Payroll

[Pacun]

I want to take an updated Payroll course with ACA included. Has anyone taken a good beginner's payroll course in the past with or without ACA (since ACA is new)?

Thank you for your recommendation.

If you have learned payroll from books or websites, please share your experience too.

 

[ILLMAS]

I don't touch any payroll clients that involve health insurance, I let ADP deal with it, but I would recommend just taking a basic payroll course.

[Pacun]

Thank you Illmas.

 

Any other suggestions?

[Medlin Software, Dennis]

With some exceptions, payroll is not as complicated as it might appear.  Pub 15 and the state publication(s) are a good start.  A basic payroll can easily be done by hand, which means it is easy to learn.  I always suggest anyone with payroll duties have the ability to prepare a payroll by hand.  It helps reduce errors once you reply on software and do nothing more than input hours and spit out checks and reports.

What is not in the books is understanding the liability involved, based on the part one takes in the process.