Sage Payroll

omega man

I was thinking of doing a payroll course with premier training on sage payroll.
What are peoples thoughts on this course at £199.

Sammmy88

I am also thinking about doing this course... :-)

I think it will have a good qualification to have under your belt...

Sammmy88

Also.. on Sage website, they do Payroll Level 1 and 2 and you get a certificate at the end of it for just £60 per level... :-)

omega man

No certificate given by sage on premier training payroll course

Sammmy88

I know I saw that! I will probs do the sage one from their website..

omega man

yes me too,but it will have to wait i got enough on my plate i think with AAT level 4

Sammmy88

yes same! :-)

coojee

Why not do the IAB course and then you're not tied to sage? The manual payroll course uses HMRC's own calculator from the business link website. It's odd cos it's called manual payroll but you do use a "calculator", the difference is that you still keep manual records. It's a great grounding in payroll and means you can pretty much use any system after that because you know how payroll "works". It's a bit like learning double entry the manual way before using a computer system that does it all for you. The sage one only teaches you how to use sage, what if you're going to an employer that doesn't use sage? Your qualification isn't worth much then whereas a generic payroll qual would be.

Sammmy88

Where could I do that, and how much does it cost?

coojee

Sammmy88 wrote: »

Where could I do that, and how much does it cost?

Depends whether you want to self study or do a course. The course are about £300-£400 so quite pricey compared to the sage one. I'm sure there's someone on the forum who was self studying IAB but I can't remember who it was, sorry, not much use I know.

Sammmy88

Thats ok, I will look into it, :-) thanks

omega man

I already have work based experience of payroll,admittedly 1987-1992, but i know how payroll works.Did manual payroll for 20 staff and subbies.
Just need a relevant computerised accounts payroll qualification.

aaron0121

I've never heard of IAB either - definitely worth looking into
Eagle Education offers both the manual and computerised payroll qualifications,
http://www.eagle-education.co.uk/qualifications/iab_computerised_payroll_course_options.php#.UD3YkY5iF1M.

vickie88

I did an IAB level 2 computerised accounting for business course only took 2 weeks to do than went in for one day to do the sage bit was pretty straight forward think am going to do a payroll course with them depending what level of qualifications you have you can get funding to x