Payroll Accounting 2016 is designed to fit the needs of terms as short as three weeks and as long as 15 weeks. The instructor may choose to assign the exercise setsfound at the end of each chapter, the Continuing Payroll Project in each chapter, or the ComprehensiveProject that encompasses an entire quarter of payroll accounting. The authors designed the content to give instructors flexibility in their curriculum design by offering many options for formative and summative assessment.The content of Payroll Accounting 2016 is rich in its detail, yet readily understandable by students who may have little or no prior accounting information. We've provided materials that allow readers to learn about payroll within the context of their own state's legal framework and links (in Appendix F) to each state's revenue department to facilitate specific learning.