Sage Payroll Course & Training

About this course

Sage is an extremely popular software system that is used around the globe, in businesses large and small. To keep up with modern technology and be employable to most companies, you need to have knowledge of Sage Payroll. This course will make you a valuable asset to any company.

This course walks you through best practice methods of caryying out Payroll processes and HMRC reporting and payments, plus much more.

The course will take around 30 hours in total and will cover areas such as processing SSP, editing tax codes, producing an annual cost of wages and using advanced pay options. The list goes on but one thing remains the same: you’ll be kept up-to-date on all of the latest technologies and methods used within Sage 50 Payroll, giving you confidence to use it self-assuredly. 

Successful completion of this course will prepare you to go on and gain an IAB Level 2 Award in Computerised Payroll*.

The course comprises eleven modules that you can work through at your own pace: 

Module One – Including: setting up company details, pension and holiday schemes, pay elements, backing up data

Module Two - Including: restoring data, entering employee details

Module Three – Including: exporting a report in PDF, enter payments, set the processing date, update payroll, calculate the cost of wages, and understand the payroll cycle

Module Four – Including: change an employee’s NI category, enter adjusted payments, extract specific data and pay reimbursements

Module Five – Including: processing SSP, attachment of earnings order

Module Six – Including: processing a starter, adding a photo, recording annual leave

Module Seven – Including: processing SMP, SPP, correcting errors, processing a leaver

Module Eight – Including: processing a new employee with/without a P45, using quick SSP

Module Nine – Including: process weekly paid employees, changing a tax code, editing company settings, processing a new starter (apprentice)

Module Ten – Including: calculating time sheet information for weekly paid workers and completing a gross pay summary, using advanced pay option

Module Eleven – Including: processing KIT days, processing end of SMP, dealing with pay for an employee who is dismissed for gross misconduct, produce an annual cost of wages

* External examinations may need to be organised separately. Please speak to a Course Advisor for further details.