Sage Payroll
We offer Sage training on a private course basis. Private Sage training is tailored to meet your own needs and can be delivered using a backup of your own Sage system, this ensures that the training is relevant to your own organisation.
Training can be delivered using our tutor-led virtual classroom option or we can come to your site. Please contact us for a quote.
This course is aimed at those who need to process Payroll on a Sage 50 system. It will give you all of the information necessary to set up Sage 50 Payroll to suit your business, and to process day to day transactions including:
making payments, deducting PAYE and NI, processing attachments, student loans and statutory payments. It will also cover calculating how much you need to pay to HMRC each month, and submitting information to HMRC as and when required. This 2 Day course also covers calculating and recording holidays and pensions in detail, as well as further options including timesheet entry, nominal link to Sage Accounts, loans, statement of employment & personnel information.
- 1 Day
- Online or in person
- Private courses available
Course Objectives
- Set up Sage Payroll for your company – payment types and rates, holiday schemes, pension schemes.
- Set up employees and assign the correct payments, deductions, holidays, and pensions to them.
- Process day to day Payroll, print payslips and other relevant payroll reports.
- Process statutory payments including SSP, SMP & SPP
Prerequisites
- As Sage Payroll calculates all statutory deductions such as PAYE, NI, and student loan repayments, it is not necessary to have a full knowledge of Payroll legislation, however some understanding of the basic principles of PAYE and NI would be an advantage.
- This course assumes basic knowledge of computer use – using a keyboard and mouse, left and right clicks, basic knowledge of Windows etc.
Included
- Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
- Comprehensive course materials and exercises
Course content Back to top
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General Navigation
Finding your way around the Sage Payroll Interface -
Company Settings
Setting up General information at a company level -
Pay Elements
Setting up standard payment types
Pre and Post tax payments
Pre and Post Tax deductions -
Setting up an employee
New Employee / Employee Wizard
The Employee Record
Assigning payments and deductions to employees -
General Processing
Process Date
Reset Payments
Timesheet entry
Enter Payments
Pre-Update Reports
Update Records
Nominal Link (sending information to Sage Accounts or to a CSV file) -
RTI & E-Submissions
E-submission settings (to enable RTI submissions direct from Sage Payroll)
Submitting RTI information to HMRC -
Common Statutory Payments
Statutory Sick Pay
Maternity and Paternity Pay
Make up Basic -
Pensions
Setting up a pension scheme
Assigning pensions schemes to employees
‘Manual’ pension schemes -
ADDITIONAL MODULES AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE TRAINING
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Holiday Schemes
Company Holiday Schemes
Assigning schemes to employees
Advance holiday pay -
Additional Payments and Deductions
Net Payments
Factored Payments
Attachment of Earnings Orders
Student Loans
Employee Loans -
Further Employee Information
Statements of Employment
Personnel Information
Employment History -
Advanced General Information
Security and access rights
Historical Data & Reports -
Data Integrity and Error corrections
Health Check
Backup
Restore & Recover
Rollback
Training a team?
Run this course privately, on your dates
What delegates say Back to top
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Your Sage course can be delivered online or in-person. You can choose your learning path and delivery style. Learn in-person or online with our virtual classrooms. Your course can be delivered online, at your office or at one of our training venues, it's your choice. Small course sizes. Course materials included. Flexible Sage Payroll course content. Expert trainers and tried & tested training methods. Many course materials available online using your personal training account. You can master Sage, please contact us to book a place or get a quote for your Sage Payroll course.
Oakville, 14 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
0191 377 8377
ittrainingsolutions.co.uk
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