Payroll Clerk Additional Details

Payroll Clerk

Issued by Texas State Technical College

This microcredential in payroll clerk highlights the ability to process payroll in a company of any size. Earners will be able to use computerized software to process payroll, maintain employee pay rates, deductions, benefits, and status changes. They will have knowledge of applicable payroll laws.

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • The earner will determine workweeks, time worked, and the computation of wages, both regular and overtime, according to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). (ACNT1329.CC2.1)
  • The earner will determine social security taxes to be withheld from employees' pay and comparable employer taxes through application of Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) and the Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA). (ACNT1329.CC3.1)
  • The earner will compute income tax withheld from pay through the application of federal income tax laws. (ACNT1329.CC4.1)
  • The earner will apply accounting equation to financial statements, double-entry accounting, transactions, entry adjustments, and closing process. (ACNT1325.CC1.1)
  • The earner will explain the components of total rewards as it relates to compensation. (HRPO2301.CC6.1)
  • The earner will use accounting software to record internal payroll system to pay employees. (ACNT1311.CC6.1)