Sage Instant Payroll

Introduction

You will learn how to set up and operate the payroll software from start of use through to year end, taking full advantage of its powerful capabilities.

Course Content

Planning
Learn about changing from a manual system and associated parallel running and cross checks.

Company Details
Learn how to create payments and deductions; also learn about Department options & pension schemes.

Government Tables
Learn how to maintain PAYE and NI tables.

Employee Details
Learn to create records & record essential information.

Payroll Run
Investigate the payroll cycle and learn how to enter payments. Also, learn about checking reports, spotting mistakes, and the P32 run.

Starters and Leavers
Discover how to record new staff or remove staff with or without P45 details and how to generate P45 details.

SSP/SMP
Learn about the preparation and recording of statutory sick and maternity pay. Find out how to process payments and the 'make up' to basic routines.

Holiday Pay
Learn how to enter holiday pay and calculate PAYE.

Data Security
Learn why and how to back up data.

Year End
Learn how to produce and check year end reports & prepare for a new tax year.

Company Cars and Class IA NIC
Discover how to create & maintain vehicle records, and how to cope with 'first' and 'second' vehicles, and concurrent & non-concurrent vehicles. Learn about maintaining mileage records to support returns & about choices at year end for making the payment.

The Holiday and Absence Diary
Learn how to set up holiday schemes. Also, learn about accrual of holidays, maintaining records of holidays booked and taken, recording absences using the diary, and reporting on holidays & absences.

Links to Sage Accounting Software

Learn about preconditions for linking payroll and accounts, choice of nominal coding.

Duration
3 hours per day for 12 Months