136 pages [55 self-teaching + 81 self-quizzes with detailed answers]
Section 1: Who is an employee? How to classify—and pay—employees, independent contractors, leased employees, temporary help, agency referrals.
Section 2: Federal v. state laws. How to know if your employer or employees are covered by key federal laws. Minimum wage rules. The enterprise test.
Section 3: Paying employees. Who is paid overtime; computations. Paying for nonproductive time (showering, changing, etc.). When you can dock employee pay.
Section 4: Required payroll data. Information, data and forms for each employee. How long to keep each kind of information.
Section 5: Form W-4 and state withholding forms. How it must be completed. When you must reject a W-4. Rules on withholding a flat dollar percentage or dollar amount of tax.
Section 6: Withholding and depositing taxes. How to withhold FICA and federal income tax. The monthly, semiweekly and Wednesday-Friday rules. The “lookback period.” Form 941-X.
Section 7: Filing federal reporting forms. Computing Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA). Who must file a 940, W-2, W-3, 941 and Schedule B, and 945. Backup-tax rules.
Section 8: When wages are taxable. When wages are earned v. when they are paid. Handling wages paid in January for December work.
Section 9: Other federal and state requirements. Handling the 1099, 1099-MISC, 1099-DIV, 1099-INT, 1099-R, 1096. State unemployment insurance (SUI). Each state’s due dates for filing the state W-2 and distributing copies to employees.
Section 10: Journal entries. How to record salary, deductions and employer/employee payroll expense, payment of taxes, premiums, pension contributions and more.
Glossary of key terms.
Appendix of sample payroll forms with instructions: W-4, 940, 940-Sched. A, 941, 941-Sched. B, 941-X, 944, 945, 945-A, W-2, W-3, W-2c and W-3c, I-9, 1099-MISC, SS-8.
Publisher: AIPB
Great material
The payroll course was very thorough covering many of the federal regulations, requirements and restrictions. It was a great refresher course on knowledge that an accounting professional should already have.
Mastering Payroll book makes the payroll issues simple and easy to understand. the subject itself has so many information that are closely related and sometimes difficult to distinguish one from another. However book if gone through it many times enough is sufficient to pass the exam
It was an interesting and wonderful course. Everyone that wants to learn about the payroll, must take this course.
Excellent, very detailed and easy to understand.
Very simple and very clear course
Very informative .. Level II is needed if any one is going to be preparing payroll
VERY INFORMATIVE, GOOD ILLUSTRATIONS, AND I WILL TAEK THE TEST LATER.
This book does a great job of explaining Payroll. I do payroll in QuickBooks, but sometimes it’s good to know the “behind-the-scenes” aspect of payroll. This book explained it in an easy to understand manner. I really like the structure of the AIPB books; concise, easy to understand chapters with examples and plenty of problems to work in the form of 2 quizzes after each chapter. It’s hard not to learn the content!
Fundamental introduction to payroll process and regulations and payroll taxes.
IT IS A GOOD BOOK, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND EASY
Learned tons even though I have done payroll for years this class was very informative and will help me with my future business in devours.
Payroll increased my understanding of the laws concerning overtime and how salaried employees are paid
Learned a lot, now a days payroll is automated, with this course made it more challenging.
Hard but good.
Difficult to follow with all of the payment rules, dates, exceptions, etc. But that is the nature of payroll!
understandable and comprehensive
Great book!
Book easy to understand. Would like online course to go with book.
The material covered was good –
Even though if you’re not doing the payroll, the explanation are concise and direct to the point. The sample forms are very helpful.
I was surprised by how much I learned from this course. I recommend it to any professional, regardless of whether or not they are involved in the payroll process.
good
This course does an excellent job of covering the basics of payroll forms, deadlines and employee/non-employee definitions.
The text and content is easy to read, and the information is very practical.
The course was a good stepping stone for when I took the Fundamental Payroll course for the FPC certification. This coursework contributed to my understanding for the FPC.
Good course!
Sections are short and easy to understand. The quizzes at the end of each sections helps to reinforce the concepts. The examples and solutions provided real-life experiences.
Let me knew a lot of things.
Very informative.