OTEC 171 Payroll

School of Business

OTEC 171: Payroll is an introduction to payroll procedures and employer responsibilities with regards to deductions and submissions. Students will practice manual payroll calculation and preparation. Topics of study include calculating employees� earnings and deductions, calculating employer payroll expenses, recording and remitting employees� deductions, and employers� annual responsibilities for filing the T4 summary form.

Prerequisites: None

Corequisite: None

Crosslisted: None

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Course Details
Total number of weeks5
Total Credits
Total Hours45
Typical hours per week breakdown
Other45

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. explain payroll procedures.
  2. identify statutory deductions and other deductions.
  3. use payroll deduction tables.
  4. complete a payroll cycle, including remittance of deductions.
  5. maintain Employee Earning Records and complete a Record of Employment.
  6. calculate and record the employer’s expenses associated with payroll.
  7. record and remit employees’ deductions to the Canada Revenue Agency.
  8. describe the employers’ annual responsibilities for filing the T4 Summary form.

Grading Table

Percentage Letter Grade GPA
90-100 A+ 4.33
85-89 A 4.00
80-84 A- 3.67
76-79 B+ 3.33
72-75 B 3.00
68-71 B- 2.67
64-67 C+ 2.33
60-63 C 2.00
55-59 C- 1.67
50-54 P 1.00
0-49 F 0.00
  DNW 0.00

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Disclaimer

Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.