How to Add Backdated Pension Contributions

There are a number of reasons you may need to backdate pension contributions, we have a few examples below.

1. The employee may wish to 'Opt-in' to your pension scheme with a date set in the past, and/or after payroll has been confirmed.
2. The employee may wish to increase their contribution rate with a date set in the past, and/or after payroll has been confirmed.
3. The enrolment date was set incorrectly, and may need to be backdated to ensure you remain compliant with automatic-enrolment legislation .

Adding them to Pento

To add a backdated contribution to Pento, you will need to follow the steps below

1. Go to Employees in the left sidebar
2. Click on the relevant Employee
3. Go to the Pension tab
4. Calculate the Employee & Employer (if applicable) contribution for the missed month/s.
5. Add the difference to the Current month's contribution to get the total.
6. Change the Contribution type from a % to a value £ on the Employee's Pension profile to the total from step 2.
   
7. Enter the monetary value to replace the current % e.g. in the example above, you would overwrite 5.00 to the monetary value.
8. Check the Employee's payslip preview in the payroll draft to ensure the contributions have been updated.
9. Change the Contribution type back to a % once the payroll has been submitted.