Sage 50 Payroll 2017 for Beginners

Small and medium-sized businesses are often called the backbone of the economy. Which is why they need room to grow in order to support the big businesses. But with so many aspects of a company to take care of, it can often be intimidating for owners to run it smoothly. Not to worry though, because with the help of this Sage 50 Payroll for Beginners course you will learn to use the sage 50 payroll software with ease.

This course covers many different topics and each chapter clearly states its objectives for your convenience. The sage 50 software are great for taking care of administrative tasks, which allows for you – the user – to concentrate on more important matters at hand. As the name suggests this course focuses on payroll and you can expect to learn payroll basics, managing employees, updating records & reports and so much more.

Having accurate and timely data is critical for payroll and accounts to run smoothly, which is why you should consider getting this course right now, as it will help you do just that.

Who is the course for?

For beginners who are getting started with handling accounts.
People who are interested in managing accounts through Sage 50 software.

Assessment:

At the end of the course, you will be required to sit an online multiple-choice test. Your test will be assessed automatically and immediately so that you will instantly know whether you have been successful.
Before sitting for your final exam, you will have the opportunity to test your proficiency with a mock exam.

Certification:

After you have successfully passed the test, you will be able to obtain an Accredited Certificate of Achievement. You can however also obtain a Course Completion Certificate following the course completion without sitting for the test. Certificates can be obtained either in hardcopy at the cost of £39 or in PDF format at the cost of £24.
PDF certificate’s turnaround time is 24 hours, and for the hardcopy certificate, it is 3-9 working days.

Requirements

Our Sage 50 Payroll 2017 for Beginners is fully compatible with any kind of device. Whether you are using Windows computer, Mac, smartphones or tablets, you will get the same experience while learning. Besides that, you will be able to access the course with any kind of internet connection from anywhere at any time without any kind of limitation.

Please Note: For practice purpose, you should have Sage 50 software installed on your PC. The software is not included with this course.

Course Curriculum:

Module 1: Payroll Basics – Setting up payroll, tax codes, month end, reports, keeping records, licence limitations and links to an accounts program

Module 2: Company Settings – Details, bank & coinage, absence, analysis, tax funding, statutory funding, HMRC payments, documents

Module 3: Legislation Settings – Legislation setting dialog box, PAYE, NI bands & rates, SSP, SMP/SAP/SPP/ShPP, car details, student, AEO rates, minimum wage, childcare, automatic enrolment

Module 4: Pension Scheme Basics – Pensions schemes dialog box, setting up pension scheme, pensions regulator website and the sage 50 payroll pensions module

Module 5: Pay Elements – Pay elements settings dialog box, managing payment and deduction types, loans, net payments, salary sacrifice

Module 6: The Processing Date – Changing the processing date

Module 7: Adding Existing Employees – Using quick employee, adding multiple employees, changing their status, updating year-to-date values

Module 8: Adding New Employees –Adding new employees in a variety of ways

Module 9: Payroll Processing Basics – Payroll process view, change processing dates

Module 10: Entering Payments – Entering payment window, checking and editing payments

Module 11: Pre-Update Reports – Employer costs report, payslips, BACS payments reports, figures for accounts

Module 12: Updating Records – Updating records, period end P32 report

Module 13: e-Submissions Basics – e-submissions settings, EAS, FPS, EPS

Module 14: Process Payroll (November) – Entering payments, pre-update reports, updating records, P32 reports, full payment submission

Module 15: Employee Records and Reports – Using employee record window, tabs and to find employee and their reports

Module 16: Editing Employee Records – Editing different records for employees, creating new factored pay elements, applying pay elements to employees

Module 17: Process Payroll (December) – Processing the payroll, entering payments, pre-update reports, updating records, P32 report and Full payment submission

Module 18: Resetting Payments – Introduction to reset payments wizard

Module 19: Quick SSP – Processing the payroll with SSP, entering payments, pre-update reports, updating records, P32 report and full payment submission

Module 20: An Employee Leaves – Entering payments, updating records, lever wizard, P32 report, full payment submission, rejoining employees

Module 21: Final Payroll Run – Entering payments, pre-update reports, updating records, P32 report, full payment submissions

Module 22: Reports and Historical Data – Reports window, employee, company, legislation and historical reports, historical data settings, printing historical payslips and history report by employee

Module 23: Year-End Procedures – Year end tasks, payroll year end wizard, post year-end tasks