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The Accounts Payable Network (TAPN) is the complete resource for accounts payable, helping more than 36,000 accounting and finance executives at organizations worldwide meet their commitments to accounts payable business process performance. Representative TAPN Member Organizations.

As the premier resource for executives and managers who oversee accounts payable, TAPN gives you convenient access to an exclusive accounts payable knowledge-base to help you:
  • Drive down costs
  • Increase productivity
  • Keep up with AP methods and technologies
  • Maintain necessary internal controls
  • Avoid compliance-related penalties
  • Insure policies are current
  • Get answers to important questions
  • Get buy-in from other executives
  • Do more with less!
Focus areas include best practices for every AP function; AP metrics and benchmarking data; tax and regulatory compliance; solutions to real world problems; AP automation case studies; member Q&A networking forums and more than 250 downloadable, customizable AP policies, flowcharts, templates and internal control checklists.

TAPN’s highly regarded training and certification programs provide AP education and credentialing for accounts payable managers and their staffs.

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Why Don't You Have a P-card Program?
P-cards
Card-issuing banks, card providers, and the IRS have all taken steps to improve p-cards.
Clearing Common P-card Hurdles

Are Due Diligence Minimums a Good Thing?
Escheatment
Rely on due diligence minimums to contact property owners could be doing more harm than good.
Due Diligence Minimums and Aggregate Limits: Boon or Boondoggle?

1099s Got You Down? TAPN's Got Your Back
1099 Information
All the articles, templates, tools, answers, and other resources you will need to ensure smooth 1099 filing this year.
Guide to 1099-MISC on TAPN

Safeguard Your Company's Assets
Internal Controls
TAPN's comprehensive internal control manual, featuring checklists, flowcharts, and an implementation guide
”key”Internal Controls: Checklist, Manual


New Mileage Rates Announced
Travel and Entertainment
New IRS standard mileage rates take effect Jan. 1, 2010.
2010 IRS Standard Mileage Rates

Changes May Come to Credit Cards
P-cards
New consumer credit card protections could be expanded to commercial cards.
Could the CARD Act Impact Your Business?

New AP Department Case Study
AP Profile
Find out how one company leveraged automation and POs to transform AP.
AP Profile: Invoices Flow at DS Waters

Don't Throw Out those Old Escheatment Reports
Unclaimed Property
Which escheatment documents should you keep for 15 years?
”key”Unclaimed Property Record Retention and Audit Scope


Face Down Sales Tax Auditors
Sales and Use Tax
State governments are cracking down on sales tax noncompliance. Be prepared if they come for you.
”key”Sales Tax Audits: How to Prepare For and Manage an Audit



Tax & Regulatory
Guide to 1099-MISC on TAPN
A 1099 Index with Links to 1099-MISC Information Reporting articles, tools, Q&A, news and training on TAPN. Go to Index ...

Are you guarding your assets?
1/19/2010 - Alert - The Treasury department's OFAC has updated the SDN List--those individuals, entities and countries with whom it is illegal to do business.
”key”What's OFAC? Click here for info and updates.

IRS FIRE System
Filing Information Returns Electronically
IRS no longer accepting magnetic media.

Strategic Management
”key” Driver for Change - Cash Management
The times emphasize the need for good cash management. Automation tools give businesses greater control over when disbursements are made, allowing them to pay invoices strategically and maximize cash flow. Read more ...


e-Payments
Fed Survey: E-Payments Continue Up, Check Volume Down
In 2006 more than two-thirds of all noncash payments in the U.S. were made electronically

Best Practices
”key”A Project Management Guide
How to propose and manage projects ...


AP Tools Suite
”key”Tools Index
You don't have to reinvent the wheel – access over 200 downloadable forms, checklists & templates


Supplier Invoice Queries
Supplier IQ
Finally – a cost-effective, simplified way to handle vendor inquiries!

Vendor Master File
Master File Solutions Suite (MFS2)
MFS2, a new TAPN offering powered by Equifax Commercial Information Solutions cleanses, standardizes and enriches vendor file data. Find out more ...

Glossary
Accounts Payable: A type of short-term debt, accounts payable are amounts a business owes - bills from suppliers for goods or services purchased on credit. Accounts Payable is classified as a Current Liability because the obligation is generally due within 12 months from the initial transaction date.
See TAPN's Glossary for definitions of accounts payable-related terms and accounting terminology.

The Guide to Information Reporting for Tax Year 2009 has answers to all your 1099 questions in one convenient location to help insure that your organization complies with IRS regulations.


member benefits

e-Learning Seminars

Free Member Benefit

CEUs
TAPN Membership earns 5 certification CEUs

Upcoming Events
Conferences, Audio Conferences & Seminars:

IOMA's AP Regulatory Compliance Conference 2010
March 11-12, 2010 • New York, NY
Policies & Procedures for Handling the Latest Regulatory and Tax Changes

IOMA's Accounts Payable Automation 2010
June 9-11, 2010 • San Diego, CA
Learn best practices for automating your AP department!

TAPN/IOMA AP Training:
Essentials of Accounts Payable Training & Certification Program

Register now for The Essentials of Accounts Payable Training & Certification Program, a one-day intensive AP seminar in preparation for the AP Certification Exams taking place in:
  • St. Petersburg, FL • February 22-23, 2010
  • New York, NY • March 11, 2010
  • San Diego, CA • June 9, 2010
  • Scottsdale, AZ • October 11, 2010


  • For many more events, see the Event Calendar.

    TAPN Newsletters

    AP Week: TAPN's weekly e-Newsletter highlighting the latest research, valuable tools, and informative continuing education opportunities.

    AP Monthly: TAPN's hardcopy newsletter mailed to thousands of members each month. Each issue features a new in-depth AP article and highlights many of the essential resources available to TAPN members.


    AP Certification & Training
    Certification: Designed by The Accounts Payable Network and IOMA to help AP professionals meet standards, demonstrate proficiency and gain recognition. Learn more

    Training: The Accounts Payable Network can tailor a training program to fit your requirements. Contact us at APTraining@TheAPNetwork.com, or 866.827.6389.

    A Note to CFOs, Controllers and Directors of Accounts Payable

    CPE TAPN is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org
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    Sales and Use Tax Rate Update - February 2010

    Full Members Only Clearing Common P-card Hurdles

    Full Members Only When Controls Monitoring Becomes a 24/7 Job

    Full Members Only Due Diligence Minimums and Aggregate Limits: Boon or Boondoggle?

    Full Members Only Staff Transition Issues in Shared Services


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    Charles Schultz


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