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.
, 2. Answers fwill fvary. fKarsyn fcould fchoose fto fignore fher fsorority fsister’s frequest,
fclaiming fConfidentiality. fShe fcould falso fdiscontinue factive fparticipation fin fthe
fsorority. fIn fany fcase,fKarsyn fmust fnot fconsent fto fher fsorority fsister’s frequest ffor
fconfidential finformation.
Confidential fRecords
As fthe fpayroll fclerk, fyour ftask fis fto fprotect fthe fprivacy fand fconfidentiality fof fthe
finformation fyoufmaintain ffor fthe fcompany. fIf fa fstudent fgroup—or fany fpersonnel
faside ffrom fthe fcompany’s fpayroll femployees fand fofficers—wishes fto freview
fconfidential frecords, fyou fshould fdeny ftheir frequest. fIf fneeded, f you fshould frefer fthe
fgroup fto fyour fdepartment’s fmanager fto fdiscuss fthe fmatterfin fmore fdepth. fThe flaws
fthat fapply fto fthis fsituation fare fthe fPrivacy fAct fof f1974, fU.S. fDepartmentfof fHealth
fand fHuman fServices fPrivacy fAct f09-40-0006, fCommon-Law fPrivacy fAct, fComputer
fFraud fand fAbuse fAct, fand fpotentially fHIPAA.
Large fvs. fSmall
1. Large fcompanies fface fissues fwith fmultiple fdepartments, femployee faccess
fto fonlinefpersonnel fportals, femployee fdata fsecurity, fand ftimekeeping
faccuracy.
2. For fsmall fcompanies, fpayroll fprocessing fwill finvolve ffewer femployees fthan
ffor flarger fcompanies. fSmaller fcompanies fcould fmaintain ftheir fpayroll fneeds
fusing fcompany fpersonnel fbecause fof fthe flower fvolume fof ftransactions.
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 fwill fvary. fKarsyn fcould fchoose fto fignore fher fsorority fsister’s frequest,
fclaiming fConfidentiality. fShe fcould falso fdiscontinue factive fparticipation fin fthe
fsorority. fIn fany fcase,fKarsyn fmust fnot fconsent fto fher fsorority fsister’s frequest ffor
fconfidential finformation.
Confidential fRecords
As fthe fpayroll fclerk, fyour ftask fis fto fprotect fthe fprivacy fand fconfidentiality fof fthe
finformation fyoufmaintain ffor fthe fcompany. fIf fa fstudent fgroup—or fany fpersonnel
faside ffrom fthe fcompany’s fpayroll femployees fand fofficers—wishes fto freview
fconfidential frecords, fyou fshould fdeny ftheir frequest. fIf fneeded, f you fshould frefer fthe
fgroup fto fyour fdepartment’s fmanager fto fdiscuss fthe fmatterfin fmore fdepth. fThe flaws
fthat fapply fto fthis fsituation fare fthe fPrivacy fAct fof f1974, fU.S. fDepartmentfof fHealth
fand fHuman fServices fPrivacy fAct f09-40-0006, fCommon-Law fPrivacy fAct, fComputer
fFraud fand fAbuse fAct, fand fpotentially fHIPAA.
Large fvs. fSmall
1. Large fcompanies fface fissues fwith fmultiple fdepartments, femployee faccess
fto fonlinefpersonnel fportals, femployee fdata fsecurity, fand ftimekeeping
faccuracy.
2. For fsmall fcompanies, fpayroll fprocessing fwill finvolve ffewer femployees fthan
ffor flarger fcompanies. fSmaller fcompanies fcould fmaintain ftheir fpayroll fneeds
fusing fcompany fpersonnel fbecause fof fthe flower fvolume fof ftransactions.
