Payroll Certification with Self-study Guide

Background
Objective
Benefits
Requirements
Payroll Certification Self-study Guide
Payroll Certification Exam
Fee

Background
The Payroll Certification program was developed by a Certified Public Accounting (CPA) firm to educate and certify the firm's professional 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 bookkeeping, accounting, and payroll firms to educate and certify payroll personnel.

Objective
The objective of the Payroll Certification is to assure small business and nonprofit owners and employees that the professional bookkeeper possesses the knowledge and skills to provide cost-effective bookkeeping services.

The primary objective of professional payroll processors seeking payroll "certification" is to make themselves more marketable. It is a form of assurance to prospective clients. Professionals use their certification to differentiate themselves from other professional payroll processors.

Benefits
Professional Payroll Processors
 Become more marketable
 Charge a higher billing rate
 Become more productive
 Differentiate yourself from other professional payroll processors
 Provide credibility and proof of knowledge and skills
 Develop greater payroll processing and return preparation knowledge and skills

Requirements
The Payroll Certification program includes an educational component comprised of the NBA Payroll Tax Guide. This Guidebook is for payroll processors who want to learn or enhance their knowledge of payroll processing and return preparation and serves as the educational foundation for our Payroll Certification examination. The Guidebook can also be used as reference tool for payroll personnel.

To earn the Payroll Certification, individuals must complete the following steps:

1. Study the NBA Payroll Tax Guide for the Payroll Certification exam below.
2. Upon completion of the Guide, request access to the NBA Payroll Tax Exam.
3. Successfully complete and pass the exam.

Individuals who meet these requirements receive our Payroll Certificate.

Payroll Certification Self-study Guide

Payroll Tax Guide
Chapter 1 - Payroll Tax Introduction and Overview
Chapter 2 - Payroll Tax Compensation and Benefits
Chapter 3 - Payroll Tax Withholding, Deposits, and Credits
Chapter 4 - Payroll Tax Annual Wage and Information Returns
Chapter 5 - Payroll Tax Penalties and Other Matters

Payroll Certification Exam
NBA's Payroll Tax Exam is used to test the payroll processor's payroll competency. The exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions. As you complete the self-study Guide you may request access to the exam via email or telephone. 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. However, there is no additional fee to retake the exam. Exams are accessed upon request. To request an exam, please email exams@nacpb.org or call 866-444-9989.

The Payroll Certification exam tests the following:

• Payroll Tax Overview
• Compensation and Benefits
• Withholding, Deposits, and Credits
• Annual Wage and Information Returns
• Penalties and Other Matters

Fee
Member $99 (Register through our Members Only Internet portal)
Nonmember $199

Payroll Certification fee includes (click the links for more information):

1. Payroll Tax Guide
2. Unlimited Support
3. Payroll Certification Exam
4. Exam Re-takes (If necessary)
5. Payroll Certificate (Upon Passing Payroll Tax Exam)

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