Course description
This online qualification allows individuals to develop and formalise payroll knowledge and skills. Whilst studying at home, students progress to applying complex legislation and contractual obligations to enable accurate administration of payroll services.
Suitability - Who should attend?
Payroll administrators, payroll coordinators and payroll officers who work in a payroll bureau, accountancy firm or in-house payroll team will benefit from this industry-recognised qualification.
This course is also suitable for HR and finance professionals who have assumed responsibility for the payroll department but need a hands-on comprehension of how payroll figures and forms are produced.
A payroll technician's job is to ensure the accuracy of payroll calculations and provide and maintain detailed information for specific payroll functions. You can learn much more about the role by completing our certificate.
Training Course Content
- Ascertaining gross pay
- Classifying taxable and NICable pay elements
- Calculating pay apportionments correctly
- Processing deductions
- Ascertaining what makes a deduction from pay lawful
- Classifying the three types of deductions
- Distinguishing deductions which affect taxable and NICable pay
- The administrative considerations for voluntary deductions
- Calculating National Insurance Contributions
- Recognising the names and current amounts of NIC thresholds
- Listing the current rates of NICs for each category letter
- Identifying the correct NI category letter for employees
- Calculating NICs using the exact percentage method
- Calculating NICs using the Table method
- Identifying different tax codes
- Identifying circumstances which warrant 'emergency tax codes'
- Categorising different tax codes
- Distinguishing Scottish tax codes
- Calculating income tax
- Identifying the different allowances available
- Navigating through pay adjustment table A
- Calculating income tax using the table method
- Calculating income tax using the manual method
- Awareness of circumstances where tax refunds may be processed
- Administering starters and leavers correctly
- Listing information required for processing starters & leavers
- Completing forms P45 and New Starter Checklist correctly
- Pensions
- Overview of different types of pension schemes
- Identify the different tax relief mechanisms for pension contributions
- Student loan deductions
- Identify employees liable to student loan deductions
- Distinguish the different student loan repayment plans
- Calculate Student loan deductions
- Court orders
- Define attachable earnings
- Identify the different array of court orders
- Distinguishing court orders from arrestment orders
- HMRC remittances
- Administer remittances due to HMRC accurately
- Recognise the statutory payment offset amounts
- Summarising the key features of apprentice levy
- Explaining the purpose and employer eligibility for the employment allowance
- Statutory payment compliance
- Overview of HMRC’s compliance role with statutory payments
- Outlining the arbitration route with statutory payment decisions
- Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
- Determining employees eligible for SSP
- Interpreting periods of incapacity to work, qualifying days and waiting days
- Calculating SSP payments
- Outlining record keeping requirements for SSP
- Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
- Determining employees eligible for SMP
- Interpreting week baby due, qualifying weeks and employment start dates
- Calculating SMP payments
- Identifying contractual considerations for employees on maternity leave
- Outlining record keeping requirements for SMP
- Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)
- Determining employees eligible for SAP
- Calculating SAP payments
- Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)
- Determining employees eligible for SPP
- Calculating SPP payments
- Shared Parental Pay (ShPP)
- Overview of the principles of ShPP
- Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP)
- Determining employees eligible for SPBP
- Calculating SPBP payments
Course delivery details
Online delivery
The online qualification is delivered through our online learning platform permitting students a more flexible study pattern. Students will work through a series of interactive activities and quizzes supported by detailed study material. They may track their understanding through undertaking knowledge-check assessments before progressing to the next section. The qualification concludes with a two-part assessment comprising of a timed question-based test, followed by a set of scenario-based exercises which require the student to prove competence with manual payroll calculations.
Successful completion of this qualification demonstrates competency and understanding of payroll administration and is also representative of the work students undertake in real-life payroll administration.
Expenses
Member and non-member rate: £1,695 + VAT*
Price includes:
- Online provision through the CIPPs student website
- Allocation of a tutor to support you through your studies
Prices valid until 30 June and reviewed annually.
Continuing Studies
Once successfully completed you may choose to progress on to our Payroll Technician Certificate top up. The PTC top up benefits from additional modules which will help those to broaden their skillset.
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