Get professional training in accounting and payroll administration with Vancouver Career College’s Payroll and Income Tax Practitioner certificate program.

The program, which can be taken on either a full-or-part-time basis, is the right way to get a competitive advantage over your peers in the accounting, bookkeeping, and payroll fields.

In the program, you’ll pick up a working knowledge of best practices on accounting software, including Simply Accounting, QuickBooks Pro, and Sage 50 Accounting. You’ll also learn about payroll compliance legislation, key aspects of running a company payroll, the Canadian Income Tax Act, and effective income tax return preparation, in addition to sharpening your general office administration skills.

After receiving your Payroll and Income Tax Practitioner certificate, you’ll be eligible to access the National Payroll Institute Payroll Compliance Practitioner Program

Your Path to Becoming a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP)

The National Payroll Institute’s PCP designation is the foundation for a successful career in payroll.  The PCP courses will help you gain an in-depth understanding of the legislative requirements to keep your organization compliant throughout the annual payroll cycle. When you achieve the designation, you join a growing community of supportive professionals and gain access to the resources you need to stay current and compliant.

The PCP designation requires three core payroll courses, an Introduction to Accounting course transfer credit and one year of weighted payroll work experience:

1. Payroll Compliance Legislation
2. Payroll Fundamentals 1 – Prerequisite: Payroll Compliance Legislation
3. Payroll Fundamentals 2 – Prerequisites: Payroll Compliance Legislation and Payroll Fundamentals 1
4. Introduction to Accounting - must be completed at a post-secondary institution
5. PCP Work Experience Requirement Application (a minimum of one year weighted payroll work experience)

All PCP courses, including the Introduction to Accounting transfer credit course, require a passing grade of 65%.

For more information visit www.payroll.ca, or email the Professional Certification Department at certification@payroll.ca. 

Admission Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent* OR mature student status**.
• Minimum one year’s employment in a computerized office environment, or relevant education (transcript required).

*From an English language teaching institution.
**19 years of age upon starting classes, and pass college’s admissions test.

This program has been approved by the registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training.

This program is 33 weeks in length if taken part-time.