Payroll Management

Course details

This Payroll course is all about payroll management, how to calculate the payroll and general overall understanding about what payroll is and the legal requirements in place, the forms, the deadlines, the process and procedures. We look at different software so that you can understand the functionality - and how to perform calculations. We give you the overall picture that you as a Payroll Manager would need to know, in order to be proficient in doing the payroll.

There is a practical scenario assignment. There are various tasks to complete. You are given the task to do and have a go at, and then the video answer is available. It is suggested that you:

• Read the task
• Watch the video
• Have a go at it yourself on your own system (we give you the links to access the payroll software for free)
• Rewatch the video (if necessary) - to reinforce the learning

You'll learn how to become an employer, how to set up a new starter (employee), how to enter opening balances if they've given you a p45 from a previous employer, how to run payroll for various time slots - weekly, fortnightly, 4 weekly or monthly, how to calculate the net and gross, various terminology such as gross, net, NI, PAYE, cut off days, wages, salary, attachment of earnings, ;

This is a useful course if:

• You are thinking of employing people
• You are going to take responsibility for getting the wages right
• You are going for jobs which have a requirement for you to be able to know payroll and use payroll software
• You want to put this skill on your CV
• You are a bookkeeper or accountant and will be offering payroll services
• You run your own business and want to know how to run the payroll for yourself.

You will need access to the various payroll software that we use and demonstrate. We give you the link to access the FREE online version. This will be sufficient.

We will look at: BrightPay,

The course materials includes:

• the handout of the assignment task
• show you how to access the software for free

No previous knowledge is required or presumed. We start right from the very start - as to how to register to be an employer and set up a payroll for your business, to running basic payrolls with just an annual salary, to running payroll with absences (so including deductions), pensions set up and how to pay what is due to the relevant authority and by when, how to account for this in your accounts and what to do when someone leaves and the year end process. You will learn something new.

Course Curriculum

This Course will cover some of the following topics:-

Introduction

• Introduction to the course and your tutor
• An overview of payroll
• Downloadable Resource

The UK Payroll System

• Running the payroll - Part 1
• Running the payroll - Part 2
• Manual payroll
• Benefits in kind
• Computerised systems
• Total Photo scenario explained

Brightpay

• Find software per HMRC Brightpay
• Installing Brightpay
• Add a new employee
• Add 2 more employees
• Payroll settings
• Monthly schedule - 1 Sara Khan
• Monthly schedule - 2 Lana
• Monthly schedule - 3 James
• Directors NI
• Reports
• Paying HMRC
• Paying Pensions
• RTI Submission
• Coding Notices
• Journals
• Schedule
• AEO
• Brightpay Conclude
• Payroll run for Jan & Feb
• Leavers - p45
• End of Year p60

Paye, Tax, NI

• PAYE TAX
• NI
• Pensions
• Online calculators
• Payslips
• Bookkeeping Entries

Conclusion

• Conclusion and Next Steps

Benefits

Edplx has connections and great business relationships with respectable companies within the job industry. This plays an important role in assisting all our students searching for internships, apprenticeships and part/full time jobs. We also provide all our students with the opportunities to speak to our talented career advisors and experts. You will also be invited to career fairs to give you the chance to present yourself to potential employers, once you sign up for it.

Certification

Upon completion of the course, internationally recognised certificates that can be traced by employers are available upon completion.

Who is this Course for

• Bookkeepers and Accountants who need to have an understanding of the UK payroll system
• Students who are going for jobs where the requirement is working knowledge of how UK payroll works
• Previous knowledge of accounting or payroll is not presumed or required
• Those who have studied accounting, but want practical knowledge of payroll

Updated on 31 January, 2023