Accounts payable and Sarbanes-Oxley [[electronic resource] ] : strengthening your internal controls / / Mary S. Schaeffer

• Autore: Schaeffer Mary S
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J, : Wiley, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 657.74; 658.15/26
• Soggetto topico: Accounts payable - Management
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Accounts Payable and Sarbanes-Oxley: Strengthening Your Internal Controls; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Basics; Chapter 1: Sarbanes-Oxley: How It Applies to Accounts Payable; BACKGROUND; OVERVIEW OF THE ACT; EFFECTIVE DATES OF THE ACT; WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS; AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE: THE PROBLEM; AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE: THE NEW REQUIREMENTS; TIMELY DISCLOSURE; HOW MATERIAL EVENTS ARE REPORTED; MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT OF INTERNAL CONTROLS; AUDITORS' ASSESSMENT OF INTERNAL CONTROLS; CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; SUBCERTIFICATIONS; USING THE ACT TO FOSTER CHANGE; DIRECTORS INSURANCE ; CONCLUDING THOUGHTSChapter 2: Compliance Alternatives: Outsourcing and the COSO Framework; OUTSOURCING; SARBANES-OXLEY REQUIREMENTS IF USING AN OUTSOURCER; MECHANISM FOR DEMONSTRATING APPROPRIATE CONTROLS; COSO FRAMEWORK: BACKGROUND; COSO OBJECTIVES: ENTERPRISE RISK; ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Chapter 3: Invoice Processing; PURCHASE ORDERS; PURCHASE ORDER PROBLEMS; DOCUMENTATION; FLOWCHARTS; INVOICE HANDLING: CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS; APPROVAL PROCESS; THREE-WAY MATCH; SMALL-DOLLAR INVOICES; CONTRACT COMPLIANCE; FRAUD; SEGREGATION OF DUTIES; MASTER VENDOR FILE ; ELECTRONIC INVOICINGMONTH-END CLOSE; YEAR-END CLOSE; RECOMMENDED INVOICE-PROCESSING PRACTICES; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Part II: Payment Process; Chapter 4: Checks; AUTHORIZED SIGNERS AND BOARD DELEGATIONS; CHECK SIGNERS; DOCUMENTATION: CHECK SIGNERS AND ACCOUNTS; CHECK STOCK; CHECK-SIGNING PROCEDURES; FACSIMILE SIGNER; RUSH CHECKS; MAILING CHECKS; OUTSOURCING CHECK PRINTING; CHECK REQUEST FORMS; POSITIVE PAY; RECONCILE BANK STATEMENTS; RECURRING PAYMENTS; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Chapter 5: Purchasing Cards; P-CARD GROWTH; TYPICAL USAGE ; THE SURVEY: HOW HAS SARBANES-OXLEY AFFECTED YOUR P-CARD OPERATIONS?WHY COMPLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO?; IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCES; WHO'S DOING THE WORK?; SARBANES-OXLEY IMPACT ON P-CARD PROGRAMS; SARBANES-OXLEY FACTOR IN CHANGE; HAS SARBANES-OXLEY FORCED CHANGE?; ADDITIONAL CONTROL FEATURES; WHAT'S BEING CERTIFIED?; RAMIFICATIONS OF NOT SIGNING; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Chapter 6: Electronic Payments: Alternatives to the Paper Check; WIRE TRANSFERS; AUTOMATED CLEARINGHOUSE (ACH); DAILY RECONCILIATIONS; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Part III: Functions Related to and Often Handled in Accounts Payable ; Chapter 7: Travel and Entertainment Expense ProcessingBAD PRACTICES; WRITTEN POLICIES; POLICY ENFORCEMENT; SPOT-CHECKING; EXCEPTIONS TO SPOT-CHECKING; WHO SUBMITS WHEN MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES ARE INVOLVED?; ELECTRONIC REIMBURSEMENT; T&E CARDS; EXCEL REPORTS; ONE-CARD PROGRAMS; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS; Chapter 8: Unclaimed Property (Escheat)*; STATE OF COMPLIANCE; EFFECT OF SARBANES-OXLEY ON PRIVATE COMPANY REPORTING; KEY ESCHEAT ISSUES; COMPLIANCE; WHAT'S REQUIRED TO DO ESCHEAT CORRECTLY?; COMMON NONCOMPLIANCE AREAS; SUBCERTIFICATIONS; SEGREGATION OF DUTIES; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ; Chapter 9: 1099s and Other IRS-Related Information Reporting
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Accounts Payable and Sarbanes-Oxley cements Mary Schaeffer's reputation as the premier authority on accounts payable. She provides great detail on all aspects of the payables systems needed to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley. A must for every controller's bookshelf!""-Steven Bragg, Premier Data Services ""Mary Schaeffer has done it again! America's most accomplished accounts payable expert has written another authoritative and comprehensive work. This time she takes aim at internal controls and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as they impact the payables function. Whether or not you are
• Titolo autorizzato: Accounts payable and Sarbanes-Oxley
• ISBN: 1-119-20194-2; 1-280-34987-5; 9786610349876; 0-471-92824-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877746403321
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