Accounting-Entering Payroll Data with Journal Entries 2024

Overview

In this class, we will look at examples of how to enter payroll transactions into your accounting software using journal entries. We will cover how to record gross wages, employer tax expenses, deductions, and associated cash impacts. This class is suitable for accounting staff that either enter payroll transactions manually or want to understand how to record payroll so they can ensure their payroll company’s auto-generated journal entries are properly accounting for the entries.

Highlights

• Payroll accounting

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Data entry clerks and accounting managers.

Objectives

• Identify the common components of payroll batches
• Determine accounting treatment for each component
• Recognize the stages of the payroll cycle in the accounting system

Preparation

None

Notice

This course is provided by a third-party vendor. Please note that login instructions will not be available in the ‘My Upcoming CPE’ section of the NESCPA website. Instead, the login instructions will be sent directly to you via email by the California Education Foundation (CalCPA). Upon completing the course, your hours will be recorded in the ‘My CPE Tracker’ section of the NESCPA website.