When I wrote Essentials of Payroll, I realized that the limitations of Wiley’s shorter “Essentials” softcover series did not provide enough room for the wide range of topics required to present a really thorough treatment of the payroll topic. Even though the Essentials of Payroll manuscript became the longest Essentials book ever issued, I still wanted to jam in more information. This book alleviates my need to “go long” by adding to the original Essentials book an additional eight chapters and two appendices