To keep your ACH payments flowing smoothly, Nacha advises businesses to update financial institution routing number validation tables at least monthly. That may mean more work for your A/P team, but it ultimately means less stress for them because they won’t have to handle as many investigations into vendor ACH payments that don’t go through. […]
Failed B2B payments can be disruptive in areas beyond cash flow. For instance, if your bank has to repeatedly put in extra work to process ACH payments, there’s a chance they could stop making the necessary changes to pay files and file a complaint with Nacha. Seven out of every 10 businesses and financial institutions […]
IRS is extending tax relief to businesses in Broward County, FL affected by the tornadoes, severe storms and flooding from April 12-14. Federal tax filings and tax payments originally due starting April 12, 2023, have been postponed until August 15, 2023. Penalties on payroll and excise tax deposits that were due on or after April […]
If your revenue involves digital goods and services, you’ve noticed more states are expecting you to collect and remit sales tax on them. But sometimes the legal language regarding what’s taxable or nontaxable becomes a gray area and a judge has to step in to decide what it means. That’s what happened when a Washington […]
With all the work your A/P department puts into issuing timely payments, it can be frustrating to find out there’s unclaimed property floating around out there. Unclaimed property laws vary widely from state to state, and can be very confusing. Yet compliance is crucial since issues with reports can lead to fines. Congratulations if you […]
Although consumers have fully embraced digital payments – peer-to-peer mobile apps, electronic bill-pay services and getting paid via direct deposit, to name a few – many companies are slow to adopt modern electronic payment technologies. In fact, last year a third (33%) of all B2B payments were still being made via paper check, according to […]
Imagine getting a Notice of Final Determination from a state revenue department that said it wasn’t going to recognize a use tax exemption that your organization was claiming, and that you owed $74,000 more than what you thought you were liable for. That’s what happened to a construction company with operations in North Carolina. The […]
Increasingly clever cybercriminals are out to take your company’s money. They’d even stoop so low as hacking you with a purchase order that looks real. For example, emails with an attachment disguised as a purchase order can contain links to a bogus site that looks real enough to trick users into sharing sensitive account information. […]
Many companies are turning to even faster payment methods, such as embedded finance solutions and banking as a service products. In fact, according to a PYMNTS report, more than four out of 10 businesses (41%) are using real-time payments to some degree. But while switching to these faster payment capabilities makes life better by making […]
