Course description
Calculating National Insurance Contributions
This course helps you begin your payroll journey with a overview of how to calculate National Insurance contributions for payroll, including key terms and phrases and some simple calculations to help solidify your knowledge.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Calculating National Insurance contributions and understanding why this process is such a valuable part of your role and will be key to your journey as a payroll professional.
Throughout this one-hour, e-learning course, you will learn more about national insurance thresholds, rates, classes and categories alongside essential information about the system itself.
The course is suitable for delegates that have the following suggested roles of newly employed:
- Payroll administrators
- Payroll co-ordinators
- HR administrators
- HR co-ordinators
Prior learning required
This course is designed for someone that is entirely new to payroll and covers the very basics of the National Insurance system (NICs).
Outcome / Qualification etc.
CPD: 1 Point
On this course you will learn:
- The National Insurance system (NICs)
- NICs classes and category letters
- Earnings for NICs
- NIC limits, thresholds and rates
- Calculating NICs
Training Course Content
The e-learning course guides you through:
- What the National Insurance system is for
- Identifying the most common National Insurance category letters
- Identify what earnings NICs are calculated on
- Select the correct NIC limits, threshold and rates
- Calculate employee NICs liabilities
- Calculate employer NICs liabilities
Course delivery details
Courses are delivered using the CIPPs online learning tool Moodle. Once registered for the course, you will be introduced to the topics covered throughout the hour and the course learning outcomes. Learning is achieved via a step by step process throughout the module, with a short test at the end of each topic, ensuring you have a full understanding of the course.
Once all topics have been completed, you’ll be presented with a link to download your learning resources, including the module workbook. You’ll also be taken through the learning outcomes once again with the opportunity to revisit any of the topics covered.
The course material will be provided on the date that you have booked, and you will have three weeks from this date to complete.
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