2012 Payroll Accounting Chapter 1 Net Activity Answers

Payroll Accounting, 2012 Edition

Net Activities

CHAPTER 1

1. The American Payroll Association, http://www.americanpayroll.org/ uses Pearson VUE testing service for the Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) exam and the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) exam (http://www.vue.com/ ).

Go to http://www.americanpayroll.org/ and find the following information:

a. What are the eligibility requirements for sitting for the Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) exam? Entry Level Payroll Professionals, Sales Professionals/ Consultants serving the payroll industry, Systems Analysts/ Engineers writing payroll programs, Payroll Service Bureau Client Representatives

b. What additional requirements are needed to sit for the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) exam? There are 3 ways.

1. The payroll professional has been practicing a total of three (3) years out of the five (5) years preceding the date of the examination. The practice of payroll is defined as direct or related involvement in at least one of the following: Payroll Production, Payroll Reporting, Payroll Accounting, Payroll Systems and Payroll Taxation, Payroll Administration, Payroll Education/Consulting

2. Before a candidate takes the examination, the payroll professional has been employed in the practice of payroll as defined in Criteria 1 for at least the last 24 months, and has completed within the last 24 months, ALL of the following courses within one of the following two options offered by the APA:

Option 1

Payroll Practice Essentials (3-day course - live or virtual) and Intermediate Payroll Concepts (2-day course- live or virtual) and Advanced Payroll Concepts (2-day course) and Strategic Payroll Practices (2-day course)

Option 2

Payroll 101: Foundations of Payroll Certificate Program and Payroll 201: The Payroll Administration Certificate Program

3. Before a candidate takes the examination, the payroll professional has been employed in the practice of payroll as defined in Criteria 1,...