Cost recovery [[electronic resource] ] : turning your accounts payable department into a profit center / / Richard B. Lanza

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830363303321
• Autore: Lanza Richard B
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2009
• ISBN: 0-470-52614-9; 1-119-19782-1; 1-282-27996-3; 9786612279966; 0-470-52612-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.15; 658.1553; 658.4063
• Soggetti: Cost centers (Accounting); Cost accounting
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cost Recovery: Turning Your Accounts Payable Department into a Profit Center; Contents; About the Author; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Chapter 1: Benefits of Recovery Services; Chapter 2: Overcoming Obstacles to Getting Recovery Started; Chapter 3: Assessing Opportunities and Risk; Chapter 4: The Overall Cost Recovery Marketplace; Chapter 5: Accounts Payable and Procurement; Chapter 6: Advertising Agency Audits and Media Reviews; Chapter 7: Audit Firm Benchmarking; Chapter 8: Escheatment (Unclaimed Property); Chapter 9: Freight Bill Auditing; Chapter 10: Health Benefits AuditingChapter 11: Lease Audits; Chapter 12: Order to Cash Reviews; Chapter 13: Payroll Tax Credits; Chapter 14: Proactive Fraud Audits; Chapter 15: Project Fraud Audits; Chapter 16: Real Estate Cost Segregation; Chapter 17: Research and Development Tax Credits; Chapter 18: Strategic Sourcing; Chapter 19: Telecommunications Auditing; Chapter 20: Travel and Entertainment Reviews; Chapter 21: Utility Reviews; Chapter 22: Selecting a Provider; ; Chapter 23: Technology Used in Recovery Efforts; Chapter 24: Conclusion; Appendix 1: Additional Publications Related to Business Cost SavingsAppendix 2: Accounts Payable; Appendix 3: Records Retention and Right to Audit; Appendix 4: Discussion Paper Continuous Controls Monitoring with ACL AuditExchange 2009 and Scripted Analytics; Appendix 5: Tapping the Strategic Potential of Procurement; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Cost Recovery: Turning Your Accounts Payable Department into a Profit Center shows how to identify a company's hidden financial assets.It provides tools to assist organizations generate cash recoveries, stop profit leaks, move away from control issues, and work towards process improvements.The book shows how to incorporate profit recovery technology, and how to pair a company with a recovery expert best suited to the company's needs to achieve bottom line results.The book discusses how to utilize free services offered by cost recovery consultants, using of top money-