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29 Apr2019
Book a Sage Pastel Accounting & Payroll Training and Advance Your Career Today!
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Employers look for different things when they want to hire someone, however, what is most common about all employers is, they are all trying to answer this overarching question: can this individual add value to our business?
In South African perspective where there is a high unemployment rate, it’s often difficult for employers to find the right person for their companies. In order to increase chances of landing a job; potential employees need to be strong candidates, and by that I mean - they need to stand out from the crowd.
So showcasing their completion of relevant Sage Pastel courses is a great starting point.
With that in mind, here are two reasons why managers and employers should book their employees for Sage Pastel training course with Accounting Direct:
Sage Pastel training will not only help your employees to be proficient in using software but also equip them with relevant principles. In addition to that, they will get a chance to interact with their training facilitator and ask as many questions as they like.
Whether your employees are professionals who are experienced Sage Pastel users or just a beginner, the training will benefit them and your company's overall success.
There are no hidden fees – prices include their learning material, meals & Pastel Accounting class. On completion of assessment, learners will receive a Certificate of Competence.
Employers can recover costs for paying for their employees
According to the Skills Development Act (No 9 of 1999), any company registered in South Africa with an annual total payroll exceeding R500 000 per annum has to pay a skills levy of 1% of their monthly payrolls to SARS. Any funds paid for employees for any Sage Pastel training can be claimed back later.
Also, once an employee has completed the Sage Pastel training (which is SETA accredited), they will obtain recognition of competence that is recognised throughout the whole of South Africa.
Employees can consider one of the following courses:
Bookkeeping Fundamentals Training
Your employee can start with this two days Bookkeeping Fundamentals Training. It is a comprehensive training programme which covers the basic bookkeeping terms and concepts. The course has been designed for learners who are required to work on any of the Pastel Accounting software packages, and who have had little or no exposure to bookkeeping.
Duration: This is a 2 days course.
Delivery Method: Classroom Training.
Sage Pastel Accounting Practitioner Training
This is a comprehensive training programme which covers the setup and in-depth processing within the Sage Pastel Partner Accounting product.
Learners need to meet the following minimum prerequisites before attending the course.
1. Computer Literacy at NQF Level 3 or Standard 8/Grade 10 Computer Literacy.
2. Mathematical Literacy or Standard 8/Grade 10 Mathematics.
3. Bookkeeping NQF Level 3 qualification or Standard 8/Grade 10 Bookkeeping (optional).
Duration: This is a 2 days course.
Delivery Method: Classroom Training
Please note that it is essential that the course prerequisites are met so as to avoid being asked to leave and forfeit the course fees.
Sage Pastel Payroll Administration Training
This is a comprehensive training programme which covers the setup and in-depth processing within the Sage Pastel Payroll product.
Duration: This is a 1 day course.
Delivery Method: Classroom Training.
Sage Pastel Tax Payroll Training
This training covers the principles of Payroll Tax. It has been designed for learners who are new in Payroll Tax.
Duration: This is a 1 day course.
Delivery Method: Classroom Training.
Sage Pastel Payroll Processing Training
This training will equip learners with the knowledge and skills to implement effective payroll processing. Also, it will help your business gain the optimal return from its payroll software.
Duration: This is a 1 day course.
Delivery method: Classroom training.
How do you book your employees for training?
Accounting Direct is an Authorized Sage Partner. Should you have any questions feel free to contact us. You can book for training by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit our website www.accountingdirect.co.zaor simply call: 086-111-3980 or 082-878-6772
02 Apr2019
Why Your Business Needs Sage Pastel Payroll & HR?
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It goes without saying that any rapidly growing business needs a world-class software like Sage Pastel Payroll & HR.
Also, if you run a business in South Africa (or anywhere in Africa) and have one or more employees in your company, not only you need HR, but an efficient payroll system too. The sooner you get those two right, the better.
Don’t be like one of those business owners who wait for things to reach crisis point before reviewing or improving things in their business. You may ask, “how would I know I need Sage Pastel Payroll?”
These are the signs:
1.Days before paydays are a nightmare
Your current payroll “system” may consist of manually tracking hours worked, using a calculator to multiply hours worked by an employee, and hand-write on a payslip.
Even worse, you may spend hours chasing timesheets from staff, deciphering the handwritten ones, reconciling or querying variations from the roster. What a nightmare!
2.You are employing new staff more often
Your business has outgrown the current manual system and each month you are employing new staff. This on its own adds to your number of tasks.
3.Paying tax has become a challenge
Staying on top of legislation, and being SARS compliant has become a huge challenge for you. This is because you waste time calculating employee tax and overtime manually. Your calculations may also be inaccurate.
4.Errors on payslips
Payslips have frequent errors. For example, things like pay increase or bonuses are not factored in properly. Almost every month you get the same complaints from your employees.
5. You can't pay employees on time
There might be a lot of reasons why this happens, however, usually; it's because you were not able to complete the necessary payroll tasks. If this continues, it may result in low staff morale among your team and impact on their overall performance. Sage Pastel Payroll can help you to avoid the above mentioned problems in the following ways:
- Sage Pastel Payroll allows you to process weekly, fortnightly or monthly payments to your employees with ease. That means your employees will be paid on time.
- Making SARS submissions will be a breeze! You will avoid penalties resulting from late payments. Furthermore, it automatically calculates tax and statutory deductions.
- Structuring a salary will be a lot quicker! You will now structure a Total-Cost-To-Company remuneration package, and for each employee.
- Multiple Transactions Manager enables you to complete more than one task easily, from only one screen.
- Third Party Payments – disburse company deductions or contributions, like medical aids or pension funds are all done with the click of a button.
- Sage Pastel Payroll offers easy, accurate and secure payroll software processing with all the features you need. Additionally, it integrates with any Pastel Accounting software packages on the market.
- It is quick and easy to set up, once it is installed, you are ready to go.
- It is a user-friendly software. Also, keeping an up to date record of all your employees is easy peasy.
- It comes with a free Custom Report Writer which allows you to create any type of report according to your business requirements.
- You get telephonic and e-mail support for the first year as well as legislative and products updates
What's more?
Sage Pastel Payroll caters for the full spectrum of requirements – from pre-defined, standard sets of transactions for less complicated payrolls, to more powerful and customisable features and functions for payrolls with more sophisticated requirements. With this easy-to-use HR System, performance reviews and disciplinaries can all be done correctly and accurately. So now you can avoid costly CCMA cases or having to pay a compensation for wrongful dismissal.
Othe benefits are:
1. You get a free employment contract template.
2. You get free standard HR forms and templates at no charge.
3. You will record disciplinary actions and performance reviews.
4 Telephonic and e-mail support for the first year as well as legislative and products updates.
Sage Pastel Payroll has a mandatory yearly subscription fee. Take advantage of Accounting Direct's monthly promotion and get 40% discount today!
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