Payroll Accounting

The Payroll Accounting Certificate of Achievement will provide our students with basic financial accounting training as well as specialized training in payroll accounting, helping to prepare the student for clerical positions within payroll departments of employers. Payroll clerk responsibilities include payroll tax accounting & reporting, payroll accounting systems maintenance & update, and posting payroll journal entries to accounting journals/ledgers.

25 students annually will complete the Payroll Accounting Certificate at Citrus College.

Based on the support provided by the COE report "Payroll Accounting" dated November 2020 and the support of the Accounting Advisory Committee meeting on October 23, 2020, we believe that there is an opportunity for a skill set in Payroll Accounting that could create job opportunities for our students.

Students completing this four-course certificate can gain employment as Accounting Technology/Technicians and Payroll Technicians.

Student learning outcomes from the four certificate courses:

1. Create general ledger entries and basic payroll and accounting reports.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of payroll laws and applications.
3. Create and maintain accounting and payroll related spreadsheets.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
ACCT 100	Accounting	4	S1
ACCT 115	QuickBooks	2	S1
ACCT 118	Payroll Accounting	3	S2
OFF 120	Microsoft Excel	3	S2

This Payroll Accounting Certificate is a new Accounting certificate. It is an exceptional complement to a Business degree (A.S. or ADT).

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