Duration: Full day
Venue: Various across the UK
Price: £299.00
Max number of attendees: 8
Software: IRIS GP Payroll
Level: Basic to Advanced
Overview
This full day course will give you a comprehensive
overview of how important legislation is within payroll, dealing
with HMRC, the consequences of getting it wrong and your
responsibilities to your employees in getting it
right.
It will also give you the basic knowledge you need to respond to
employee’s enquiries regarding Tax and National Insurance.
We try to ensure that you never have to travel too far for a
course. If however none of the locations suit you,
then let us know. If there is enough interest we may be
able to set up a course near you, alternatively we can deliver
on-site consultancy or web-based consultancy.
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course overview
Dates and Locations
AM sessions run 09:30 - 12:30
PM sessions run 13:30 - 16:30
Benefits to you and your practice
Attending this course will outline just how important
legislation really is and the impact it has on how you run your
payroll. This will help minimise the risk of error and in turn
ensure you avoid penalties from HMRC. The certificate of attendance
you will receive will reflect your continued professional
development.
Who is the course for?
Whether you are an experienced users of GP Payroll or new
to using the software, this classroom training session is designed
to ensure you get the most from your software and are running your
payroll in the most efficient way possible.
What will you learn?
The Payroll Cycle & Your Software
Understanding PAYE Income Tax & National Insurance
Processing Starters & Leavers
Course Content
The Payroll Cycle and your software
- Basic payroll legislation therefore result in HMRC issuing a
penalty
- Best practice
- How to run a basic payroll cycle
- The most commonly used payroll forms and reports
Payroll Cycle
- Standard changes
- Payroll variations & calculation
- Reports & reconciliation
- Posting a journal (if applicable)
- Paying employees & providing a payslip
- Dealing with leavers
- Month end tasks
- Moving onto the next pay period
Understanding PAYE Income Tax & National
Insurance
- Your responsibilities as an employee in terms of PAYE
- How to understand and apply your employee’s tax codes and NIC
category letters
- The basics of calculating Income Tax & National
Insurance
- When and what to pay to HMRC every period
Income Tax
- Understanding Tax codes
- Calculating Income Tax
- Week 1/Month 1 codes
- Emergency Tax codes
- Applying a Tax code change in the software
- Dealing with an employee query
National Insurance
- National Insurance numbers
- Understanding NIC category letters
- Calculating National Insurance
- Applying an NIC letter change in the software
- Dealing with an employee query
Paying HMRC
- Calculating how much to pay using your software
- Methods of payment
- Rectifying a mistake
Starters & Leavers
- What checks to make when a new starter joins your company
- How to create a new employee record and when to use an old
record
- What to do when someone leaves the company
- How to inform HMRC about these changes
Adding a new starter
- Ensuring the new start is genuine
- Determine the new starter is legally entitled to work
- Determine the status
- Creating the new employee using your software
Making someone a leaver
- Leaver checklist
- Redundancy Pay
- Payments to leavers
- When an employee retires
Learning Approach
Training sessions are classroom based. You will be provided with
a laptop with the software on so you can follow the instructor
step-by-step. Don’t worry if you forget anything, you will be given
a comprehensive hand-out to take away with you.
Bring this course in-house
To bring this course in-house please call us on +44(0)844 815
5656 or enquire