Payroll and salary accounting with Lexware, DATEV, and construction payroll accounting

Payroll accountants are responsible for organizing, managing, and monitoring payroll accounting. This continuing education course teaches you basic skills in carrying out accounting processes as well as in computer-assisted payroll accounting with Lexware and DATEV.

In the basic module Payroll Accounting, you learn about tax and social insurance regulations, forms of remuneration, as well as gross wage calculation and net wage calculation. The advanced module covers special wage components, back payments and reclaims, severance payments, company pension schemes, travel expenses, wage garnishment, and company audits.

You then put your knowledge into practice. With Lexware Lohn und Gehalt, you record master data and payroll data and create accounting lists as well as year-end closing tasks. With DATEV, you create client and personnel master data, maintain transaction data, and carry out payroll accounting including closing tasks.

In the additional module Construction Payroll Accounting, you acquire specific basic knowledge for payroll accounting in the construction industry. This includes legal, company, and collective bargaining fundamentals, social insurance funds in the construction industry, working time models, and weather-related work stoppages. With DATEV, you deepen this in topics such as social insurance fund contributions, winter employment levy, reporting procedures, and working time accounts.

Learning takes place in the WBS LearnSpace 3D. With your own avatar, you move around in a virtual learning environment. Via two screens and a headset, you are connected live with your trainer and other learners. Practical exercises, group work, and self-study phases alternate.

This continuing education course is aimed at job seekers, career returnees, experienced professionals, soldiers, rehabilitation patients, people with disabilities, and working professionals. A completed commercial vocational training or relevant professional experience is required. At the end, you receive the WBS certificate. This increases your chances in industry, construction, trade, crafts, and the service sector, because qualified payroll accountants are in demand.

• Introduction to our online learning format (1 day)
• Payroll and salary accounting: tax and social insurance regulations, forms of remuneration (10 days)
• Gross wage calculation, net wage calculation and basics of cost center accounting
• Monthly and annual financial statements
• Advanced payroll and salary accounting: special wage components, back payments and refunds (10 days)
• Severance payments, company pension schemes, travel expenses and wage garnishment
• Special billing groups and company audits
• Payroll and salary accounting with Lexware: Working with Lexware Payroll and Salary (10 days)
• Create and supplement master data and payroll data, payroll lists and ongoing payroll accounting
• Year-end closing tasks as well as special transactions and specific billing
• Payroll and salary accounting with DATEV: Record client data and institutions (10 days)
• Create and supplement personnel master data, maintain transaction data
• Perform payroll accounting, carry out closing work and document the closing
• Construction payroll accounting: legal, company and collective bargaining fundamentals, social insurance funds in the construction industry (10 days)
• Collective working hours and working time models, weather and order-related work stoppages
• Out-of-town employment in the construction industry and special features in the construction ancillary trade
• Construction payroll accounting with DATEV: Create clients, social insurance fund contribution, winter employment levy (10 days)
• Reporting procedures, vacation, VWL (employee savings) and 13th month salary, working time accounts and Saison-Kug (seasonal short-time work)