Are you, as a Payroll
Professional, interested in obtaining the Certified Payroll
Professional (CPP) designation? Or, have you just entered the
Payroll Profession and would like to receive your Fundamental
Payroll Certification (FPC)?
Effective September 1, 2006:
New FPC/CPP Recertification Pre-Approval Process
APA is streamlining and improving the FPC
and CPP recertification process. The new recertification process
requires that courses used to earn Recertification Credit Hours (RCHs)
be pre-approved. For educational programs attended on or after
September 1, 2006, FPCs and CPPs can only submit APA programs
and/or pre-approved programs from other providers for
recertification.
The new pre-approval program will help recertifying payroll
professionals determine which educational programs actually
qualify toward their particular payroll certification. The new
program should help alleviate fear of falling short on RCHs, and
will assist individuals in establishing, and budgeting for their
professional development.
APA has implemented a process in which payroll education providers
will register their programs for approval. Once the programs are
approved, the education provider will be able to offer RCHs for
them. APA chapters have been registering their educational
programs for pre-approval since January 1, 2006. A list of
approved providers and approved programs will be available at the
end of August on APA’s Web site at www.americanpayroll.org/certi.html.
Beginning September 1, 2006, courses that have not been
pre-approved – even though they may cover material within the
payroll body of knowledge – will not count toward recertification.
We recommend that those who were certified or recertified in
2002-2005 get approval from APA’s Certification Department for
non-APA programs attended prior to September 1, 2006, in order to
submit such programs toward their recertification.
For approval of non-APA programs attended prior to September 1,
2006, contact APA’s Certification Department at certification@americanpayroll.org or call (210) 226-4600, ext. 2238 or 2312.
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CPP
INFORMATION
The CPP Certification
Exam is for those Payroll Professionals who have met one of the
three criteria listed on the National APA Website. Once you have determined if you are eligible for the CPP
Certification Exam there are several ways to prepare yourself for
the exam:
-
Sign up for a CPP/FPC Study Group at our
Local Chapter
-
Attend
some APA Payroll Seminars to review Payroll and Tax Compliance areas that you don’t work
with on a regular basis and to review the current law and
regulations
- Purchase Payroll Reference Material to use for review
- Print out the CPP Examination Handbook found at the Promissor website. This Handbook will provide you with information you
will need to take the exam along with a breakdown of the Payroll
Subject Areas covered on the exam.
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FPC INFORMATION
The FPC Certification
Exam is open for Entry-level Payroll Professionals, and for those
who work with the Payroll Profession such as Payroll Service
Provider Professionals/Consultants, Payroll Systems Specialists,
etc (see National APA Website for complete list of those eligible). For
those who are just beginning to work in the Payroll Profession the
FPC Certification can be used as a stepping stool to achieving the
CPP certification (see
Criteria 3 for the CPP Exam Eligibility).
To prepare for the FPC Certification Exam you can:
- Sign up for a FPC/CPP Study Group at our Local Chapter
- Attend some APA Payroll Fundamental Courses and training materials.
- Print out the FPC Examination Handbook found at the Promissor website. This Handbook will provide you with all the general
information needed to prepare for the exam along with a PFC
Content Outline in Appendix A of the Handbook.
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TRAINING TOOLS
The Following Training
tools can be used for preparing for either the CPP or FBC Exam are
available through the National APA Website:
- Pay Train
- EPayroll
Learning Center
- Knowledge
Assessment Calculators
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HOW THE GREATER MILWAUKEE CHAPTER OF THE APA
CAN HELP
The Greater Milwaukee
Chapter of the American Payroll Association holds CPP/FPC Study
Groups to help Current Members of our chapter prepare for the
examinations.
If you are interested
in Participating in a CPP/FPC Study Group please email us your name, Certification for
Study:
CPP or FPC and Testing Cycle
Spring or Fall -
2009 Study Invitation .doc
2009 CPP Study Group Tentative Study Plan .doc
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OTHER
INFORMATION
CPP/FPC
exam dates:
- Fall 2009 – Sept. 12 – Oct. 10, 2009
- Spring 2010 – March 27 – April 24, 2010
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CLICK HERE TO READ A LETTER (.doc) FROM THE APA'S CERTIFICATION DEPARTMENT ABOUT CPP & FPC
Local Chapter Comments and Thank You
Noreen and Kathy,
First let me say "Thank you" for being willing to teach the study group. I know it is a personal commitment on your parts and I want you to know I so appreciate it. I went home last night feeling so energized from our first meeting, so much so, I feel it yet today. I also wanted to say to both of you (for what it's worth) I was so impressed by your personal confidence levels ....passing the exam looks great on both of you!!!!
– M. Van Lieshout
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