Your A/P staffers are well aware of the ways state revenue departments make life complicated with their ever-changing sales & use tax laws. Seasoned A/P pros are typically able to follow the logic behind some of the unusual sales &…
Accounts Payable
A top priority for your Payroll and A/P teams at the start of 2023 will be processing 1099 forms and getting them into the hands of vendors by the January 31 deadline (the deadline's Feb. 15, 2023 for Form 1099-MISCs…
Whether your year-end closing is this quarter or still months away, your Finance team needs a strategy for keeping stress low and productivity high while generating those annual balance sheets, profit and loss statements and cash flow statements in case…
As you may have expected, almost every state has an economic nexus law requiring certain out-of-state sellers to collect and remit sales tax (the exceptions are Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon). But what you might not be aware of…
Your A/P staffers are experts at managing your organization's payments. However, their work also makes the company vulnerable to business email compromise attacks, which are getting harder to detect. In fact, there were nearly 20,000 reported incidents of business email…
We’ve all been there: inaccurate vendor payments disrupting cash flow and costing your company a bundle. And there are so many reasons why they happen. Maybe an A/P staffer got distracted and didn't record a payment at the time it…
To accommodate the needs of as many vendors as possible, your business may need to use a combination of electronic payment methods. Electronic payments are a win-win. Your vendors will love that they can get paid faster and your CFO…
Cooler temperatures and falling leaves are signs that the countdown to year-end is on for your Finance team. The transition from thinking about vacation getaways to tax filing deadlines will happen slower for some. But if you start noticing a…
B2B late payments can be a potential major pain point for your company, leading to late fees, missed opportunities for early payment discounts, duplicate payments when a vendor sends a second invoice for the same bill and other problems. Research…
With the first official day of fall almost here, your Finance team needs to start getting ready for year-end. And a good place to start is ensuring you're submitting accurate info to IRS about your independent contractors and that they…
Automation is key for all kinds of Finance workflows, including invoice processing. Around 60% of finance leaders said they “absolutely” or “strongly” agree that automation saves them time at month end, according to Sage’s 2022 Close the Books Survey. And…
If you're still using paper checks for making vendor payments, be aware: Check theft crime is making a comeback. According to a cybersecurity research group at Georgia State University that monitors dark web activity, crooks can easily steal a business's…
