Year 12 – 1999 – Part 2 – Drilling down into A/P risks
Technically, we were still in the planning phase of the A/P audit – but had already identified several areas of risk that needed to be analyzed further. The early payments represented a potential fraud. If you paid within 15 days, you should receive an early payment discount of between 1.5 -2.5% depending on the vendor’s terms. In addition to reviewing the invoices with ‘immediate’ payment terms, we calculated the difference…