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Compact Basics of Payroll Accounting

Are you just starting your career or switching to payroll with our three-day online continuing education course? Through structured basics and practical exercises, you quickly gain understanding and confidence in your new field. This seminar offers you the perfect foundation to gain a professional edge and get started immediately.

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Compact Basics of Payroll Accounting Overview

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Start and Duration
  • Duration approx. 3 days. The duration may vary depending on the model (in-person/online).
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Funding
  • Bildungsurlaub (educational leave) or Weiterbildungsbonus (continuing education bonus) can be applied for with the employer.
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Target Group
  • Employees in HR, external payroll offices, payroll accountants, as well as re-entrants and career changers.
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Admission Requirements
  • No specific prior knowledge required.
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Certificate
  • Open Badges - Certificate of participation
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Language
  • German

About this online course

Basic information

The continuing education course "Grundlagen der Entgeltabrechnung kompakt" offers a comprehensive introduction to payroll accounting and is aimed at you if you work at the interface of HR and payroll accounting or want to work in this area. In this training, various key topics are covered that are essential for processing payroll accounts.

You first learn about tasks in accounting and the essential basic data. These include the legal bases and the valuation of remuneration claims, as well as details about the employment contract and different remuneration components such as salary, time wages, wage types, allowances and other remuneration. Another important learning content is the determination of gross remuneration taking into account overtime, Sunday and public holiday surcharges, cases of illness, vacation and other leave.

A significant focus of the continuing education course is on wage tax and church tax as well as the solidarity surcharge. Here, legal bases, tax liability, the importance of income and wages, as well as the use of the wage tax card and wage tax tables are covered. Aspects such as the wage tax annual adjustment, benefits in kind and net wage agreements are also addressed. The area of social insurance is also intensively examined, including health, nursing care, pension and unemployment insurance, contribution calculations and important reporting and recording obligations.

This continuing education course is especially suitable for you if you work in HR with external payroll offices and need to understand the processes of payroll accounting. It is also suitable for you if you are a payroll accountant looking for a compact introduction, or if you are a returnee or career changer who wants to gain a solid overview in a short time.

The benefits of participating in this course include effective knowledge transfer with a high practical relevance through exemplary exercises and continuously updated content by the instructors of the Haufe Academy. In just three days, you acquire the necessary tools for your everyday work.

Finally, you receive a digital certificate of participation in the form of an Open Badge, which is considered a recognized certificate in the industry and documents your newly acquired knowledge. This continuing education course thus offers a valuable opportunity to quickly and effectively qualify yourself in the field of payroll accounting.

Contents:

  • Task description in accounting and basic data
  • Legal bases and valuation of remuneration claims
  • Employment contract, remuneration components, salary, time wage, types of wages, allowances, other remuneration
  • Determination of gross remuneration
  • Overtime and Sunday/holiday surcharges, illness, vacation, other leave
  • Wage tax and church tax, solidarity surcharge
  • Legal foundations
  • Tax liability, concept of income, employees and wages, wage tax card, certificate, wage tax tables, tax classes, allowances
  • Wage tax deduction, ongoing wages, other payments
  • Annual wage tax adjustment, anniversaries, severance payments
  • Non-cash benefits
  • Net wage agreements
  • Church tax, solidarity surcharge, wage tax return, wage account
  • Social insurance
  • Legal foundations

Who offers this course?

Haufe Akademie
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Haufe Akademie offers you a comprehensive online continuing education program with over 2.500 topics for your professional development. You benefit from flexible learning formats such as e-learning, live online seminars, and blended learning. With experienced trainers, practical content, and innovative learning platforms, you can specifically expand your technical and leadership skills. The academy has been in existence since 1978 and offers you participation certificates for the seminars offered.

Haufe Akademie contact information

  • Email: service@haufe-akademie.de

  • Address: Haufe Akademie GmbH & Co. KG, Munzinger Straße 9, 79111 Freiburg

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Compact Basics of Payroll Accounting Pricing

Prices updated in August 2026

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1840 €

The online course on the basics of payroll accounting costs 1840€. Gain valuable knowledge compactly.
  • Lecturer presentation using slides with case studies
  • High practical relevance
  • Relevance to current topics

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