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Accounts Payable: A Guide to Running an Efficient Department » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Accounts Payable: A Guide to Running an Efficient Department by Mary S. Schaeffer

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

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Author Biography: Mary S. Schaeffer

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.

Book Synopsis

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:

  • Encryption and digital signatures
  • Electronic invoicing
  • Purchase cards
  • Post audit firms
  • Petty cash
  • Vendor fraud
  • Certification

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.

Table of Contents

1Invoice handling3
2Alternatives to the three-way match23
3Check preparation printing and filing33
4Automated clearinghouse and direct deposit47
5Making international payments52
6Exception and rush processing59
7Errors and duplicate payments67
8Paying when the original invoice is not available79
9Master vendor files84
10Terms and taking discounts95
11Cash management104
12Petty cash111
13Payment timing114
14Audits and the outside accountant's management letter119
15Handling travel and entertainment reports127
16Handling electronic T&E reports139
17Automating the T&E report process146
18Value-added tax refunds150
19Electronic data interchange157
20Imaging175
21The Internet, e-mail, and e-invoicing184
22Encryption and digital signatures200
23E-marketplaces and XML206
24Purchasing cards213
25Post audit firms223
26Benchmarking230
27Form 1099 and form 1042-S241
28Sales and use tax250
29Escheatment264
30Ethics275
31Disaster recovery281
32Outsourcing284
33Management techniques289
34Making your accounts payable department first-rate293
35Managing the staff307
36Staff motivation and morale319
37Working with and for purchasing and other departments332
38Check fraud347
39Employee fraud360
40Vendor fraud366
41Professionalism in the field377
42Salaries and titles in accounts payable today386
AppAccounts payable resources397

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