Payroll Management ON DEMAND
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14.0 Credits
Member Price $58.00
Non-Member Price $67.00
Overview
This course shows the accountant how to improve the functions of the payroll department, enhancing efficiency and reducing error rates. Topics covered include time tracking, payroll processing, procedures, controls, and recordkeeping. The course also addresses the United States payroll regulations and reporting requirements related to compensation, benefits, payroll taxes, and tax remittances. It is updated annually for the latest payroll regulations. This course is ideal for anyone new to payroll, or who wants to enhance an existing system.
Highlights
Payroll management. Definition of an employee. Employee time tracking. Employee compensation. Employee benefits. Payroll deductions. Payroll taxes. Tax remittances. Unemployment taxes. Payments to employees. Accounting for payroll. Payroll reports, and more.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, CFOs, controllers, financial professionals, and auditors.
Objectives
Cite the types of payroll systems and note how payroll confidentiality is maintained. Specify the circumstances under which someone is defined as an employee, and how an employee designation impacts the applicability of payroll taxes. Identify the circumstances under which different time tracking methodologies are most useful. Specify the methods under which compensation is calculated for employees. Cite the tax treatment of various types of benefits. State the types of deductions from pay, and why they are used. Recognize the methods for paying payroll taxes, and more. Payroll management. Definition of an employee. Employee time tracking. Employee compensation. Employee benefits. Payroll deductions. Payroll taxes, and more.
Preparation
None.
Notice
None.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Steven Bragg, Western CPE
Steven M. Bragg, CPA, is a full-time book and course author who has written more than 70 business books. He provides Western CPE with self-study courses in the areas of accounting and finance, with an emphasis on the practical application of accounting standards and management techniques. A sampling of his courses include the The New Controller Guidebook, The GAAP Guidebook, Accountants’ Guidebook, and Closing the Books: An Accountant’s Guide. He also manages the Accounting Best Practices podcast.
Steven has been the CFO or controller of both public and private companies and has been a consulting manager with Ernst & Young and an auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He holds an MBA from Babson College, a Master of Finance from Bentley College, and a BA from the University of Maine (summa cum laude).
Non-Member Price $67.00
Member Price $58.00