Certified Payroll Specialist
Become a Certified Payroll Specialist
The Certified Payroll Specialist (CPS) license enables you to place "CPS" behind your name and communicate your payroll knowledge, skill, experience, and ethics to employers or clients. The license distinguishes you from your competition, builds credibility, validates knowledge, demonstrates skill, verifies experience, and confirms professional ethics.
Each course may be substituted by an equivalent accredited course. Upon approval, the course is waived but you must pass the exam.
Accreditation
The Certified Payroll Specialist license is accredited by Consortia's Accounting School. The school is a registered online Postsecondary Proprietary School providing postsecondary education.
Requirements
Payroll processors obtain the license by completing the required Certified Payroll Specialist license courses, certifications, and experience, and agreeing to abide by the CPS Professional Code of Conduct.
The license expires the last day of the year (December 31). If you obtain the license in the fourth quarter (October - December), your expiration date is the last day of the following year.
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