QuickBooks Payroll Training Courses

Choose a reputable UK provider such as TaxCare Academy, enrol on the level that matches your experience, and attend live tutor-led sessions on Zoom or Teams. You practise in a QuickBooks demo company, complete a short assessment and receive a certificate. Beginners start at Basics; the full Basics-to-Professional pathway takes you through to independent, multi-client payroll.

No. Level 1 has no prerequisites beyond basic computer literacy — it’s designed for complete beginners. Levels 2 and 3 build on the level before, but you can join a higher level directly if you can demonstrate equivalent working knowledge through a short competency check.

Individual levels are £149 (Basics), £229 (Advanced) and £279 (Professional). The complete Basics-to-Professional bundle is £429, saving roughly 30% against booking each level separately. Every level includes live tutor-led sessions, a training manual, checklists and a completion certificate.

No. Intuit runs its own certification through the QuickBooks ProAdvisor programme, which is aimed at accounting and bookkeeping professionals and requires a QuickBooks Online Accountant account. Our courses are live, tutor-led training open to anyone, and you receive a TaxCare Academy Certificate of Completion for each level. If you’re eligible for Intuit’s certification, Level 3 covers how to approach it.

No. You train in a QuickBooks demo company we provide, so you can practise pay runs, corrections and submissions without touching live data or paying for a subscription first. If you already have QuickBooks Payroll at work, bring your questions — the tutor will work through your scenarios with you.

Yes. QuickBooks splits UK payroll into tiers, and which features you can see depends on the subscription. We teach you to identify the tier you’re working in and work confidently within it. Features that only exist at the higher tier are flagged clearly, so you always know whether a task needs a different subscription or a different approach.

RTI, including the Full Payment Submission and Employer Payment Summary, is introduced at Basics and revisited throughout. Workplace pension auto-enrolment — worker assessment, contributions, opt-outs, re-enrolment and provider submissions is covered in depth at Professional level, alongside year-end submissions, P60s and P45s. Statutory rates are always demonstrated against current HMRC and Pensions Regulator guidance.

Yes. Level 3 covers multi-client payroll, including QuickBooks Bureau Payroll, client onboarding, managing pay run calendars across a client book, and migrating payroll data in from other software or spreadsheets. It’s the level most bookkeeping practices send their staff to.

Level 1 is around 3 live hours, Level 2 is 6 hours across three or four sessions, and Level 3 is 6–9 hours across five or six sessions. The full pathway is roughly 15–18 live hours. Sessions run in daytime or evening slots, and Level 1 can be split into two shorter evenings for working learners.

Yes. After passing each level’s practical assessment and knowledge check you receive a TaxCare Academy Certificate of Completion for that level. The content is structured to support a CPD-hours claim for members of accountancy bodies.

It depends on what your employer or clients use  both are widely used across UK small businesses, and the underlying payroll duties are identical. If you work across a mixed client book, learning both is a genuine advantage. We run a parallel Xero Payroll training pathway at the same three levels.