Certified Payroll Professional Exam Secrets Study Guide: Cpp Test Review for the Certified Payroll Professional Exam

***Includes Practice Test Questions***

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The Certified Payroll Professional Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Certified Payroll Professional Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the Certified Payroll Professional exam.

Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the Certified Payroll Professional Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer.

Certified Payroll Professional Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed guide to the Certified Payroll Professional Exam
• An in-depth review of core payroll concepts
• A full breakdown of compliance issues and topics
• A thorough guide to principles of paycheck calculations
• A complete look at payroll process and systems
• An extensive analysis of accounting concepts
• An examination of management and administration
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the American Payroll Association (APA) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam.

The Core Payroll Concepts section covers:

• Worker status
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Occupation related exemptions under FLSA
• Disabled workers wages
• Employee benefits
• Methods and timing of pay

The Compliance section covers:

• Payroll records
• Tax and Regulatory Compliance
• Federal unemployment tax
• Social Security taxes
• New Hire reporting program
• Filing penalties

The Principles of Paycheck Calculations section covers:

• Compensation/Benefits
• Calculating severance pay
• COBRA
• Award payments
• Federal Income Tax
• Net, Disposable, Take Home Pay

The Payroll Process and Systems section covers:

• Master File Components
• Automated labor management software
• Categories of modern time and attendance software systems
• Payroll data security
• Computer systems security
• Disaster Recovery Plan/Computer system failure

The Accounting section covers:

• General Ledger Account Classification
• Payroll journal entry

The Management and Administration section covers:

• Policies and procedures
• Payroll controls
• Staffing
• Management Skills and Practices
• Communication

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Certified Payroll Professional Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language.

Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual Certified Payroll Professional Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.