Computerised Payroll for Business L2 Cert: Online
Course overview
Study this course FREE, with no course fees!
If you are unemployed or on a low income and/or receiving benefits you may qualify for a free place on this course. Apply today and our admission team will confirm if you are eligible for a free place, with no obligation.
This course is a fully online, self-directed, independent study course with assessor support and guidance. Students must have use of a laptop to complete this course and must be aged 19+ at the beginning of the academic year (31 August).
This course is ideal for people who have completed the Sage Business Cloud Computerised Payroll Level 1 qualification or who have some understanding of payroll functions and want to learn how to complete more advanced tasks, such as calculating statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay and pension schemes, and more.
Sage has developed this course to give you the most up-to-date skills required by employers. It’s also ideal if you want to run the computerised payroll system for your own business. This will save time and money, particularly if payroll tasks are usually outsourced to an accountant.
Eligibility Criteria – this course is FREE if you:
- are aged 19+ on 31 August prior to starting the course
- live in England, not within anon-funded postcode region
- have been in the EU for three years for purposes other than study (and able to provide documentation)
- are not currently enrolled in an apprenticeship
- have not completed any part of the course before
- are claiming a state benefit and are unemployed and looking for work.
- are employed and earning under £20,319 before tax per annum in wages (excluding benefits)
For those who do not meet the above criteria, a fee may be payable.
You will learn how to:
- set up company accounts, generate employee records and complete basic daily payroll functions
- calculate gross pay and process real-time information payments, as well as statutory sick, maternity and holiday pay
- process automatic pension enrolment including opt out
- amend errors in the payroll, including correction of the FPS
- complete period end processing
- create reports for HMRC and calculate the cost of wages
- submit the EPS – employer payment summary
- manage data security and software management
On completion, you will be awarded the Sage Business Cloud Payroll Level 2 Certificate.
This is a student-led course where you can complete your coursework at your own pace.
A dedicated 1:1 tutor will be available to support you throughout your course on request
This course is fully online, so you only need a laptop or pc and access to the internet. There is no need to attend college for any part of the course.
This course is ideal for people who have completed the Sage Business Cloud Computerised Payroll Level 1 qualification or who have some understanding of payroll functions and want to learn how to complete more advanced tasks, such as calculating statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay and pension schemes, and more.
You can progress to AAT (accounting qualifications) or to employment in payroll.
Alternatively enrol by phone quoting 5BXBUFCP4R or ask a question
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