That invoice is how old???

© 2016 Zafiro Hernandez

Have you ever had a call from a vendor asking for payment on a one-year-old invoice? You think to yourself, "who would wait a year before contacting you anyway" SMH! Well, Here are a few reasons that I have come across over the years.

* Invoice is missing contact information.
* The vendor is not sending the W9 form.
* Invoices are not sent to AP, there are being sent to the purchaser (and never made it to AP).

I want to hear from you! Have you heard of this happening before? What is your story (or the story you heard)?

Today is not Tax Day!

Quick FYI: Just in case you were sweating bullets over getting your tax return done today (since it is April 15th), realize you have a bit more time. This year you have until Monday, April, 18th.

According to the IRS website, "Friday, April 15, 2016, is Emancipation Day, so tax year 2015 returns are due Monday, April 18, 2016. Taxpayers in Maine and Massachusetts observe Patriots' Day on April 18, 2016, so they will have until Tuesday, April 19, 2016, to file" - source: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc301.html

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- Robert Ruhno

  Accounts Payable Professionals Group

IRS car mileage rates VS. Gasoline Prices

I was curious to see what it would look like to see the IRS mileage rate graphed out (the blue graph line below). 

Then I thought, wouldn't it be interesting to chart the average US gasoline prices (in red below) for the same years, then overlay the graph lines over the IRS graph. Here is that result:

IRS Mileage rates vs Average US Gasoline Prices | APPG 2016

This chart can be found on the IRS website (www.irs.gov):

Period	Rates in cents per mile			Source
	Business	Charity	Medical Moving
2016	54	14	19	IR-2015-137
2015	57.5	14	23	IR-2014-114
2014	56	14	23.5	IR-2013-95
2013	56.5	14	24	IR-2012-95
2012	55.5	14	23	IRB-2012-02
July 1 - Dec. 31, 2011	55.5	14	23.5	IR-2011-69
Jan. 1 - June 30, 2011	51	14	19	IR-2010-119
2010	50	14	16.5	IR-2009-111
2009	55	14	24	IR-2008-131
July 1 - Dec. 31, 2008	58.5	14	27	IR-2008-82
Jan. 1 - June 30, 2008	50.5	14	19	IR-2007-192
2007	48.5	14	20	IR-2006-168
2006	44.5	14	18	IR-2005-138
2005	40.5	14	15	IR-2004-139 Pub. L. 109-73 IR-2005-99
2004	37.5	14	14	IR-2003-121
2003	36	14	12	Rev. Proc. 2002-61
2002	36.5	14	13	Rev. Proc. 2001-54
2001	34.5	14	12	Rev. Proc. 2000-48 2000-2 C.B. 570
2000	32.5	14	10	Rev. Proc. 99-38 1999-2 C.B. 525
1999	31	14	10	Announcement 99-7 1999-1 C.B. 306 Rev. Proc. 98-63 1998-2 C.B. 818
1998	32.5	14	10	Rev. Proc. 97-58 1997-2 C.B. 587
1997	31.5	12	10	Rev. Proc. 96-63 1996-2 C.B. 420

Robert Ruhno

Social Media Director

Accounts Payable Professionals Group

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Why Accounts Payable Recovery Auditing?

Here's what you get out of recovery audits:

1. Recover money that is due to the company.

You can use a recovery audit service to find duplicate payments, overpayments of sales & use tax, lost discounts and other payment errors.

Your company's internal Auditors may be able to find the low-hanging fruit, or easier to find duplicate payments. This may be the top 100 vendors or maybe a 10% sample of vendors.

Often a recovery auditing company can do an audit right after your internal auditors and still find money.

Audit firms can differ in technology and expertise, which is why it can be a good idea to use multiple audit recovery companies.

2. Correct any AP processes that may be causing this problem.

An AP recovery audit may discover a process that may be in need of changing or sometimes fraud may be uncovered.

What are the costs: Typically the fees are a percentage of the amount that gets recovered. So if the audit does not uncover anything there is no cost.

Click here now to get access to our spreadsheet containing contact information for several recovery audit companies: APPG Spreadsheet for AP Recovery Companies.

( if you work for a recovery audit company, feel free to add your information to our spreadsheet today).






Robert Ruhno
Social Media Director
Accounts Payable Professionals Group

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APP2P Conference & Expo

The Accounts Payable & Procure-to-Pay Conference & Expo is the most important get-together for Accounts Payable Professionals this year so far. The amount of AP specific knowledge that you will gain, by attending this event, is huge!

The date and place are May 23-25, 2016 in Walt Disney World, Florida. You can take the APS & APM exams, sit-in on many informative sessions, and network with fellow AP Professionals and Industry Pros.

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