Practical Payroll and VAT

Do the compliance work end to end on practice data: prepare a payroll period, reconcile it, build a VAT return from the ledger and check it before submission. This is a hands-on programme. You work through our own practice client data in Luca, which you subscribe to yourself on a basic plan at gotluca.com. Mai Studies is an independent training provider and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting for that software provider, and the software subscription is not included in your course fee. Every module contains original written notes, a tutor-voice class transcript, a downloadable practice dataset with a worked solution, mock questions with explained answers and a marked assignment. Written and owned by Mai Studies. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification.

5 weeks 25 guided hours Intermediate

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No account needed to buy. Pay with your card and we create your student account from the email you enter, with this programme ready inside it for twelve months.

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What you will achieve

Prepare and check a payroll period on practice data
Reconcile payroll to the ledger and the bank
Build a VAT return from ledger data
Run a pre-submission review and document it

Entry guidance

— A basic subscription to Luca (gotluca.com), bought by you
— Comfortable with everyday computer work and spreadsheets
— Around five study hours each week

Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.

Programme syllabus

4 applied modules

Lessons: 4
Assessed tasks: 4
Practice questions: 16
Timed mock papers: 0

Preparing a payroll period

Starters, leavers, changes and statutory payments.

1 lesson · 4 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Preparing a payroll period21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Starters, leavers, changes and statutory payments.
- Reference: Practice dataset: Preparing a payroll period — Original Mai Studies practice data. Copyright Super Digital Solutions Limited, trading as Mai Studies.

Assignment: Preparing a payroll period — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Reconciling payroll

Agreeing payroll to the ledger and the bank.

1 lesson · 4 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Reconciling payroll21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Agreeing payroll to the ledger and the bank.
- Reference: Practice dataset: Reconciling payroll — Original Mai Studies practice data. Copyright Super Digital Solutions Limited, trading as Mai Studies.

Assignment: Reconciling payroll — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Building a VAT return from the ledger

Turning ledger data into the return figures.

1 lesson · 4 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Building a VAT return from the ledger21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
Turning ledger data into the return figures.
- Reference: Practice dataset: Building a VAT return from the ledger — Original Mai Studies practice data. Copyright Super Digital Solutions Limited, trading as Mai Studies.

Assignment: Building a VAT return from the ledger — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Pre-submission review

The checks you run before anything is filed.

1 lesson · 4 practice questions · 1 assessed task

1. Pre-submission review21 min study · 3 learning objectives · practical activity
The checks you run before anything is filed.
- Reference: Practice dataset: Pre-submission review — Original Mai Studies practice data. Copyright Super Digital Solutions Limited, trading as Mai Studies.

Assignment: Pre-submission review — marked out of 100, pass at 80%

Lesson pages, assessed tasks and mock papers open the moment you join this programme. Teaching material is studied online; the notes you write are yours to download.

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