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  • AP Certification - Information about The Accounts Payable Certification Programs jointly developed and administered by TAPN and IOMA.
  • Accounts Payable News - Daily, custom searches bring members top accounts payable-related news from 4,000 newspapers, magazines, newsletters and journals.
  • Event Calendar - Accounts payable, financial and other professional conferences and seminars, including links to online registration.
  • Forums & Messaging - Connect with peers in accounts payable through the Forums; ask and answer questions, find contacts, share experience.
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    • General FAQs - Answers to frequently asked questions about The Accounts Payable Network.
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  • Ask The Expert- Don't see what you're looking for? Ask the accounts payable expert!
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AP Research
  • AP Answers
    Answers to specific accounts payable questions across dozens of topics.


  • AP Profiles
    Studies of actual accounts payable departments exploring organization, volumes, processes, technologies, challenges and solutions.


  • Benchmarking
    • Overview - Papers on benchmarking and a report on accounts payable metrics
    • Surveys- TAPN accounts payable benchmark surveys
    • Results - TAPN accounts payable survey results

  • Best Practices
    • AP in the Organization - Reports and articles including case histories dealing with general accounts payable issues and proven practices.
    • AP Processes - Articles on best practices in accounts payable processes.
    • Business Continuity Planning - Two-part address of disaster recovery and business continuity planning, plus a case history.
    • Outsourcing - Primer, pros and cons, best practices and case histories on business process outsourcing.
    • Policies - Downloadable accounts payable policy templates. Build your own accounts payable policy manual with our toolkit.

  • Escheatment
    • Unclaimed Property Basics - Primer, studies and resources on unclaimed property reporting and escheatment.
    • Problems & Solutions - A series of columns by unclaimed property expert Mitchell Savage of Cityvest Unclaimed Property Services to enhance understanding of unclaimed property and escheatment compliance.

  • Fraud
    Primer and reports on accounts vendor and check fraud; case studies, perpetrator profile, and fraud prevention strategies and proven practices.


  • HR & Staffing

  • Organization
    Trends in accounts payable departmental organization, from centralization to shared services; basics of flow charting and a flow chart tool kit.


  • Technology
    • EDI - Primer, glossary, reports and case histories on electronic data interchange.
    • E-Invoice / E-Payables Technology - Reports on electronic invoice and electronic payment technologies, paperless payables.
    • ERP - Background and resources on enterprise resource planning systems and vendors.
    • Imaging & Workflow - Reports, case histories and resources on imaging and workflow, toward a paperless accounts payable.
    • IVR / IWR - Primer, glossary, vendors and case study on interactive voice and web response.
    • One Card - An overview of the one-card solution.
    • P-Cards - Reports and case studies covering fundamentals of and expanded use trends in procurement cards.
    • T&E - Articles on travel and entertainment expense reimbursement automation.
    • Web Invoicing - Reports on Web invoicing.

  • 1099 Information

  • Sales & Use Tax

  • Sarbanes-Oxley - Information, the Act, the specific relevant sections, Internal Controls, and links to tools including flow charts, internal control checklists, etc.


  • Travel & Entertainment
    Mileage rate table, per diem information, and other relevant IRS information, reports and articles on best practices and policies in travel and entertainment expense reimbursement.


  • Vendor Master File - Studies on best practices in Vendor Master File Management.


  • Supplier Resources
    • AP Supplier Source - A directory of suppliers of products and services for accounts payable.








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