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title: "Benefits: Where to enter each type of benefit"
slug: "benefits-where-to-enter-each-type-of-benefit-cost"
updated: 2026-10-22T10:30:44Z
published: 2026-10-22T10:30:44Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Benefits: Where to enter each type of benefit

Cintra People Payroll handles different types of employer-provided benefit in several places, all of which you can access when editing an employee.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**: If you are an [outsourced](/payroll/docs/in-house-vs-outsourced-payroll) customer and you can't see the benefit option you need, contact your bureau.

### Payrolled benefits

Benefits that are taxed through payroll, such as private medical insurance or dental cover, are entered in the **Benefits** tab > **Benefits in kind** > **Payrolled benefits**. The benefit's cash equivalent is added to the employee's taxable pay each payroll period. See [Benefits in kind](/payroll/docs/benefits-net-deduction-schemes).

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### Benefit costs

What a benefit costs you, and anything the employee pays towards it from their pay, is recorded in the **Benefits** tab > **Benefits in kind** > **Benefit costs**. For example, private healthcare membership (employer paid) with additional perks like a sauna (employee paid). See [Benefits in kind](/payroll/docs/benefits-net-deduction-schemes).

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> [!NOTE]
> **Note**: Payrolled benefits and benefit costs are separate records. If you want to tax a benefit through payroll and record what it costs, add it to both sections.

### Salary sacrifices

Salary sacrifice schemes, such as pension contributions, cycle to work or childcare vouchers, are entered in the **Benefits** tab > **Salary sacrifices**. See [Salary sacrifice schemes](/payroll/docs/benefits).

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### Company vehicles

Company cars and vans are assigned and managed in the **Benefits** tab > **Company vehicles**. Benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax is calculated automatically and feeds straight into payroll. See [Company vehicles](/payroll/docs/benefits-company-vehicles).

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