Sage Pastel MicrOpay and Sage Partner Payroll Training Schedules
Below, please find a list of the monthly Training Courses that Sage Pastel Payroll & HR is running. For more information, please call us on (011) 304 4270 or e-mail us at training@pastelpayroll.co.za.
Investment per Delegate: R1, 799.00 Incl. VAT
Duration: 1 Day
Everything you need to know about effectively running a compliant payroll office!
- The A to Z on effectively running the Payroll office.
- The monthly Payroll cycle.
- All you need to know about the Acts that govern Payroll.
- Company policy and the responsibility of the Payroll administrator.
- Processing terminations correctly.
- Reconciling earnings and deductions.
- Producing reports to assist in reconciling tax and performing your own payroll audit.
- Step-by-step procedures on completing statutory forms and UIF Submissions.

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| Venue |
April |
May |
June |
Johannesburg
|
8, 15 |
06, 13 |
3, 10 |
Pretoria
|
8, 15 |
06, 13 |
3, 10 |
Cape Town
|
15 |
13 |
10 |
Durban
|
15 |
13 |
10 |
Richards Bay
|
- |
13 |
- |
Port Elizabeth
|
15 |
- |
10 |
East London
|
15 |
- |
10 |
| Pietermaritzburg |
8 |
- |
10 |
Bloemfontein
|
15 |
- |
10 |
Nelspruit
|
- |
13 |
- |
| Kimberley |
- |
13 |
- |
|
|
Investment per Delegate: R1, 649.00 Incl. VAT
Duration: 1 Day
A fundamental course for every Sage Pastel Payroll & HR user!
- How to create your payroll company and ensuring that it is set up correctly the first time round.
- How to create and link Cost Centers, Pay Points, Job Codes and Occupations.
- How to create employees and maintaining employee data.
- Setting up, adjusting and processing of leave and leave taken.
- How to set up a payslip for an employee and ensuring that all the statutory transactions are entered.
- Capturing overtime and other additional payment information.
- Understanding and changing transactions to suit specific processing requirements.
- Setting up and processing Electronic Bank Transfers (EFTs). • How to print the payslips.
- Which reports to print at month end.
- How to amend a payslip in the event that a mistake was made.
- Making backups of your Payroll information.
- Updating into a new pay period and closing off a month successfully.

|
| Venue |
April |
May |
June |
Johannesburg
|
9, 16 |
07, 14 |
4, 11 |
Pretoria
|
9, 16 |
07, 14 |
4, 11 |
Cape Town
|
16 |
14 |
11 |
Durban
|
16 |
14 |
11 |
Richards Bay
|
- |
14 |
- |
Port Elizabeth
|
16 |
- |
11 |
East London
|
16 |
- |
11 |
| Pietermaritzburg |
9 |
- |
11 |
Bloemfontein
|
16 |
- |
11 |
Nelspruit
|
- |
14 |
- |
| Kimberley |
- |
14 |
- |
|
|
Investment per Delegate: R1, 649.00 Incl. VAT
Duration: 1 Day
Ensure that you utilise Sage Pastel Payroll & HR to its full potential!>
- Easily import and export information.
- Protect your Payroll information by setting up user access rights and passwords.
- Create new Transaction Templates and formulae for powerful and complex incentive or allowance calculations.
- How to set up new rates for specialized shift allowances and specific overtime requirements.
- Utilising the Batch Transactions facility for multiple transaction input on a single screen i.e. commissions and overtime.
- Printing reports for previous periods.
- Learn how to use the powerful Multiple Transaction Manager to affect global transaction changes over multiple selections of employees.

|
| Venue |
April |
May |
June |
Johannesburg
|
10, 17 |
08, 15 |
5, 12 |
Pretoria
|
10, 17 |
08, 15 |
5, 12 |
Cape Town
|
17 |
15 |
12 |
Durban
|
17 |
15 |
12 |
Richards Bay
|
- |
15 |
- |
Port Elizabeth
|
17 |
- |
12 |
East London
|
17 |
- |
12 |
| Pietermaritzburg |
10 |
- |
12 |
Bloemfontein
|
24 |
- |
12 |
Nelspruit
|
- |
15 |
- |
| Kimberley |
- |
15 |
- |
|
|
Investment per Delegate: R1, 799.00 Incl. VAT
Duration: 1 Day
Are you taxing your employees correctly?
- Legislative requirements made simple and explained in detail.
- Fringe benefits and tax calculations made simple.
- Understand the factors that influence the tax calculation.
- Correctly applying directives.
- How to tax temporary or part-time employees.
- Calculating tax correctly, the simple way!
- Correctly calculating tax on an annual bonus or irregular payments
- How to accommodate and calculate travel allowances.
- Performing the SITE and PAYE split.

|
| Venue |
April |
May |
June |
Johannesburg
|
11, 18 |
08, 16 |
6, 13 |
Pretoria
|
11, 18 |
08,16 |
6, 13 |
Cape Town
|
18 |
16 |
13 |
Durban
|
18 |
16 |
13 |
Richards Bay
|
- |
16 |
- |
Port Elizabeth
|
18 |
- |
13 |
East London
|
18 |
- |
13 |
| Pietermaritzburg |
15 |
- |
18 |
Bloemfontein
|
18 |
- |
13 |
Nelspruit
|
- |
16 |
- |
| Kimberley |
- |
16 |
- |
|
|
Investment per Delegate: R1, 649.00 Incl. VAT
Duration: 1 Day
Simple steps on how to become a payroll “do- it- yourself” expert!
This comprehensive and practical workshop will provide you with extensive problem solving techniques in respect of:
Payroll Tax
- Identifying tax discrepancies.
- Evaluating Payroll tax parameters.
- Payroll tax tips for the “do- it- yourself”
Leave
- How to make leave adjustments.
- Loading year-to-date leave information.
Payroll Reporting
- How to utilise Payroll Reports for problem solving purposes.
- Using the monthly analysis report for payroll auditing
Backups
- Common mistakes while making backups.
- How to successfully restore a backup.

|
| Venue |
April |
May |
June |
Johannesburg
|
12, 19 |
10, 17 |
7, 14 |
Pretoria
|
12, 19 |
10, 17 |
7, 14 |
Cape Town
|
19 |
17 |
14 |
Durban
|
19 |
17 |
14 |
Richards Bay
|
- |
17 |
- |
Port Elizabeth
|
19 |
- |
14 |
East London
|
19 |
- |
14 |
| Pietermaritzburg |
16 |
- |
19 |
Bloemfontein
|
19 |
- |
14 |
Nelspruit
|
- |
17 |
- |
| Kimberley |
- |
17 |
- |
|
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Sage Pastel Payroll & HR awarded Best Training Programme
Sage Pastel Payroll & HR achieved the Best Training Programme in the Banking and Financial Services category at the 2012 Achiever Awards, honouring excellence in skills development and commitment.
Our Certified Administrator Qualification was placed in the top three among hundreds of entries in the Best Training Programme Small Company category. The awards were presented by the South African arm of international natural resources and commodities conglomerate BHP Billiton. |