Contemporary Payroll Practices Reflect

question 22

Multiple Choice

Contemporary payroll practices reflect:

• A) The increased use of manual payroll accounting systems.
• B) The strategic use of payroll data as a company planning tool.
• C) The replacement of accounting personnel with computerized systems.
• D) The decrease in labor costs that reflects the effect of the economic recession.

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Definitions:

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