Description
Master both computerised accounting and payroll administration with our comprehensive combo course. The Total Sage Training course combines Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Payroll Training into a single, streamlined learning path designed to help you fast-track your career in finance and bookkeeping.
Key Course Features & Inclusions
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Dual Certification: Receive official certificates from Sage (UK) upon successful completion, subject to passing the exams.
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Software Access: Includes free Sage 50 Computerised Accounting and Sage 50 Payroll software for 6 months (compatible with Windows PC only).
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Flexible Learning: Study via Online Distance Learning (self-paced) with a 6-month completion window.
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Expert Support: Benefit from dedicated tutorial support via email for 6 months and access to hand-picked, experienced tutors.
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Career Enhancement: Gain 36 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, 3 months of access to the Osborne Training Career Hub, and complementary Excel and English for Business courses.
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Student Perks: Eligible for a student discount card with Totum with a small fee.
Who Is This Course For?
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Aspiring & Current Business Owners: Ideal for individuals looking to set up or efficiently manage their own business accounts and payroll systems.
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Career Changers: Perfect for professionals transitioning from manual bookkeeping to modern computerised systems.
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Job Seekers: Designed to boost employability and open up new career prospects in accounting, administration, and payroll management.
Course Structure & Study Modes
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Combination Package: Integrates two essential modules—Sage 50 Accounts and Sage Payroll—allowing you to complete your training faster than taking them individually.
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Study Materials: Scenario-based digital coursebooks and study guides designed to provide hands-on, practical learning experience.
Course Duration: 6 Months
Study Mode: Self-paced Online
Total Sage Training Courses
Want to open the door to working in the Finance and Accountancy Industry?
Starting our Total Sage Training courses will enhance your career potential and give you the skills and knowledge you need to get started in the 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 employability rate is significantly higher than many other sectors. 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 you everything you need to know, while helping you gain a recognised qualification.
Requirements
There is no formal requirement for this course. However, you must have basic IT skills to successfully complete this course.
Sage Training Courses Study Options
Online Distance Learning – Self-study with access to Online Study Material through Virtual Learning Campus (VLC).
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 a 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).
Please note that the Sage 50 Accounts and Payroll exams are taken on the Cloud version, where the interface is slightly different from the Desktop version. However, the principles still remain the same.
Therefore, candidates are given extra materials to practice before attempting the exam on the Sage Qualifications Portal. We believe that having experience with both the Desktop and Cloud versions enhances the knowledge and expertise of the candidates.
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).
Please note that the Sage 50 Accounts and Payroll exams are taken on the Cloud version, where the interface is slightly different from the Desktop version. However, the principles still remain the same.
Therefore, candidates are given extra materials to practice before attempting the exam on the Sage Qualifications Portal. We believe that having experience with both the Desktop and Cloud versions enhances the knowledge and expertise of the candidates.
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: £195.
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).
Please note that the Sage 50 Accounts and Payroll exams are taken on the Cloud version, where the interface is slightly different from the Desktop version. However, the principles still remain the same.
Therefore, candidates are given extra materials to practice before attempting the exam on the Sage Qualifications Portal. We believe that having experience with both the Desktop and Cloud versions enhances the knowledge and expertise of the candidates.
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.
Payment Options
You may choose any of the following options to pay for your course
By Debit/Credit Card: You can pay in full on our website using the Enrol Online option. You may be eligible to claim a free Tablet PC (Eligibility Criteria Applies, Find More Here)
Flexible Payment Option: You may consider paying your fees over 6/12 equal monthly instalments/payment plan by paying an initial payment of 30% of Course Fees. The second payment will start from the 1st of the following month from the initial/first payment. The Total Amount payable under the payment plan(s) will be shown during the checkout.
Employer Funded: If your current employer is likely to fund the Course, please send us your employer details (Name, Address, email address, Telephone, and Contact Person) and we will send a Customised Course proposal to ensure a smooth enrolment experience. An invoice for the Employer can also be raised if required. (Find More Here)
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