra is not transmitting your <strong>BACS </strong>file for you, once you have created your <strong>BACS</strong> file, you can pick up the file from the designated location, where it was saved on your <strong>PC</strong>.</p><p data-block-id="mpppks2y-lop1su-525">When you pay by <strong>BACS</strong>, the data that is created in the payment file adds a randomly generated code called a <strong>Hash tag</strong>. This code enables <strong>HMRC</strong> to match each employee's net payment amount, sent by <strong>BACS</strong> to the amount sent to <strong>HMRC</strong> on the <strong>FPS</strong>.</p></body></html>