Course: Practical Payroll
Date: Monday 28th & Tuesday 29th of April
Duration: 10am – 1pm each day
Cost: Free
Venue: Online
Tutor: IPASS
Crew Academy West is an initiative of Screen Ireland and run by Atlantic Academy
Course content:
The Irish Payroll Association focus exclusively on Payroll & Professional Tax training in Ireland.
- Registering for ROS
- Register Employees
- Register Employment
- Standard Rate Cut Off Point (SRCOP) and Tax Rate Bands explained in detail
- Personal Tax Credits
- Tax Calendar for PAYE purposes
- Methods used to communicate payroll information with ROS
- Detailed description of data items included in an RPN and the significance of an RPN number
- Employment ID functionality and importance explained in detail
- Cumulative Basis and Week 1 Basis explained in detail
- Emergency Basis of tax where an employee has not provided a Personal Public Service Number (PPSN) or where an employer is unable to retrieve an Revenue Payroll Notification (RPN) for the employee
- First Employment in a tax year
- Tax treatment in a Week 53 payroll
- USC Rates and COPs explained in detail
- Exemptions from USC and the impact of a medical card on an employee’s USC liability
- Cumulative Basis and Week 1 Basis of USC
- Emergency Basis of USC
- First Employment in a tax year
- USC treatment in a Week 53 payroll
- PRSI System as it applies to both employees and employers
- PRSI Contribution Classes and Subclasses explained in detail,
- PRSI Contribution Rates payable by both employees and employers
- Tapered PRSI Credit for employees
- Records to be retained by employer
- Summary of deductions from gross pay under a salary sacrifice arrangement for income tax, PRSI and USC purposes
- Summary of deduction from gross pay for income tax purposes
- Deduction of Local Property Tax (LPT) through payroll
- Summary of deductions from net pay
- Calculating net pay
- Employers obligation to submit a Payroll Submission
- Identify the pay date and what information should be included in a payroll submission
- Employer Reference number and an employers obligation once a PPSN is received
- Payroll Corrections which can be corrected in the current period and errors which must be corrected in a previous payroll submission.
- Pre-populated Statement issued by Revenue
- Return date verses the payment date
- Quarterly remitters
- Payment Methods
- Employee’s obligation to issue each employee with core terms of employment and a full written statement of the term of their employment.
- Minimum hourly rate of pay an employer is obligated to pay an employee as well as the rates where an employer may pay less than the national minimum wage.
- Employer’s obligation to issue each employee with a written statement of their wages (a payslip) and the details which must be shown on that statement
- Summary of Annual Leave and Public Holiday entitlements
- Employers obligation to pay Sick Pay
Participant Profile:
This course is aimed at crew working in the accounts department. To be eligible for it, you must be working in Ireland in the accounts department.
Application Procedure:
Please apply online at this link 1 pm on Thursday 17th of April 2025
For technical difficulties with the online system please email crew.west@nationaltalentacademies.ie
Film & TV Crew Academy West courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.
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