Payroll (PDF)

This book will help anyone who is responsible for a payroll
department to manage payroll functions with the maximum efficiency
and within compliance requirements. It will demonstrate the optimal
methods for the basic functions of payroll through to year end and
management. Proposed chapters include:

Part One Basic Functions of the Payroll Department

1. Time Records, 2. Form W-4, 3. New Hires, 4. Errors and
Corrections, 5. Tax Deposits and Reporting, 6. Garnishments

Part Two Staffing the Payroll Department

7. Creating a First Rate Payroll Department, 8. Managing the Staff,
9. Staff Motivation and Morale, 10. Working with Human Resources
and other Departments

Part Three Management Issues

11. Customer Service, 12. Fraud, 13. Dealing with the Internal
Revenue Service, 14. Handling Department of Labor Audits, 15.
Compliance Issues, 16. Research Needs

Part Four Benefits and the Payroll Department

17. Should Payroll Handle the Company's Benefits? 18. Year End and
Year Beginning Issues

Part Five Payroll Systems

19. Objectives of a Computerized Payroll System, 20. Interfacing
and Integration, 21. Selecting a Computerize Payroll System, 22.
Controls and Security for the Payroll System, 23. Disaster Recover
a Must, 24. Time and Attendance Systems, 25. Employee Self Service
Systems

Part Six Paying Employees

26. Paper Checks are Still an Option, 27. Direct Deposit, 28.
Paycards

Part Seven Year End

29. Start Year End Off With a Memo, 30. Year End Teams, 31. Check
Lists, 32. Reconciliation of Payroll at Year End, 33. Form
W-2

Part Eight Payroll and the New Year

34. Setting Up the Payroll System for the New Year, 35. Setting Up
the Payroll Department for the New Year

Part Nine Professionalism and the Payroll Department

36. What is a CPP? 37. Why you should become one, 38. Studying for
the test, 39. Ongoing training, 40. Professional organizations