Accounts Payable: A Guide to Running an Efficient Department Book

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