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Background
Objective
Benefits
Requirements
Payroll Certification Self-study Guide
Payroll Certification Exam
Fee
Background
The NACPB Payroll Certification program was developed by a Certified Public Accounting (CPA) firm to educate and certify the firm's payroll personnel to assist the firm's degreed accountants and CPAs in performing public payroll services. Over the past 10 years, the Payroll Certification program has been used by hundreds of public bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll firms to educate and certify payroll personnel.
Objective
The primary objective of the Program is to help payroll personnel develop the knowledge and skills to accurately and productively perform payroll processing and payroll tax form.
The second objective is to enable Payroll Certification Specialist (CPS) candidates to pass the Uniform CPS Examination in order to become a licensed CPS.
Benefits
Professional Payroll Processors
Charge a higher billing rate
Become more marketable
Become more productive
Differentiate yourself from other payroll professionals
Provide credibility and proof of knowledge and skills
Develop greater payroll processing and payroll tax return preparation knowledge and skills
Requirements
The Program includes an educational component comprised of the RIA's Principles of Payroll Administration Guide. This Guide is for payroll processors and payroll tax return preparers who want to learn or enhance their knowledge of payroll processing and payroll tx return preparation and serves as the educational foundation for our Uniform CPS Examination. The Guide can also be used as reference tool for payroll personnel.
To earn the NACPB Payroll Certification certification, individuals must complete the following steps:
Individuals who meet these requirements receive our NACPB Payroll Certification certification.
Payroll Certification Self-study Guide
Principles of Payroll Administration Guide
Chapter 1: Who are Employees
Chapter 2: Wages and Benefits
Chapter 3: Wage-Hour Law and Family and Medical Leave
Chapter 4: Garnishments, Levies, and Other Deductions
Chapter 5: Disability Plans
Chapter 6: Withholding and Depositing Trust Fund Taxes
Chapter 7: Unemployment Taxes
Chapter 8: Wage and Tax Reporting
Chapter 9: Reporting Options and Tax Incentive Plans
Chapter 10: Payroll Accounting and Internal Control
Chapter 11: Managing Payroll
Chapter 12: Payroll Systems and Other Processing Options
Chapter 13: Direct Deposit and Electronic Funds Transfer
Chapter 14: Labor Unions and Payroll
Chapter 15: International Payroll: U.S. Employees Working Abroad and Non-Americans Working in the United States
Chapter 16: Government Payroll (Public Sector)
Chapter 18: Record Retention
Chapter 19: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Chapter 20: Preparing for the Certification Examinations
Uniform CPS Examination
The online, Uniform CPS Examination is used to test the NACPB Payroll Certification or Payroll Certification Specialist (CPS) candidate's payroll, payroll processing, and payroll tax return competency. The exam consists of 80 multiple choice questions. As you complete the self-study Guide you may request access to the exam via email or telephone. You must request access to the Exam during NACPB business hours, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm MT. You have 24 hours to take and submit the exam for grading and the exam is "open-book". You must receive an 80% in order to pass the exam. Test results are made available to you within 24 hours. If necessary, you must wait one full week to retake the exam. To request the Exam, please email exams@nacpb.org or call 866-444-9989.
The Uniform CPS Examination tests the following:
Fee
Member $399 (Register through our Members Only Internet portal)
Nonmember $499
Payroll Certification fee includes (click the links for more information):
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