Payroll Accounting

Catalog description

Provides an understanding of the laws that affect a company’s payroll structure and practical application skills in maintaining payroll records. Topics include payroll tax laws, payroll tax forms, payroll and personnel records, computing wages and salaries, taxes affecting employees and employers and analyzing and journalizing payroll transactions. Provides first-hand experience in calculating payroll, completing payroll taxes and preparing records and reports. Topics include payroll tax entries, preparing payroll registers and maintaining employees’ earnings records using computerized software.