Payroll Fundamentals
Learn the fundamentals of payroll.
Communicate Bookkeeping Knowledge, Skill, Experience, and Ethics
Communicate Bookkeeping Knowledge, Skill, Experience, and Ethics
Communicate Bookkeeping Knowledge, Skill, Experience, and Ethics
Communicate Bookkeeping Knowledge, Skill, Experience, and Ethics
Course Purpose
This course provides payroll education and is required to take the Payroll Certification exam.
Course Overview
This course explains payroll. It addresses the latest payroll laws and up-to-the-minute updates. The course focuses on application rather than theory. Examples and real business applications enhance the course and demonstrate the relevance of what you are learning. You learn how to calculate payroll, pay payroll taxes, and prepare payroll tax reports.
Course Length
The course is a seven-week course (one session per week). However, the course is an on-demand, self-study, self-paced course. Therefore, the length of the course is determined by the time you dedicate to the course and your understanding of payroll.
Important: When you purchase the course, we email you the course access code and instructions usually within an hour. If you don't receive the email, please check your Junk mail.
If you purchase the course after 5:00 pm MT (4:00 pm PT, 6:00 pm CT, 7:00 pm ET), we email you the course access code and instructions the morning of the next business day. We are closed on the weekend and major holidays.
The code provides you access to the course for 6 months beginning from the time you access the course.
- Payroll Practices and System Fundamentals
- Payroll System Procedures
- Gross Pay Computations
- Fringe Benefits and Voluntary Deductions
- Employee Net Pay and Pay Methods
- Employer Payroll Taxes and Labor Planning
- The Payroll Register, Employees' Earnings Records, and Accounting System Entries
The materials included with this course include:
- eTextbook (digital) with print loose-leaf textbook option
- Pre-assessment Test
- On-demand Video Instruction
- Quizzes
- Problem Sets
- Case Problems
- Instructor Support
- 14 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credits
Note: NACPB courses are delivered in an eLearning format. For more information on eLearning, click here.
The steps to completing the course are as follows:
Step 1: Take Pre-assessment Test
Step 2: Watch Chapter Video
Step 3: Read Textbook Chapter
Step 4: Complete Chapter Exercises
Step 5: Complete Chapter Problems
Step 6: Take Chapter Quiz
Step 7: Request Instructor Support
Step 8: Take Post-assessment Test
Optional
Step 9: Take Payroll Certification Exam
