SOLUTION MANUAL
Payroll Accounting 2024, 34th Edition
by Bernard J. Bieg, Bridget Stomberg
Verified Chapters 1 - 7, Complete
, CONTENTS
➢ Chapter 1: The Need for Payroll and Personnel Records
➢ Chapter 2: Computing Wages and Salaries
➢ Chapter 3: Social Security Taxes
➢ Chapter 4: Income Tax Withholding
➢ Chapter 5: Unemployment Compensation Taxes
➢ Chapter 6: Analyzing and Journalizing Payroll
➢ Chapter 7: Payroll Project
,Chapter 1
Which Law?
1. K
2. H
3. B
4. F
5. I
6. J
7. A
8. D
9. G
10. C
11. E
12. L
Which Payroll Law?
1. D
2. A
3. F
4. C
5. G
6. J
7. B
8. I
9. E
10. H
What’s Ethical?
1. Answers will vary. Some concerns include data privacy and integrity in the
software switchover, tax and employee pay integrity on the new software, and
employee pay methods.
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Payroll Accounting 2024, 34th Edition
by Bernard J. Bieg, Bridget Stomberg
Verified Chapters 1 - 7, Complete
, CONTENTS
➢ Chapter 1: The Need for Payroll and Personnel Records
➢ Chapter 2: Computing Wages and Salaries
➢ Chapter 3: Social Security Taxes
➢ Chapter 4: Income Tax Withholding
➢ Chapter 5: Unemployment Compensation Taxes
➢ Chapter 6: Analyzing and Journalizing Payroll
➢ Chapter 7: Payroll Project
,Chapter 1
Which Law?
1. K
2. H
3. B
4. F
5. I
6. J
7. A
8. D
9. G
10. C
11. E
12. L
Which Payroll Law?
1. D
2. A
3. F
4. C
5. G
6. J
7. B
8. I
9. E
10. H
What’s Ethical?
1. Answers will vary. Some concerns include data privacy and integrity in the
software switchover, tax and employee pay integrity on the new software, and
employee pay methods.
, 2. Answers awill avary. aKarsyn acould achoose ato aignore aher asorority asister’s
arequest, aclaiming aConfidentiality. aShe acould aalso adiscontinue aactive
aparticipation ain athe asorority. aIn aany acase, aKarsyn amust anot aconsent ato aher
asorority asister’s arequest afor aconfidential ainformation.
Confidential aRecords
As athe apayroll aclerk, ayour atask ais ato aprotect athe aprivacy aand aconfidentiality aof athe
ainformation ayouamaintain afor athe acompany. aIf aa astudent agroup—or aany apersonnel
aaside afrom athe acompany’s apayroll aemployees aand aofficers—wishes ato areview
aconfidential arecords, ayou ashould adeny atheir arequest. aIf aneeded, ayou ashould arefer
athe agroup ato ayour adepartment’s amanager ato adiscuss athe amatterain amore adepth.
aThe alaws athat aapply ato athis asituation aare athe aPrivacy aAct aof a1974, aU.S.
aDepartmentaof aHealth aand aHuman aServices aPrivacy aAct a09-40-0006, aCommon-Law
aPrivacy aAct, aComputer aFraud aand aAbuse aAct, aand apotentially aHIPAA.
Large avs. aSmall
1. Large acompanies aface aissues awith amultiple adepartments, aemployee
aaccess ato aonlineapersonnel aportals, aemployee adata asecurity, aand
atimekeeping aaccuracy.
2. For asmall acompanies, apayroll aprocessing awill ainvolve afewer aemployees
athan afor alarger acompanies. aSmaller acompanies acould amaintain atheir
apayroll aneeds ausing acompany apersonnel abecause aof athe alower avolume aof
