Total Sage Training (Sage 50 Accounts + Payroll)

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Total Sage Training Courses

Want to open the door to working in Finance and Accountancy Industry?

Starting our Total Sage Training courses will enhance your career potentials and give you the skills and knowledge you need to get started in Finance and Accountancy Industry.  Total Sage Training courses are combined with Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Payroll Training.

Why Sage Training Courses

Get a new direction for your career in Accountancy, according to statistics, the average salary for Accountants is £50,000 (Source: Reed), it is the sector where the employ-ability rate is significantly higher than many other sector. And when you have payroll qualification on top it will significantly increase your job prospects and promotion prospects.

Additionally, if you’re looking to gain competency in the world’s most popular bookkeeping and payroll software, the Total Sage Training course will teach everything you need to know, while helping you gain a recognised qualification.

Who is it for?

The course is suitable for people who:

  • Are thinking about starting up their own business or who are currently running their own business
  • Are thinking about changing from a manual to a computerised Bookkeeping/Payroll system
  • And are looking to improve their career prospects.

Requirements

There is no formal requirement for this course. However, you must have basic IT skills to successfully complete this course.

What support is available?

  • High quality scenario based course materials
  • Tutorial support
  • Student Discount with NUS card*
  • Exam fees and exam booking service under Sage
  • Specialist Career Management service
  • SAGE Certified Training provider
  • Free Sage 50 Computerised Accounting and Sage 50 Payroll software for 6 months*
  • Free Online Job Placement(optional). Find More
  • State of the Art Virtual Learning Campus
  • Access to Career Hub for 3 Months (Find More)

*Compatible with Windows PC Only

Sage Training Duration

6-12 Weeks for Classroom based or Online Live.

6 Months for Distance Learning

Sage Training Courses Study Options

Classroom Based – We offer Daytime or Weekend sessions for Total Sage Training Course.

Online Live – We offer Evening sessions for Total Sage Training Classes through our Virtual Learning Campus. Click Here to find more on how Online Live Course works.

Distance Learning – Self Study with Study Material and access to Online study Material through Virtual Learning Campus.

Sage Training Courses Certification

You will receive a CPD Completion Certificate from Osborne Training once you finish the course. You also have an Option to attain Certificate from SAGE(UK) subject to passing the exams.

Sage Training Courses Syllabus

Syllabus for Sage 50 Accounts Training

+Level 1

Sage 50 Training Level 1

  • Working with Sage 50 Accounts Program Basics.
  • Creating Account names, Numbers & Bank Payments
  • Financials
  • Bank Reconciliations
  • Generating Customers Invoices
  • Monitoring Customer Activity
  • Generating Product Invoices & Credit Notes
  • Compiling & Sending Customer Statements
  • Creating Customer Receipts & Purchase Invoices
  • Supplier Payments
  • Managing Recurring Entries
  • Generating Reports & Information
  • The Active Set-Up Wizard
  • VAT Changes.
+Level 2

Sage 50 Training Level 2

  • An overview of the Sage program
  • Entering opening balances, preparing and printing a trial balance
  • Creating customer records
  • Creating supplier records
  • Setting up opening assets, liabilities and capital balances,
  • Producing routine reports
  • Checking data,
  • Entering supplier invoices
  • Posting error corrections, amending records
  • Invoicing, generating customer letters, entering new products, checking communication history
  • Banking and payments, producing statements, petty cash
  • Audit trails, correcting basic entry errors, reconciling debtors and creditors
  • Creating sales credit notes,
  • Processing purchase credit notes
  • Preparing journals
  • Verifying Audit Trail
  • Purchase orders, processing sales orders
  • Processing Trial Balance
  • Creating Backups
  • Restoring data
  • Writing-off bad debts
+Level 3

Sage 50 Training Level 3

  • Creating a Chart of Accounts to Suit Company Requirements
  • Sole Trader Accounts preparation
  • The Trial Balance preparation
  • Errors in the Trial Balance
  • Disputed Items
  • Use of the Journal
  • Prepare and Process Month End Routine
  • Contra Entries
  • The Government Gateway and VAT Returns
  • Bad Debts and Provision for Doubtful Debts
  • Prepare and Produce Final Accounts
  • Management Information Reports
  • Making Decisions with Reports Using Sage
  • The Fixed Asset Register and Depreciation
  • Accruals and Prepayments
  • Cash Flow and Forecast Reports
  • Advanced Credit Control

CERTIFICATION FROM SAGE (UK)

As Osborne Training is a Sage (UK) Approved training provider, you could gain the following qualifications provided that you book and register for exams and pass the exams successfully:

  • Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 1)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 2)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 3)

All exams are conducted online through Sage (UK).

Exam Fees Per assessment or per level including Registration: £175.

Once you book an exam, you get access to Sage Qualifications online Portal for 6 months with additional practice materials. You can attempt to complete the online exam any time within that 6 months. Once completed, you get the digital certificate direct from Sage (UK).


Sage Payroll Training Syllabus

+Level 1

Sage Payroll Training Level 1

  • Introduction to payroll
  • Employment legislation and statutes
  • Introduction to Real Time Information (RTI)
  • Preparing employee records
  • Starters – new employees
  • Calculation of Gross Pay
  • The PAYE and National Insurance systems
  • Creating Payslips and analysis
  • Creating Backups and Restoring data
  • Payment analysis
  • Processing National Insurance contributions
  • Voluntary deductions
  • Processing Leavers
  • Completing the payroll Procedures
+Level 2

Sage Payroll Training Level 2

  • Introduction to Payroll
  • Employment legislation
  • Introduction to Real Time Information (RTI)
  • Preparing employee records
  • Creating Backup and Restoring Data
  • Starters – new employees
  • Calculation of Gross Pay
  • Deductions – Pension schemes and pension contributions
  • Processing the payroll – introduction to the PAYE system
  • How to Process the payroll for income tax
  • Processing the payroll – National Insurance contributions
  • Voluntary deductions
  • Student Loan repayments
  • Attachment of Earnings Orders & Deductions from Earnings Orders
  • Processing Leavers
  • Introduction to statutory additions and deductions
  • Processing Statutory sick pay (SSP)
  • Processing Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP)
  • Statutory paternity pay and paternity leave
  • Completing the processing of the payroll
  • Creating Payslips and analysis
  • Reports and payments due to HMRC
+Level 3

Sage Payroll Training Level 3

  • Advanced processing of the payroll for employees
  • Preparation and use of period end HMRC forms and returns
  • preparation of internal reports
  • Maintaining accuracy, security and data integrity in performing payroll tasks.
  • Deductions – Pension schemes and pension contributions
  • Processing the payroll –complex income tax issues
  • How to Process Payroll Giving Scheme
  • Processing Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)
  • Advanced Income tax implications for company pension schemes
  • Student Loan repayments
  • Processing Holiday Payments
  • Processing Car Benefit on to the Payroll System
  • Attachment of Earnings Orders & Deductions from Earnings Orders
  • Leavers with complex issues
  • Advanced processing of statutory additions and deductions
  • Recovery of statutory additions payments – from HMRC
  • Completing the processing of the payroll
  • Complex Reports and payments due to HMRC
  • Cost Centre Analysis
  • Advanced, routine and complex payroll tasks
  • Calculation of complex gross pay

CERTIFICATION FROM SAGE (UK)

As Osborne Training is a Sage (UK) Approved training provider, you could gain the following qualifications provided that you book and register for exams and pass the exams successfully:

  • Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 1)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 2)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 3)

All exams are conducted online through Sage (UK).

Exam Fees Per assessment or per level including Registration: £175.

Once you book an exam, you get access to Sage Qualifications online Portal for 6 months with additional practice materials. You can attempt to complete the online exam any time within that 6 months. Once completed, you get the digital certificate direct from Sage (UK).


At the end of the course you also get the opportunity for Free Job Placement (Optional)

What qualification will I gain for Sage Training Courses?

CERTIFICATION FROM SAGE (UK)

As Osborne Training is a Sage (UK) Approved training provider, you could gain the following qualifications provided that you book and register for exams and pass the exams successfully:

  • Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 1)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 2)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Accounting Course (Level 3)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 1)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 2)
  • Sage 50c Computerised Payroll Course (Level 3)

All exams are conducted online through Sage (UK).

Exam Fees Per assessment or per level including Registration: £175.

Once you book an exam, you get access to Sage Qualifications online Portal for 6 months with additional practice materials. You can attempt to complete the online exam any time within that 6 months. Once completed, you get the digital certificate direct from Sage (UK).

What jobs are suitable?

  • Senior bookkeeper
  • Senior Accountant
  • Payroll Administrator
  • Assistant Payroll Manager
  • Payroll Advisor
  • Payroll Director

In these roles, you could earn on average more than £50,000 annually* (source: Reed Salary Checker, UK).

*Terms & Conditions apply

 

Further Progression

You may progress to do AAT to become a Professional Accountant.

Sage Training Courses Fees

Course Mode of Study
Classroom Based Online Live Distance Learning
Regular Fee Discounted Fee Regular Fee Discounted Fee Regular Fee Discounted Fee
Total Sage Training £2,095 £1,395 £1,995 £1,195 £1,795 £995

*Discounted Fees are available for Limited Period.

Additional 10% Discount Available for Individuals who are working or worked within the last two years, as a key worker in the following sector:

  • NHS
  • Health and Care
  • Supermarkets
  • Transport
  • Education
  • Security
  • Armed Forces

Terms:

  1. Evidence of employment is required
  2. Course funding must be by the individual
  3. Discount is not available with any other offer

Please get in touch to find out the course fees and whether you qualify for the course by calling on 0203 608 7179 or fill out the “Get Course Information Kit” form on this page. One of our specialist course advisers will get back to you within 1 working day.

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