http://www.iappnet.org/ViewCategory-292.do en-us Copyright 2010, International Accounts Payable Professionals Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:35:14 -0400 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:35:14 -0400 Ken.Brown@iappnet.org Ken.Brown@iappnet.org IntellaVia Eola CMS http://www.iappnet.org/images/IAPP_logo_icon.gif http://www.iappnet.org IAPP - Internation Accounts Payable Professionals 89 68 With more focus on cost controls, the demand for purchasing managers has increased by 121 percent since 2001, according to a report by the Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom. “The procurement jobs market is currently showing clear s... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2114.do Accounts Payable Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 The August figures by the Institute for Supply Management show 56.3 percent of purchasing managers are seeing better business conditions than in the previous month, an increase from 55.5 percent in July. In total this year, January through August, th... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2113.do Accounts Payable Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Instead of supplementing the current U.S. tax system with a new value added tax, the country should replace personal income taxes with a VAT, says Pat Choate, author of Saving Capitalism . He calls the move a “great tax swap of historic proportions” ... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2108.do Accounts Payable Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 The Federal Board of Revenue in Islamabad is exploring a compromise with provinces upset about how the general sales tax (GST) on services is divided. The initiative would involve placing services into one of three categories for tax purposes, the Da... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2107.do Accounts Payable Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 An 18-month review by the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board found that U.S. tax laws have become increasingly, dramatically complex in recent years. “Lawmakers have changed the code more than 15,000 times since the last major overhaul in 1... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2106.do Accounts Payable Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 What if some of the innovation and R&D part of the information technology operation fell under the CIO, reporting to the CEO, and the “corporate cop” responsibilities that deal with compliance and asset management fell under the CFO? Author Vinnie Mi... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2105.do Accounts Payable Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Congress is preparing for a showdown over part of the healthcare reform law passed earlier this year, and the buzz has been about increased 1099 reporting requirements buried in the language of the legislation. But partisan politics could take the is... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2104.do Accounts Payable Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Both the value added tax and the newer expanded value added tax have brought good things to the Philippines, an attorney writes, but popular opinion says otherwise. A recent article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer takes a look at the pros, the cons,... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2103.do Accounts Payable Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2102.do Accounts Payable Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:18:36 -0400 A new VAT proposed as a way of reducing the U.S. deficit might have the opposite effect because it would force some to curtail spending, according to new research conducted for the National Retail Federation. About 64 percent of those surveyed said a... http://www.iappnet.org/ViewItem-2100.do Accounts Payable Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0400