Principles of Payroll Administration is a comprehensive and convenient desk reference of payroll essentials that will guide you through the day-to-day challenges of payroll administration. It's also an ideal training tool capable of bringing new payroll employees up to speed fast. It includes chapter quizzes, practice tests, tips for preparing for the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) and Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) exams, a dictionary of terms and acronyms to enhance its reference and training value, a comprehensive index, a listing of all charts and exhibits, and a year-end update to retain its reference value throughout the year.

In addition, it offers real-life examples, sample forms, state surveys and directories, and citations to government sources to support your every move. Principles of Payroll Administration simplifies even the most complex areas of payroll compliance: garnishments and levies, wage and tax reporting, wage-hour law, payroll accounting and management, direct deposit, and much more!

Principles of Payroll Administration provides practitioners with:

• All law and regulatory changes in 2009, including proposed and temporary regulations.
• Review of the latest developments on federal and state electronic reporting, nonqualified deferred compensation, cafeteria plan benefits, and new hire employment verification.
• The most current information on wage and tax reporting, minimum wage compliance, and garnishment and levy rules.
• By popular demand, new state surveys and updated state contact directories for direct deposit, wage-hour, recordkeeping, and workers' compensation.
• New and revised IRS forms with filled-in examples.
• Updated practice tests and study aids -- must-have tools for anyone preparing for the CPP and FPC exams or for those using the guide for payroll training.

The Checkpoint® version of affords full-text-search functionality and links to the text of cited primary law (including the Internal Revenue Code, the Federal Tax Regulations, and relevant IRS notices and rulings).