Introduction to Sage Payroll

Course Overview

Sage Payroll is designed for businesses with a payroll of up to 25 to 50 employees. The package contains the latest payroll legislation.

The package contains the latest payroll legislation. This one-day course is aimed at teaching the delegate the specifics of Sage Payroll. The delegate will be shown how to transfer knowledge of manual accounts to the principles of computerised payroll. During the course the delegate will set up a basic payroll system to use as a worked example. The delegate will be shown how to identify and use the automated features available in this package.

This is a one-day course running from 9:30 am - 4:30 pm.
Training is hands-on and tutor-led.
We provide a comprehensive training manual, lunch and certification.
Courses run at both Swansea and Cardiff locations.
This course can be run as a company specific option either at your site or our own.

• Course Content

  Getting Started

  An overview of the system and desktop settings.

  Employee Records

  Creating, editing and amending employee records.
  
  

  Record Management Skills

  Adding new employees, searching for records, locating personnel details.

  Payments

  Setting up pay elements, paying your staff, calculate net pay, tax and National Insurance contributions.

  Pensions

  Administering a pension scheme.

  Statutory Sick Pay

  Calculate and record SSP.

  Statutory Maternity Pay

  Calculate and record SMP.

  Year End Returns

  Use appropriate forms automatically for final payroll run.

  New Tax Year

  Setting up for the new tax year.

• Prerequisites

  To gain maximum benefit from this course the delegate should be familiar with using a PC and be able to use a mouse. The delegate should also be aware of principles and terminology of manual payroll.

• Qualification

  Computeraid certification is provided.

• What Next?

  Sage 50 Accounts - Day 1
  Learn the basic concepts of computerised accounts. Create and list Sales, Purchase, Bank and Nominal accounts. Enter sales and purchase invoices, process of sales receipts, purchase payments and monthly statements.
  
  Sage 50 Accounts - Day 2
  Deepen your understanding of Sage by attending an advanced course covering dealing with the bank, monitoring stock, maintaining accurate VAT returns, stock management, creating and customizing reports.