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Certified Payroll Technician - Stage 1 - Brief Syllabus

Part I - Employment Law  
Chapter 1: Introduction to Employment Law

Chapter 2:

Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 and 2001
Chapter 3: Payment of Wages Act 1991
Chapter 4: Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 - Holidays
Chapter 5: Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 – Rest and Maximum Working Time 
Chapter 6: Organisation of Working Time (Records) (Prescribed Form and Exemptions) Regulations, (S.I. No. 473 of 2001)
   
Part II - PAYE / PRSI Issues  
Chapter 7:

Revenue Administration

Chapter 8: The Irish PAYE System
Chapter 9:

Calculation of Pay

Chapter 10: Personal Tax Credits
Chapter 11:

Operation and Calculation of PAYE

Chapter 12: The Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) System
Chapter 13:

Income Levy

Chapter 14:

Pay for Tax Purposes

Chapter 15:

Calculation Net Take Home Pay

Chapter 16: Form P45 - Cessation Certificate
Chapter 17: Emplyer's Duties
   
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Certified Payroll Technician - Stage 2- Brief Syllabus
   

 

Part I - Employment Law
Chapter 1: National Minimum Wage Act 2000
Chapter 2: Maternity Protection Act 2000
Chapter 3: Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004
Chapter 4: Adoptive Leave Act 1995 and 2005
Chapter 5: Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001
Chapter 6: Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003
   
Part II - PAYE & PRSI  
Chapter 6: PAYE/PRSI and Levies Summary and Update
Chapter 7: PRSI and Social Insurance Entitlements
Chapter 8: Benefit in Kind
Chapter 9: Parking Levy
Chapter 10:        Pensions and PRSAs
Chapter 11: Termination Payments
Chapter 12:

Expenses & Tax Free Payments

Chapter 13:

Revenue On-Lin Service (ROS)

   
   
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