Course Details

 

Course name:

Payroll Best Practices

Course number:

1057

Number of questions:

Review: 60
Final exam: 60

Prerequisite:

None

Course level:

Basic

Recommended CPE credit:

6 CPE hours

Recommended study time:

12 hours

Course format:

Interactive self study
CPE credit calculated as 50% of total study time (i.e. 100 minute hour)

Reference text:

Payroll Best Practices


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Payroll Best Practices

by Steven M. Bragg

Hardcover: 224 pages

 

Publisher: Wiley (July 2005)

ISBN: 0471702269

Course last updated/reviewed:

October 31 , 2006

Subject classification:

Accounting

Learning objective:

To understand the reasons for and how to implement more than 120 best practices concerning every phase of payroll activities:

  • tracking employee time
  • recording deductions
  • paying employees
  • calculating commissions
  • outsourcing
  • control systems

You will also learn the work plans needed to implement each best practice and understand pitfalls to be avoided along the way.