Whether you aspire to work in a payroll department or simply need to acquire essential skills to operate payroll for your own business, this online payroll course delivers.
The Certificate of Payroll will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to manage the entire payroll process from preparing payroll documentation and dealing with payroll enquiries to processing payroll in manual or computerised payroll systems.
You will learn how to establish a payroll system, prepare payroll data, apply payroll legislation and manage employee records. This professional development program will introduce you to employee entitlements and awards and Fair Work legislation and provide you with the knowledge required to meet national employment standards. You will also learn to establish and monitor security procedures for managing organisational payroll services and to calculate and process salary payments, group taxation and related payments.
Throughout the course you will learn how to calculate pay and salaries and discover the range of statutory and voluntary deductions available, as well as produce accounting reports to meet organisational requirements and legislative obligations.
On completion of this course, you will feel confident to create and operate a successful payroll system for your own business or an organisation.
Course Structure
Unit 1 - Establishing a payroll system
- Payroll requirements
- Employment legislation
- Acts and regulations
- Codes of practice
- Taxation
- Deductions
- Health and safety
- Payroll awards
- Salary packaging
- BAS agent services
- Accurate payroll data
- Tax file number (TFN)
- Superannuation
- Employee data and records
- Payroll discrepancies
- Employee details
- Deductions and allowances
- Monitoring payroll data
- Bonus
- Calculate payments
- Pay variations
- Computerised systems
- Manual systems
- Senior Australian tax offsets
- HELP debt
- Deducting tax
- Payroll preparation
- Policies and procedures
- Workers compensation
- Leave requirements
- Reconcile total payments
- Posting payroll to system
- Payroll authorisation
- Payments and pay slips
- Store payroll records
- Payroll enquiries
- Legislation requirements
- Refer enquiries to supervisor
- Follow-up action
- Record keeping
- Reconcile month end
- Update systems with salary reviews
- Generate payroll reports
- Instalment activity statement (IAS)
Unit 2 - Manage Payroll
- Establish procedures for management of payroll
- Confidentiality and security
- Privacy and software
- Allowance claims
- Extra payments and claims
- Safeguard financial resources
- Statutory obligations
- Records management
- Prepare payroll data
- Calculating gross pay and annual salaries
- Calculating statutory and voluntary deductions
- National Employment Standards (NES)
- Awards and contracts
- Employment status
- Gross pay
- Taxation
- Deductions and allowances
- Providing payroll data within designated timelines
- Authorise payment of salaries
- Checking and authorising payments
- Wage reports
- Single Touch Payroll (STP)
- Reconciling salaries, wages and deductions
- Reporting
- Dealing with salary, wage and related enquiries
- Dispute resolution
- Administer salary records
- Processing declaration forms
- Forwarding periodic deductions
- PAYG withholding
- Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT)
- Superannuation
- Accident compensation
- Payroll tax
- Preparing and dispatching payments to government authorities
- Calculating group tax and making payments
- Payslips
- Termination payments
- Payroll – end of financial year
- Activity statements
- Reconciling payment summaries
- income statements from salary records
Unit 3 - Processing payroll
- Record payroll data
- Tax withholding
- Pay rates
- Deductions and allowances
- Notifying discrepancies
- Income tax
- Health insurance
- Superannuation contributions
- Bonuses / commissions
- Contracts
- Calculate payments
- Computerised systems
- Manual systems
- Taxation
- Tax free threshold
- HELP debt
- Prepare payroll
- Policies and procedures
- Codes of practice
- Key Performance Indicators
- Annual leave
- Long service leave
- Parental leave
- Sick leave
- Workers compensation
- Recordkeeping
- Legislative requirements
- Confidentiality
- Payroll security
- Dispute resolution
- Privacy Act
Unit 4 - Work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industry
- Professional working relationships
- Clarify business needs and expectations
- Communication
- Roles and responsibilities of the accounting and tax profession
- Income tax and GST
- Employee payments
- Roles that fall outside role and responsibilities
- Interview techniques
- Active listening
- Quality of service
- Law and ethics
- Compliance requirements and support materials
- ATO reports
- Industry journals
- Computer software
- Legislative and industry requirements
- Compliance requirements
- Policies and procedures
- Codes of practice
- Flow charts
- Forms
- Life cycle model
- Review and adapt systems
- Determine tasks to be done
- The consultation process
- Develop objectives
- Manage resources time and priorities
- Planning
- Performance management
- Development opportunities
- Change management
- Professional development needs
- Training needs analysis
Unit 5 - Providing information about records
- Identify information
- Responding to enquiries
- Checklists and request forms
- Record retrieval methods
- Keyword AAA
- Record keeping systems
- Indexing concepts
- Truncation
- Proximity operators
- Free search text
- Boolean searching
- Record location
- Manual systems
- Automated systems
- Obstacles retrieving records
- Identify person requesting records
- Access and security procedures
- Personal and sensitive information
- Security levels
- Restriction rules
- Record preparation principles
- Health and safety
- Preparing records for delivery
- Tracking control information
- Retrieval requisition
- Record delivery methods
- Retrieval timeframes
Unit 6 - Employee and industrial relations
- Current industrial legislation
- Unfair dismissal
- Fair work Australia (FWA)
- Health & safety legislation
- Workplace incidents
- Consultation
- Anti-discrimination legislation
- Agreements and awards
- National employment standards (NES)
- Contracts of employment
- Workplace relations policies
- Statutory requirements
- Industrial relations procedures
- Industrial relations conflict
- Policies and procedures
- Risk management analyses
- Corrective actions
- Contingency plans
- Grievance procedures
- Preventing escalations
- Negotiation plan and strategy
- Barriers to negotiation
- Communication/active listening
- Conflict management training
- Performance gaps
- Enterprise agreements
- SWOT analysis
- The audit method
- Employee reward system
- PDA cycle
Unit 7 - Computerised accounting systems
- Integrated accounting systems
- General ledger
- Journals
- Expenses
- Goods & Services Tax (GST)
- GST calculation
- Cash system
- Chart of accounts
- Double entry accounting
- ATO business registration
- Tax invoice requirements
- Code classify input data
- Cash and credit transactions
- Entering cash transactions
- Transaction principles
- Trading accounts
- General ledger
- Account classification
- Adding a customer
- Inventory items
- Inventory
- Fixed asset records
- Australian Accounting Standards Board (AA SB)
- Financial performance reports
- Reporting PAYG
- GST reports
- PAYG withholdings / instalments
- NAT number
- Accounts method
- GST calculation for BAS
- Accounting and auditing standards
- Profit and loss statement
- GST liability account
- Subsidiary ledgers
- Internal control
- Bank reconciliations
- Uncleared cheques / deposits
- Reconciliation problems
- Online banking
- System integrity
Assessment
Assessment Information
When you study with Australian Online Courses, you will be assessed using a competency-based training method.
Competency-based training focuses on the achievement of skills and knowledge against set criteria to meet industry-standard and is not benchmarked against other students’ work.
In this course, the assessment will be comprised of written assignments and exercises, which may include short answer questions, reports, essays, research projects and reflective tasks.
If you do not achieve a competency result on your first attempt, you have two more attempts to pass your assessment. So, you have three attempts in total to obtain a competency result.
In this way, you can complete your course in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.
Testimonials
The ability to study in my own time and at my own pace was invaluable, as it allowed me to better balance my time between working full time and completing this course.
The way that answers could be typed directly into the web page I found a good idea.
R. Symmonds, Altona Meadows, VIC | Certificate of Payroll
The experience was smooth and very quick responses from the tutor
J. Edwards, Macquarie Park, NSW | Certificate of Payroll
I enjoyed my experience, as it allowed me flexibility as to when I could study.
The study material was also very detailed, but practical at the same time.
N. Struthers, Mahogany Creek, WA | Certificate of Payroll
Course FAQs
Why Choose Australian Online Courses?
- Professional development that is widely recognised and respected;
- Improve your employment opportunities;
- Study online, anywhere via our elearning system;
- High-quality professional development programs written by industry experts;
- No entry requirements;
- All course materials provided online – no textbooks to buy;
- Unlimited tutor support;
- Easy to understand course content;
- Twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply);
- Certificate of Attainment/Completion issued for your CV (hard copy provided); and
- Course may be tax deductible; see your tax advisor.
How long will it take to complete this course?
The approximate study hours for this course is 100 hours. Twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply).
Can I purchase optional printed materials?
Yes! The cost for printed materials for this course is $50 per unit. Total cost for optional printed materials is: $350.00. Printed materials are optional and not required to complete the course. Everything you need to complete the course is provided online via our e-learning system.
When can I start this course?
You can start within 60 minutes during business hours when you enrol and pay in full with a credit card!
Credit card: Within 60 mins during business hours.
BPAY: Within 1-2 working days.
Internet Banking: Within 1-2 working days.
Cheque/Money Order: Upon receipt of mailed cheque.
Will I receive a certificate upon completion of this course?
Yes! You will receive a Certificate of Attainment upon successful completion of your assessment.
Do I need to attend classes or undertake any work placements?
No. All courses are delivered online via our e-learning system and there are no work placement requirements in this course.
What support can I expect from Australian Online Courses?
Unlimited tutor support is available throughout your studies via email during business hours Monday to Friday. Our Administrative team are available Monday to Friday via email, live chat and telephone.
I am an international student. Can I enrol into this course?
Yes! We accept enrolments from individuals both within Australia and internationally; location is no barrier to entry into our programs.
Career Pathways
Future growth
Strong
Unemployment
Low
- Payroll Clerk
- Payroll Administrator
- Accounts Clerk
- Data Entry
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