Payroll System:

In the MG production departments, each worker records the number of hours he or she has worked each day by clocking in and out on a timecard machine. The supervisor, Boaty McBoatface, oversees this process and each week sends the hard copy timecards to the payroll department. Using a stand$-$alone PC$,$ the payroll department clerk enters timecard data and prepares hard$-$copy paychecks. This process automatically updates the digital employee payroll records. The clerk files the

timecards in the payroll department and sends the employee paychecks to Boaty to

review and distribute to the employees. The payroll clerk also prepares three copies of

a payroll register. Copies one and two are sent to AP and the general ledger

departments, respectively. The clerk files copy three in the payroll department. Upon

receipt of the payroll register, the AP clerk manually prepares a check for the entire

payroll, which she deposits in the payroll imprest account at the bank. A copy of the

check is filed in the department, along with the payroll register. Using the payroll register and the department PC$,$ the general ledger department clerk posts to the appropriate general ledger control accounts. The clerk then files the payroll register.

Required:

a$.$ Prepare a DFD of the current payroll system.

b$.$ Prepare system flowcharts for the payroll system.