You are the clerical person for a company called "The Training

Cooperative", which specializes in training other businesses in various

computer programs. Because you have knowledge of Excel, your manager
has asked you to prepare a weekly payroll report for the six trainers in the
company.

Perform the following tasks to prepare this report:

• Enter the worksheet title The Training Cooperative Payroll in cell

A1. Make it larger than the rest of the text.

• Enter these titles in your spreadsheet, across row 2: Employee, Rate,

Hours, Dep. (Dependents), Gross Pay, Fed. Tax (Federal), State
Tax, Net Pay

• Enter the names of the employees, followed by Total

• Here's the data for the six employees:

Name Rate Hours Dependents
Demi Collings $30.00 36 2
Ben Stiller $19.50 32 0
Harold Hall $25.50 32 2
Doris Kearnes $27.50 40 3
George Teller $32.50 40 1
Joan Seitzinger $19.50 30 4

• Below are the formulas you'll use for Federal Tax and State Tax.
You'll need to figure out formulas for Gross Pay and Net Pay
yourself. How is pay calculated?
Cell Reference Cell Reference
o Federal Tax =20%*(Gross Pay – Dependents * 38.46)
Cell Reference
o State Tax =3.2%*Gross Pay

• After you have finished totaling up the entire company's payroll, go to

Autoformat and choose a nice-looking style to apply to your work.
And remember, once you write the formula once correctly, you should
use Autofill, so you don't have to rewrite it each time.

• I also want you to look over the payroll and make a sensible graph out
of some of the information. Include this on the same worksheet.
 Write formulas to get these answers. Use the
Sample front page of this handout to help you.

The Training Cooperative Payroll

Employee Rate Hours Dep. Gross Pay Fed.Tax State Tax Net Pay
Demi Collings $ 30.00 36 2 $ 1,080.00 $ 200.62 $ 34.56 $ 844.82
Ben Stiller $ 19.50 32 - $ 624.00 $ 124.80 $ 19.97 $ 479.23
Harold Hall $ 25.50 32 2 $ 816.00 $ 147.82 $ 26.11 $ 642.07
Doris Kearnes $ 27.50 40 3 $ 1,100.00 $ 196.92 $ 35.20 $ 867.88
George Teller $ 32.50 40 1 $ 1,300.00 $ 252.31 $ 41.60 $ 1,006.09
Joan Seitzinger $ 19.50 30 4 $ 585.00 $ 86.23 $ 18.72 $ 480.05
Total 210 $ 5,505.00 $ 1,008.70 $ 176.16 $ 4,320.14

One possible chart might look like this.

Comparision of Net Pay

$1,200.00
$1,000.00
$800.00
$600.00
$400.00
$200.00
$-

Net Pay

Demi Collings Ben Stiller Harold Hall

Doris Kearnes George Teller Joan Seitzinger
What do I mean by a sensible graph? First, stick with a column, bar, line, or
pie chart, as the situation calls for. The other charts are probably not
appropriate for the kinds of information you would be trying to graph. Here
is a summary of the types of charts you may want to use. Look at the last
page of the Excel handout which covers creating a chart or graph.
Column Chart

Bar Chart

Line Chart
 Pie Chart

Example of a good chart based on the Training Cooperative Payroll

Comparision of Net Pay

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$1,000.00
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$600.00
$400.00

$200.00
$-
Net Pay

Demi Collings Ben Stiller Harold Hall

Doris Kearnes George Teller Joan Seitzinger

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