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Diploma of Payroll Services

FNS50417
FNS50417

Upgrade your payroll proficiency in as little as 6 months

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Course Information

For the latest practical teaching in the payroll field, look no further than the FNS50417 Diploma of Payroll Services. This industry-derived diploma covers everything you’ll need to know to become a well-rounded payroll specialist. ​

From legal know-how to interpersonal skills and customer service techniques, here you’ll gain indispensable technical expertise as a current payroll practitioner or a newcomer. 

Learn how to:

  • Establish payroll systems
  • Prepare salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances
  • Process superannuation payments
  • Process employee terminations

 

Who should enrol? 

  • Anyone currently working in bookkeeping and accounting roles seeking a formal qualification to expand their existing knowledge and skills.
  • Those with accounting experience and a prior qualification who are looking to become a qualified payroll professional, such as a senior bookkeeper or a payroll specialist.

 

Free Membership

When you sign up for the FNS50417 Diploma of Payroll Services you’ll automatically become a student member of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA). At no cost to you this membership opens up a world of benefits and resources that can give you that extra edge.

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Details

Price: $2,650 or $117.21/week over 26 weeks

Course Duration

Part-time study of 10-15 hours a week will take 6-12 months to complete (with up to 390 study hours, depending on industry experience)

Access Time

24 months from enrolment

We’re ready when you are

Start any time with flexible learning hours and fully remote modules

Ab2 students enjoy

  • Deep industry connections to future-proof your career
  • Course development and teaching by real-world industry leaders, not academics
  • Unrivalled student support by specialists who only serve the accounting industry
  • Free student membership with accounting and bookkeeping industry bodies
  • 100% flexibility – Study online, anytime, anywhere, on any device

 

Why study the FNS50417 Diploma of Payroll Services?

To help you make an informed decision read our latest blog where we look at at what a payroll officer does, the skills you’ll need to succeed, and the industry-standard accounting qualification that will allow you to step into this important role.

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FNS50417 Diploma of Payroll Services Course Modules

Our course has been custom-built by industry experts with decades of real-world, practical experience and knowledge. This will give you top-notch skills and understanding, making you job-ready the moment you graduate.

Module 1: Cash in, Cash out

FNSINC401: Apply principles of professional practice to work in the financial services industry

  • Identify scope, sectors, and responsibilities of industry
  • Identify and apply guidelines, procedures, and legislation
  • Identify sustainability issues
  • Manage information
  • Participate in and facilitate work team activities
  • Plan work to be completed
  • Develop and maintain personal competency
Module 2: Tax Me if You Can

FNSTPB401: Complete business activity and instalment activity statements

  • Identify compliance and other requirements applicable to business activity
  • Analyse and apply industry codes of conduct associated with work activities
  • Review and apply goods and services tax (GST) implications and code transactions
  • Report on payroll activities and amounts withheld
  • Reconcile and prepare activity statements
  • Lodge activity statements

 

FNSTPB402: Establish and maintain payroll systems

  • Establish and maintain payroll requirements
  • Record payroll data
  • Prepare and process payroll
  • Handle and maintain payroll enquiries
Module 3: EQ and Ethics  

BSBPEF502: Develop and use emotional intelligence

  • Unpack emotional intelligence
  • Promote the development of emotional intelligence in others

 

FNSINC504: Apply ethical frameworks and principles to make and act upon decisions

  • Frame the ethical question applicable to the situation
  • Determine the ethical response to the situation
  • Develop implementation plans and carry out ethical responses to the situation
  • Evaluate the outcomes of the ethical response
Module 4: Keep on Payrollin’  

BSBFIM502: Manage payroll

  • Establish procedures for the management of payroll
  • Prepare payroll data
  • Authorise payment of salaries
  • Administer salary records
Module 5: Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

FNSPAY501: Process salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances in payroll

  • Assist employees to interpret prepared salary packaging arrangements
  • Process salary packaging arrangements in payroll systems
  • Process additional allowances in payroll systems
  • Issue payment summary and document outcomes

 

FNSPAY502: Process superannuation payments in payroll

  • Establish parameters and systems for superannuation payments
  • Collect and prepare information
  • Calculate and verify superannuation payments
  • Distribute and maintain information about superannuation payments

 

FNSPAY503: Process complex employee terminations in payroll

  • Gather employee information and verify organisational requirements relating to termination
  • Prepare information for termination
  • Process termination
  • Document outcomes of process and maintain information
Module 6: Law and Order: SPU (Special Payroll Unit)

FNSPAY504: Interpret and apply knowledge of industrial regulations relevant to payroll

  • Research industry regulations relating to payroll service provision
  • Interpret the impact of regulations on payroll services
  • Ensure payroll services comply with regulations
  • Maintain compliance of payroll services with regulations

 

FNSPAY505: Interpret and apply knowledge of taxation systems relevant to payroll

  • Analyse taxation systems relevant to payroll
  • Evaluate impact of taxation systems on payroll services
  • Ensure payroll services comply with taxation systems
  • Maintain compliance with taxation systems
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