The Payroll Services Division pays all State employees, handles all payroll deductions, and maintains records on payroll Taxes and deposits federal and state income tax withholding and social security contributions. For the 1999 calendar year, Payroll Services prepared wage, withholding tax and social security reports for a total of 89,792 employees. The payroll system accommodates unique state payroll requirements including interfaces with central agencies, mass salary changes, collective bargaining information, complex accounting transactions and extensive management reporting. This division provides overall policy and program direction to the Office of the State Comptroller and its subsidiary programs. The division consists of the Policy Review Unit and the Compliance Review Unit .
Staff also assists state agencies in the interpretation and implementation of procedures.
This unit also performs agency internal control information system reviews and conducts fact finding activities at the request of the Executive Office to support decisions impacting revisions to agency's accounting and financial reporting systems. The Judicial Branch, University of Connecticut, Legislative Management and Central Connecticut State University are managing purchasing card programs on their own. The number of state agencies in the program is growing due to the benefits of the program, which streamline the purchasing process within an agency. Seminars were presented on the management of trust funds, management of state property, internal control oversight, and purchasing card administration. The Comptroller's calendar year due dates were communicated with memoranda on due dates for payroll contract increases and the reporting and filing dates for fiscal information.