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Accounting-Payroll

Class Number: ACCOUNT 10101151-2 - Accounting-Payroll
Offering Status: Open
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
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Course Description

10-101-151 ACCOUNTING-PAYROLL ...payroll and personnel records, social security, withholding tax, unemployment compensation, time sheets and time-keeping records, and legal aspects of payroll. (Prerequisite: 10-101-110, Accounting 1)

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.

What will I learn?

  1. Explain the need for payroll and personnel records and the confidentiality in which they must be kept.
  2. Describe the importance of efficiency in keeping records in order to compute gross payroll for multiple pay methods.
  3. Demonstrate the computation of Social Security taxes and the necessary forms to report to government agencies.
  4. Demonstrate the computation of withholding taxes and the necessary forms to report to government agencies.
  5. Demonstrate the computation of unemployment payroll taxes and the necessary forms to report to government agencies.
  6. Journalize payroll transactions and prepare the necessary reports.
  7. Complete manual payroll system using Excel spreadsheet.
  8. Complete and reconcile the quarter and year end Excel payroll reports

Class Details

Class Number:
ACCOUNT 10101151-2 - Accounting-Payroll
Location:
NWTC Green Bay
Date:
-
Delivery:
Blended
Term:
2026 Fall Session 2

Class Notes

Class Format:

·         Combination of in-person and online instruction.

·         Attend in-person sessions at specified dates, times, and location.

·         Access remaining instruction online.

·         For more info, visit Blended Classes.

Course Materials:

·         Digital materials will be available on Canvas by the first day of class.

·         The fee is included in your tuition statement as the 'Digital Material Access Fee'.

·         You can optionally buy a print version of the textbook from the NWTC Bookstore.

Meetings Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location
10/21/2026 - 12/18/2026 Wednesday
5:30 PM - 9:20 PM
Green Bay Campus Room BT250
10/21/2026 - 12/18/2026 Online
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

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