This course provides a core Level 4 payroll qualification in one week. 4 days of face-to-face teaching are followed by an examination on the 5th day.
Core elements include Tax and National Insurance, Starters and Leavers, Statutory Payments and Payroll Legalities & Practicalities.
This is an ideal course if you are looking to enhance your payroll knowledge and are looking to develop and further your payroll career as well as achieving an industry recognised qualification.
This comprehensive payroll training course is also invaluable to accounts and HR staff who have responsibility for the payroll operation as part of their wider remit. As well as a practical overview of the complex areas of Tax, National Insurance, Statutory payments and Deductions from pay the course reviews core areas that affects the overall performance of the payroll function.
By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently deal with many advanced areas of payroll such as; Tax and National Insurance legislation, Statutory pay and leave, and payroll legalities including court orders, deadlines and HMRC requirements.
Delegates have the option of attending the Introduction to Tax, NI, Starters and Leavers as a stand-alone two-day course or they can attend the whole week. Days 3 and 4 are also offered as standalone one day courses.
Further flexibility is offered which enables delegates to attend days 1 and 2 and then return at a later date to complete the week and take the exams on day 5. To ensure consistency in learning and assessment for the qualification, all 5 days need to be completed in the same tax year.
The core elements include:
Days 1 and 2 give a full and comprehensive guide to tax and National Insurance and how it’s calculated and applied to employees pay. The course goes through the process of building up gross pay, understanding tax and National Insurance legislation and the correct calculation, deduction and reporting requirements. The course also looks at the process for managing starters and leavers as well as other adjustments required for correct management of the deduction process.
Day 3 covers the calculation and administration of the statutory payments of Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Sick pay and leave. There is also a brief guide to Shared Parental Pay and leave.
Day 4 provides details of the complexities of key payroll legislation and practices including the implications of Real Time Information (RTI) and Statutory deductions. Although many payroll systems will now deal with all the key payroll calculations, payroll staff still need to understand the implications of these routines and how to correctly calculate a manual payment when things go wrong.
Day 5 includes the examinations
Day 5 includes the examinations
"I know it is not till next June but just booked on The Payroll Centre's Annual conference. This is my must do course/conference of the year, having been almost every year for 10+ years, only missing for my wedding and having a baby, I even went one year with a 3 month old in tow! "
Andi Herrington
Director of Payroll Services at Wallis Payroll Ltd