At many organizations, the question of what business unit should oversee the payroll function will produce the following answer: “Accounting, of course.” Then human resources will enter the ...

Payroll accounting is the specific accounting discipline concerned with calculating and disbursing compensation for company employees. Small business owners can find themselves responsible for a wide ...

While lots of HR vendors have ‘fast’ implementation methodologies, there’s still one area that takes a lot of work and often gets shortchanged in the implementation: payroll’s interface/integration ...

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Accounting for both the employee's and employer's portion of payroll and withholding taxes is often confusing for first time employers. For the employees' share, taxes have to be calculated based on ...

Payroll accounting helps employers stay on top of what they owe employees and understand how worker compensation impacts cash flow. Accounting is a critical part of every business, but have you heard ...