QuickBooks Payroll Certification
Earn your QuickBooks Payroll Certification and become the payroll expert your clients trust
30-day money-back guarantee
2 hours 30 minutes to QuickBooks Payroll certification success
Four guided steps from your first QuickBooks Payroll lesson to a credential you can share.
Live and self-paced QuickBooks Payroll classes that fit any schedule.
Hands-on QuickBooks Payroll exercises and realistic practice exams build real confidence.
Take the 30-question QuickBooks Payroll certification exam online. Free retakes included.
Post your QuickBooks Payroll certified badge to LinkedIn and get noticed.
- 1Learn
Live and self-paced QuickBooks Payroll classes that fit any schedule.
- 2Practice
Hands-on QuickBooks Payroll exercises and realistic practice exams build real confidence.
- 3Pass
Take the 30-question QuickBooks Payroll certification exam online. Free retakes included.
- 4Share
Post your QuickBooks Payroll certified badge to LinkedIn and get noticed.
Choose your QuickBooks Payroll Certification Cost and Plan
- Lifetime access to all live classes
- Lifetime access to all self-paced courses
- 30 days FREE Live 1-on-1 Help
- Lifetime access to all live classes
- Lifetime access to all self-paced courses
- 30 days FREE Live 1-on-1 Help
You Get More Than a Class—You Get a Complete QuickBooks Payroll Toolkit
QuickBooks Classes
- 36+ on-demand QuickBooks classes
- 50+ engaging 1-hour LIVE classes
- Lifetime access and unlimited retakes for all classes
More Certifications
- Classes and prep for QuickBooks Online, Bookkeeping Professional, Intuit Enterprise Suite, and QuickBooks Desktop
- Prove to yourself—and the world—that you know QuickBooks
- 5 free certification exams ($650 value)
Live 1-on-1 help
- Work with a real QuickBooks specialist (better than tech support)
- No appointments—click a button and go
- You'll get step-by-step answers to your QuickBooks questions
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Frequently asked questions
The QuickBooks Payroll Certification is an official Intuit credential that validates your ability to run end-to-end payroll inside QuickBooks. It covers everything from setting up new employees and pay schedules to running payroll, filing taxes, and producing year-end W-2s and 1099s.
Bookkeepers, accountants, payroll specialists, and office managers who handle payroll inside QuickBooks. If you process payroll for clients—or want to add it as a service—the credential proves you can do it cleanly and on time.
The exam covers payroll setup (company, employees, schedules, items), running a payroll cycle, handling payroll taxes and liabilities, year-end forms (W-2, W-3, 1099), and common payroll corrections. Our course prep walks through each of these with hands-on practice files.
Complete our Payroll certification prep course (video lessons + practice exercises), work through the included practice exam, and then schedule the official exam through Certiport. Most students are ready in about 20 hours of total prep.
The Payroll Certification exam is $130 when purchased separately. Our Certification Plan includes 3 FREE certification exams (a $390 value) plus all the training you need to pass.
Absolutely. Payroll is one of the highest-value services a bookkeeper or accountant can offer—and one of the riskiest if done wrong. The certification proves you can handle it correctly, which means higher rates and better client trust.
Yes! We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you’re not satisfied with our training, just contact us within 30 days for a full refund.