Doctor, You're Reportable, I Presume?
1099 season is exhausting. Everyone has to file them and everyone has questions. Over at The Accounts Payable Network, members have inundated our popular Ask the Expert feature with questions. These...
View ArticleSarbanes-Oxley Faces Election Year Attacks
Whether it's election-year politics, genuine concern, or the belief that ten years is plenty of time to have followed the law, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is facing renewed opposition.read more
View ArticleJOBS Act Buys Small Businesses Five Years of SOX Relief
Small and medium-sized companies will soon gain additional Sarbanes-Oxley relief once the recently passed JOBS Act becomes law. In my last blog entry, I mentioned identical bills making their way...
View ArticleThe People of APLC 2012
A few weeks ago, I got the chance to visit sunny Miami Beach and do what every tourist dreams of– learn about accounts payable best practices. While that may not be everyone’s idea of fun in the sun,...
View ArticleIs Your AP Clerk Driving a Jag?
Paying attention to changes in your employees' behavior is important for managers to do. Knowing that members of your staff are upset with fellow coworkers, with the process, or with something in their...
View ArticleLarge Companies Leading Way on Automation
While the largest companies are the most likely to automate, there are steps small companies can take to play catch up. The Accounts Payable Network has been releasing benchmark surveys on accounts...
View Article4 Ways to be a Better Leader
Being a good manager is different from being a good leader; each role requires different skill sets. Accounts payable managers should be fluent in both if they want their departments (and the people...
View ArticleCelebrate Accounts Payable Week on the Cheap
Accounts Payable Week is right around the corner (Oct. 15-19). Have you made plans to recognize your team yet? Some AP managers may be reluctant to celebrate Accounts Payable Week because they might...
View ArticleFATCA Withholding for Services?
Starting January 2014, accounts payable departments have to be ready to withhold 30 percent on certain payments to foreign banks. With the deadline still more than a year away, there is some confusion...
View ArticleIRS Finalizes Changes to ITIN Application
If any of your payees need an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number before you can pay them, make sure that they know the application process has changed. The IRS has made the documentation...
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