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Addressing Vendor Invoices with Name Discrepancies

March 27, 2024

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Q. We have a vendor that submitted an invoice with one name and a W9 with another name. They need us to issue payment ASAP to avoid interruption in service and provided the following reason for the name difference."ABC Co. is an affiliate of xxxx. As of now, all their Invoices are under the ABC name. They plan to update it to their name to xxx., but this will not happen right now. It will take a few weeks." If the W9 matches with TIN check are we okay to go ahead and use this invoice and…

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