Authors: Mary S. Schaeffer, Institute of Management and Administration (IOMA)
ISBN-13: 9780471636908, ISBN-10: 0471636908
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: August 2004
Edition: 2nd Edition
Mary S. Schaeffer is the Editorial Director and Publisher of Accounts Payable Now & Tomorrow, a newsletter devoted to payment issues. She also pens, e-News from the AP Front, a complimentary e-zine for the payment community. She's the author of ten books and numerous magazine, newsletter and newspaper articles. Her books have been used in several certification programs. She is a member of the New York Financial Writers Association. She is currently working on two additional books for John Wiley & Sons.
Accounts Payable, Second Edition is the most complete guide to running a valuable accounts payable department.
This updated edition continues where the successful First Edition left off, providing all the critical information and guidance top professionals need to run an efficient department, complete with coverage of the innovative issues now facing the field and new material on:
Supplemented annually to ensure the most helpful and up-to-date information, Accounts Payable, Second Edition is the one resource that accounts payable managers, controllers, and CFOs need at their fingertips.
1 | Invoice handling | 3 |
2 | Alternatives to the three-way match | 23 |
3 | Check preparation printing and filing | 33 |
4 | Automated clearinghouse and direct deposit | 47 |
5 | Making international payments | 52 |
6 | Exception and rush processing | 59 |
7 | Errors and duplicate payments | 67 |
8 | Paying when the original invoice is not available | 79 |
9 | Master vendor files | 84 |
10 | Terms and taking discounts | 95 |
11 | Cash management | 104 |
12 | Petty cash | 111 |
13 | Payment timing | 114 |
14 | Audits and the outside accountant's management letter | 119 |
15 | Handling travel and entertainment reports | 127 |
16 | Handling electronic T&E reports | 139 |
17 | Automating the T&E report process | 146 |
18 | Value-added tax refunds | 150 |
19 | Electronic data interchange | 157 |
20 | Imaging | 175 |
21 | The Internet, e-mail, and e-invoicing | 184 |
22 | Encryption and digital signatures | 200 |
23 | E-marketplaces and XML | 206 |
24 | Purchasing cards | 213 |
25 | Post audit firms | 223 |
26 | Benchmarking | 230 |
27 | Form 1099 and form 1042-S | 241 |
28 | Sales and use tax | 250 |
29 | Escheatment | 264 |
30 | Ethics | 275 |
31 | Disaster recovery | 281 |
32 | Outsourcing | 284 |
33 | Management techniques | 289 |
34 | Making your accounts payable department first-rate | 293 |
35 | Managing the staff | 307 |
36 | Staff motivation and morale | 319 |
37 | Working with and for purchasing and other departments | 332 |
38 | Check fraud | 347 |
39 | Employee fraud | 360 |
40 | Vendor fraud | 366 |
41 | Professionalism in the field | 377 |
42 | Salaries and titles in accounts payable today | 386 |
App | Accounts payable resources | 397 |