Intuit has just announced in the Firm of the Future blog a new QuickBooks® Payroll Certification for QuickBooks Online ProAdvisors. The training includes an in-depth coverage of QuickBooks Payroll options along with related payroll compliance issues to help those individuals who are responsible for payroll functions perform their duties with a higher degree of confidence. Because of the QuickBooks and payroll integration component, foundational knowledge of QuickBooks Online is crucial for anyone taking the exam.
The payroll certification provides you with a badge of honor that shows the world that you’re proficient with QuickBooks Online Payroll. It proves that you can support small business clients using QuickBooks Online Payroll with the end-to-end payroll cycle. Becoming certified also provides a whole range of benefits to help your practice thrive year after year.
To become certified, you need to pass an exam (with a minimum score of 80% or better). Since you only have a limited number of attempts to pass, you’ll want to learn more about payroll before you take it. Along with the new certification exam, two new self-paced payroll training courses are now live in your QuickBooks ProAdvisor Training Tab.
- The QuickBooks Online Payroll course provides in-depth product training of key features to support your clients’ various payroll needs. This course is 4 hours total, and is made up of 4 1-hour modules.
- The Payroll Specialist Fundamentals course is an overview of Payroll compliance and regulations that will provide any accounting professional new to payroll the foundational knowledge needed to confidently provide payroll services. This course is also 4 hours total, but it is made up of 8 modules of 30 minutes each.
Intuit is even giving away a special 'branded QuickBooks Payroll' gift to a very limited number of initial certified ProAdvisors (200), for details see the Firm of the Future Article regarding the new Payroll Certification.