Payroll Fundamentals Course

Learn Payroll

This course provides fundamental federal payroll tax education and is required for Consortia's Bookkeeper Development Program.

Objective

Develop a fundamental knowledge and understanding of payroll.

Overview

The course is a beginning payroll course. The course provides clear and concise explanations of payroll concepts, processes, methods, and procedures payroll personnel should comprehend to process payroll.

Length

The course is a seven-week course (one session per week). However, the course is an online, self-study, self-paced course. Therefore, the length of the course is determined by the time you dedicate to the course and your knowledge and understanding of payroll.

Course Access

When you order the course, we email course access and instructions to the email you provide. If you don't receive the email, 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 course access and instructions the next business day.

If you order the course on a weekend or major holiday, we email course access and instructions the next business day.

The access code provides you access to the course for 6 months beginning from the time you access the course.

Course Agenda, Materials, Steps, and Fee

Agenda

• Chapter 1 - Payroll Practices and System Fundamentals
• Chapter 2 - Payroll System Procedures
• Chapter 3 - Gross Pay Computations
• Chapter 4 - Fringe Benefits and Voluntary Deductions
• Chapter 5 - Employee Net Pay and Pay Methods
• Chapter 6 - Employer Payroll Taxes and Labor Planning
• Chapter 7 - The Payroll Register, Employees' Earnings Records, and Accounting System Entries

Materials

• eTextbook (digital)
• Pre-assessment test
• On-demand video instruction
• Quizzes
• Problems
• Case problems
• Instructor support
• Post-assessment test
• 14 CPE credits

Steps

1. Take pre-assessment test
2. Watch chapter video
3. Read textbook chapter
4. Complete chapter exercises
5. Complete chapter problems
6. Take chapter quiz
7. Request instructor support
8. Take post-assessment test

Fee