Accounting and Payroll Adminis - Epic College of

Tuition Fee

Start Date

Medium of studying

Duration

10 months

Program Facts

Program Details

Degree

Diploma

Major

Accounting | Taxation

Area of study

Business and Administration

Timing

Full time

Course Language

English

About Program

Program Overview

This comprehensive diploma program equips students with essential skills in Microsoft Office Suite, business mathematics, law, communication, and accounting. It prepares individuals for careers in accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll administration, meeting the industry's demands for qualified professionals. The program includes modules on student success strategies, employment success strategies, and practical software applications like QuickBooks and Simply Accounting.

Program Outline

Outline:

Module 1: Student Success Strategies

Goal setting
Self-awareness
Personal self-management
Stress management
Learning
Active reading
Interdependence
Studying smarter
Next steps
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 2: MS Word

Enhanced editing
Using illustrations and graphics
Proofing documents
Applying references and hyperlinks
Performing mail merges
Maintaining documents and working with templates
Protecting and sharing documents
Using advanced options
Using word HTML features
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 3: MS Excel

Working with advanced filters
Advanced charting
Using auditing tools
Using scenarios & goal seeking
Solving problems
Using automatic formatting & style
Using advanced formulas and securing workbooks
Creating charts and pivot tables
Adding pictures and shapes to a worksheet
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 4: MS Office Access

Database essentials
Create data tables
Work with tables/database records
Modifying and fields
Create forms
Create reports
Use controls in reports and forms
Create and modify queries
Creating flexible queries
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 5: MS Office Outlook

Getting to know outlook
Email basics
Advanced E-mail tools
Managing E-mail messaging
Automatic message processing
Working with contents
Advanced contact management
Calendar basics
Managing meetings
Advanced calendar management
Managing tasks
Categories and outlook data files
Managing notes and journal entries
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 6: MS Office PowerPoint

Power point essentials
Presentation basics
Working with texts
Designing a presentation
Adding tables to slides
Using in a presentation
Creating SmartArt graphics
Adding graphics to a presentation
Using animations and multimedia
Securing and sharing a presentation
Delivering a presentation
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 7: Business mathematics

Review of arithmetic
Review of basic algebra
Ratio, Proportion and percent
Trade discount, discount, markup, and markdown
Breakeven and cost-volume-profit relationships
Mid-term exam
Simple interest
Simple interest applications
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 8: Business law and mathematics

Introduction to legal system in Canada
Overview of Canadian legal system in Canada
Contract law-impeachment
Contract law-the effect of breach
Contract law-remedies for breach
The law of torts
Torts-professional liability
Competition law-government regulation of business
LLP-Limited liability partnerships, company law, director/officers liability
Employment law-contract of employment
Business ethics
Case studies in business ethics
Course overview, exam preparation and finale exam

Module 9: Business communication

Foundation of business communication
The writing process
Memos, letters, email and brief messages
Report structure
Spoken communication
Giving speeches and oral presentations
Project proposals
Negotiation and persuasion skills
Ethics of documentation
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 10: Office administration procedures

Understanding office environment
Developing professional skills
Issues in the office
Time management
Telecommunications
Building communications skills
Processing mail
Record management
Banking and accounting procedures
Scheduling appointments and receiving visitors
Making travel arrangement
Planning meetings and conferences
Developing effective oral presentations
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 11: Bookkeeping and financial accounting fundamentals

Accounting for and evaluating environment
Recording business transactions
Measuring business income: the adjusting process
Completing the accounting cycle
Merchandising operations & the accounting cycle
Accounting for merchandise inventory
Mid-term review
Mid-term exam
Accounting information systems
Internal control and cash
Receivables
PP&E, goodwill and intangible assets
Current liabilities and payroll
Course overview & exam preparation
Exam

Module 12: Bookkeeping and financial accounting intermediate

Partnerships
Corporations: share capital & the balance sheet
Corporations: retained earnings and the income statement
Long-term liabilities (part1)
Long-term liabilities (part 2)
Mid-term review
Mid-term examination
Investments and international operations
Investments and international operations (part 2)
The cash flow statement (part 1)
The cash flow statement (part 2)
Financial statement analysis (part 1)
Financial statement analysis (part 2)
Course overview & exam preparation
Exam

Module 13: Payroll Administration I

Canadian payroll-basic concepts
Employee deductions and employee contributions
Employee deductions and employee contributions
Unionized and non-unionized environments
Legislation regarding terminations and layoffs
Computerized accounting using the simply
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 14: Payroll Administration II

Employment insurance Act
Canada pension plan
Income tax act
Worker’s compensation
Government remittance and compliances
Year end
Practicum
Course overview, exam preparation final exam

Module 15: QuickBooks

Getting started and intro to taxes
Cash transactions
General journal transactions
Creating a new company
Vendor transactions
Customer transactions
Discount, estimates, and orders
Banking, taxes, and credit cards
Company setup
Payroll transactions
Inventory transactions
Course overview and final exam

Module 16: Simply accounting

Getting started and introduction to taxes
General journal
General ledger setup
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Receivable & payables setup
Payroll journal
Payroll ledger setup
Mid-term examination (class 1- class 8 content)
Inventory transactions
Orders, quotes, and deposits
Currencies, remittances and accountant’s copy
Project allocations
Budgeting
Reconciliation and deposits
Payroll inventory and comprehensive practice
Time and billing
Departmental accounting
Course overview & exam preparation
Exam

Module 17: ACCPAC—Part 1 G/L

System manager
G/L setup
Charts accounts
Opening balances
Budget sets
Daily transactions
Displaying account transactions & periodic processing
Statement designer
Course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 18: ACCPAC—Part 2 A/R

Accounts receivable setup
Customer maintenance
Opening balances and current year transactions
Adjustments processing
Receipt processing
Periodic batch processing
Periodic processing
Year-end procedures
Course overview, exam preparation and final examination

Module 19: ACCPAC—Part 3 A/P

G/L subledger services, bank services and tax services (part I)
G/L subledger services, ban services, and tax services (part II)
Account payable setup
Vendor maintenance
Opening balances and current year transactions
Adjustments
Payment entry
Accounts payable periodic processing
Course overview, exam preparation and final examination

Module 20: Canadian tax practice

Compensation issues-income from employment
Compensation issues-allowable tax deductions for employees
Income from business-business income earned by sole proprietors & corporations
Depreciable property-acquisition, use and disposal of depreciable property
Investment income-income from property
Corporations-An introduction
Corporations organization, capital structure, & income distribution of corporations
Special tax rules for Canadian controllers private corporations (CCPC)course overview, exam preparation and final exam

Module 21: Employment success strategies

Resumes
Cover letters
Job search essentials
Interview essentials
Interview follow up

Careers:

The field of accounting, bookkeeping and payroll administration can provide a challenging but also rewarding career. The various courses in the diploma were developed with the help of professionals from the accounting industry to ensure the training you receive at the EPIC College of Technology matches the skills and knowledge employers are looking for and demanding from graduates in areas related to general accounting, bookkeeping and payroll administration.

Accounting and Payroll Administration