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<p>Preface xiii</p> <p>About the Author xvii</p> <p>Chapter 1 Creating a Payroll System 1</p> <p>Chapter 2 Accumulating Time Worked 19</p> <p>Chapter 3 Payroll Procedures and Controls 33</p> <p>Chapter 4 Payroll Best Practices 49</p> <p>Chapter 5 Payroll Measurements and Internal Reports 73</p> <p>Chapter 6 Compensation 89</p> <p>Chapter 7 Payroll Deductions 111</p> <p>Chapter 8 Payroll Taxes and Remittances 125</p> <p>Chapter 9 Benefits 149</p> <p>Chapter 10 Payments to Employees 171</p> <p>Chapter 11 Unemployment Insurance 181</p> <p>Chapter 12 Payroll Recordkeeping 197</p> <p>Chapter 13 Payroll Journal Entries 203</p> <p>Chapter 14 Payroll-Related Laws 215</p> <p>Chapter 15 Outsourcing Payroll 227</p> <p>Chapter 16 International Payroll Issues 237</p> <p>Chapter 17 Setting Up the Payroll Department 251</p> <p>Chapter 18 Government Payroll Publications and Forms 263</p> <p>Appendix A Sources of Payroll Information 269</p> <p>Appendix B Dictionary of Payroll Terms 271</p> <p>Index 279</p>

<b>Steven M. Bragg, CPA, CMA, CIA, CPIM,</b> has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young. He is the author of seventeen books.

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