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IT Vendor Courses   Microsoft Great Plains Training Courses

M8364: Great Plains V8.0 Payroll

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Course Duration: 1 day

Course Code: M8364

Course Description:

This course provides you with an in-depth view of the extensive functionality contained within the Payroll application. Besides learning the functionality, you also learn tips and techniques that can help make an implementation successful, and you gain a thorough understanding of the Payroll application and its capabilities.

 

The course covers the setup of the Payroll module. It covers the setup windows that are necessary to complete in order to start using Payroll, and the processing of Payroll checks. It also focuses on the options available to you to maintain and retrieve your Payroll data. Closing your periods, quarters and the year-end is also covered in this course and a short discussion on using Direct Deposit is also included.

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, it is recommended that students have:

- Some working knowledge of Microsoft Business Solutions–Great Plains®
- Some basic understanding of Payroll law and regulations

This course includes the following modules:

Overview

• Payroll Features and Benefits
• Integration

Setup Procedures

• Payroll Setup and Setup Options window
• Department Setup
• Position Setup
• Creating and Assigning Supervisors
• Workers Compensation Setup
• Creating Pay Code, Benefit, and Deduction Records
• Tiered Deductions
• Sequencing Deductions
• Tax Setups
• Posting Accounts Setup
• Employee Classes
• Employee Maintenance window
• Employee Pay Codes, Taxes, Deductions and Benefits
• Employee Summary window
• Payroll Reports
• Entering Beginning Payroll Balances

Daily Procedures

• Payroll Batch Entry
• Entering Payroll Transactions
• Mass Transaction Entry
• Building Checks
• Calculating Checks
• Printing Checks
• Direct Deposit functionality
• Posting
• Payroll Run Reports
• Entering Manual Checks
• Troubleshooting printing problems

Period, Quarter, and Year-End Procedures

• Closing periods, quarters, and years
• Necessary steps to create the year-end file

 

To make an enquiry for this course to be run ONSITE at your location, click here or call Sales on +44 (0) 20 7620 0033.

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