Policies & Procedures

This month's question is posed by panelist Pam Buda, M.B.A., Accounts Payable Manager at St Luke's University Health Network. "I'm curious what the common practice is for processing hotel

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Alert! IRS Notice 2011-38 clarifies the tax treatment of employer-provided cell phones and reimbursements for business use of a personal cell phone. According to the notice, business cell phones are

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Renown Sylvester, Accredited Payable Specialist, has been in his job for seven years at Utilx Corporation (Kent, WA). He is a one-man AP department for the company, which has 500 employees, and he is… Read More

If your AP department has instituted an automated expense reporting system, and you still find yourself saddled with cumbersome paper receipts, you are not alone. In its whitepaper, Your 2013 Guide

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Canadian travel and entertainment expense regulations are very similar to those in the United States. Businesses can deduct travel and meal costs as business expenses, while business travelers can… Read More

In many companies, the T&E policy and procedures guide was written long ago and the update process has not kept pace. Often, new policies have been tacked on to the existing guide and the end result… Read More

Over the past eight years, the role of the accounts payable department in processing and tracking travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses has changed dramatically. Last century, most expense

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Failure to comply with IRS regulations designed to bring travel expense reporting practices under control could prove costly for some businesses. Revenue Ruling 2006-56 established punishment for

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A strong, well-publicized, and enforced T&E policy helps to avoid misunderstandings by travelers. It is the best tool to help AP in its fight against T&E fraud. The policy should be very

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