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Are you worried about identity theft and the IRS? It’s understandable. But you no longer need to worry. The IRS has a program, the IRS Identity Protection PIN Opt-In Program, that will protect you. We’ve got the basic details you need to protect yourself. With identify theft on the rise, many feel the need to protect themselves, especially when it comes to tax-related identity theft. #IRSIdentityProtectionPIN #IdentityProtectionPIN #IPPIN

In this program we address the issues of What is the IRS Identity Protection Opt-In program, what is the IRS Identity Protection PIN, Why would you want an IP Pin, How to you get an IP PIN, does everyone have to get an Identity Protection PIN, how to get your own IP PIN, Is the IP PIN good forever and how to I find my new IP PIN.

Those who are concerned about identity theft and the IRS can avail themselves of a program run by the IRS to protect them against this growing insidious tax fraud related to identity theft. This video addresses common questions individuals have about the IRS Identity Protection PIN Opt-In program, how it protects them and how they can participate. Identity theft is a very real concern and one the IRS has addressed with this new program.

Link to Accounts Payable Tax Reporting: IRS 1099 Rumorshttps://youtu.be/hnZ7XqvrLUM

This update travel 2022 has expense reporting implications. It is based on my experiences on 3 trips in 4 weeks to 6 different cities, half US domestic; half international. I’ll share what I found on common issues, related to expense reporting, what your travelers can expect and most importantly, their impact on expense reporting and what you can expect to see on your employees’ expense reports.

Update travel 2022 discusses the expense reporting implications of your employees’ travel. This update travel 2022 investigates the expense reporting implications. It takes a look at travel requirements going back to USA. Using real-life examples, the broadcast discusses the time to check in at airport. There is also a discussion of the mandatory resort fee, daily cleaning hotel rooms and general staffing. The issue of contact tracing forms and what your travelers can expect is addressed.

It also addresses in details what US folks can expect when coming back to the US after travel to another country. While the mandatory resort fee seems to have disappeared for the time being, there are a host of other fees that are starting to pop up on hotel bills around the world. As tourism rebounds, travelers can expect these fees to explode.

Link to Before Traveling to France 2022: EU PLFhttps://youtu.be/tU2MXgVznJo

Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)

The truth about starting words for wordle is they make a big difference. Some of the worst starting words used by some are actually terrible. And these worst wordle starting words are used more frequently than you might imagine. In this short session we’ll identify 10 really poor wordle starting words and explain why from a Wordle strategy standpoint, these wordle starting words are not a good choice. #wordle #bestwordlestartingword #worstwordlestartingword

The Truth about Starting Words or rather the truth about starting words for Wordle is that there are Worst wordle starting words. The wordle starting words are an important part of any wordle strategy. Using a worst wordle staring word is likely to set your wordle game play off on the wrong foot. A bad wordle starting words will not help you win more wordle. You wordle starting word strategy should not involve a weak starting word which is a bad wordle strategy. Taken alone, a worst wordle strategy is to use a weak starting word.

Wordle is the game where you are given six chances to guess one five letter word. If you are careful about it you have a good chance of winning. The reality about starting words for wordle is they can make a huge difference. Some of the worst starting words used by some are actually quite bade. And these worst wordle starting words are used more often than you might imagine.

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Link to The Book: Wordle: The Rules, Strategy and Expert Tips https://www.ap-now.com/snip/111.htm

 

Link to Wordle Best Starting Word Revisitedhttps://youtu.be/4FY28GWPddI

 

Link to the Wordle Play List: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HefxYm4ymJ0RSWKFC_c9Lys

 

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Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com )

If you never heard of the European Digital Passenger Locator Form, join the club. I learned the hard way and I’m hoping my experiences will help you, as well as your international travelers, If you are traveling to France, for any reason, you need to know about this form – before you go! This session might be titled, “What you need to know about EU PLF?” #EUPLF #dPLF #EuropeanDigitalPassengerLocatorForm

Before traveling to France, you will need to fill out a European Digital Passenger Locator Form, sometimes referred to as a dPLF. This form will also need to be filled out if you are going to Malta or Slovenia. When traveling to France, each family will need to fill this out. This is the case when traveling to France 2022. In this video we share who has to complete the European Digital Passenger Locator Form as well as where it can be found.

This online form, the European Digital Passenger Locator Form, has to be filled out before a traveler going to France, Malta or Slovenia can check in. The information required isn’t extensive but must beput on the form in the exact format asked for. There is no room for variances. You cannot board a flight to France from the United States until this form is filled out.

The European Digital Passenger Locator Form is a requirement for international travel to France, Slovenia and Malta as of July 2022.

Link to Funny Expense Reimbursement Storieshttps://youtu.be/UyViUb0v9PE

Learn more about AP Now at www.ap-now.com

Host: Mary Schaeffer www.ap-now.com

We’ve got some facts about Zelle Scams, Zelle fraud in 2022. We’re here with Lynn Larson to share this newest twist on current Zelle scams. Plus, she’ll do a quick review of some of the other ways Zelle scams are perpetrated.

As Zelle accounts become more popular, crooks looking to get their hands on your money are getting more innovative and creative. In this episode we discuss yet another innovation criminals are using to defraud ordinary citizens of their hard-earned money. They are doing this using Zelle.

Zelle payments or payments made using the Zelle app are sometimes referred to as Instant Payments or Real Time payments. Although many sign up for Zelle through their bank, the bank does not have ultimate responsibility for these accounts. This has led to a lot of heartache and complaints when there was a fraud or scam perpetrated using a Zelle account.

Don’t let the Zelle dream turn into a Zelle nightmare, because you fell for one of the many Zelle scams. In this episode we review a number of ways crooks are scamming ordinary citizens who just happen to be Zelle users. This handy payment app makes it easy totransfer money from person to person simply by using an app on your phone. But without the proper care and controls, the app can become a nightmare. We take a look at some safety precautions every Zelle user should take to ensure they don’t get Zelle scammed. Stick around until the end when we share an often-overlooked Zelle safety precaution.

Listen to Lynn Larson’s longer explanation of Zelle Fraudshttps://youtu.be/L02mUitjsKc

Guest: Lynn Larson (recharged-education.com)

Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)

Do you set up one-time vendors in the master vendor file? How do you handle these vendors in the master vendor file? We’ve got five possible solutions, none are perfect. Which you select will depend on your philosophy and how many purchases your organization makes from one-time vendors. What should #accountspayable do with a #onetimevendor in the #mastervendorfile?

What to do with vendors who you are only going to do business with once is a tricky question? Do you set them up in the master vendor file or not? There are pros and cons to both setting up the vendor in the master vendor file and not setting up the one-timevendors and clogging the master vendor file. One-time vendors present a really tricky issue. How you handle them will depend largely on philosophy and how many you have. Clearly this is a different issue for the company that gets only a handful of one-time vendors compared with those who have hundreds if not more one-time vendors each year.

There are many ways to handle one-time vendors in the master vendor file. None of them are perfect, unless perhaps you only have a few each year. But for the majority of the companies out there who have a bucketload, the problem is less that clear.

Link to Fraud in the Vendor File: How to Stop Ithttps://youtu.be/6r9I5d-li-U

Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)

Whether you are going to start an ap automation project, an invoice automation project, a p2p automation project are some other automation initiatives, avoiding these 3 simple mistakes could mean the difference between success and failure of your project. Yet, it isamazing how many companies ignore these issues.

3 Automation Mistakes: Shooting Yourself in the Foot focuses on 3 Automation Mistakes commonly made by companies starting an automation project. These invoice automation mistakes or invoice automation errors are the invoice automation pitfalls that result in aproject that should have been a success actually failing.

These automation pitfalls are easily avoidable, if you know where to start. The accounts payable automation mistakes are similar. Unfortunately, accounts payable automation pitfalls or p2p automation mistakes result in a less-than-optimal outcome for the ap automation project. Mary Schaeffer, AP Now’s founder and a nationally recognized accounts payable expert, explains how you can avoid these problems.

Regardless of whether you are going to start an ap automation project, an invoice automation project, a p2p automation project or some other automation initiatives, avoiding these 3 simple mistakes could mean the difference between a winning and losing project. Yet, it is amazing how many companies don’t understand these very basic issues and end up with a sub-par result.

Link to 9 Reasons Why Your Automation Project Fails: Vendor Issueshttps://youtu.be/Z3oITKT0LR0

Looking to take your Wordle game to the advanced level? It’s not that hard. In this short Wordle video we have five Wordle tips that will help you do just that. Once you’ve played a few rounds of Wordle and have the knack of the #Wordle game, you probably want to improve your game a little, especially if it doesn’t involve much effort. We’ve got 5 advanced Wordle tips in this short video or podcast. #Wordletips for #AdvancedWordle players shows you how.

Whether your just getting started with Wordle, or have been playing wordle for a while, these advanced wordle tips will help you win faster and leave you feeling less aggravated. 5 advanced Tips [that will benefit experts as well] shares 5 simple strategies that any wordle player of any level of expertise can take advantage of. These Wordle r tips will help both the beginner and the expert, structure their game so as to win in fewer rounds without aggravating themselves too much.

Wordle tips for advanced players provides insights that will help the Wordle player achieve Wordle success without too much stress. Wordle tips, whether you are just getting started or have been playing for a while, takes some of randomness out of the way a player might approach a Wordle round by giving them a Wordle framework to operate in. These wordle strategies address several key components of the wordle game, a game that is loved and played by millions. The very best wordle tips will take the wordle player to the advanced level within playing their first few hands.

Wordle is the game that has been sweeping the Internet. With only one hand each day, players have six chances to guess the daily five-letter word. A green square indicates a correct letter in the correct spot and a yellow letter reveals a correct letter in a different spot.

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Link to The Book: Wordle: The Rules, Strategy and Expert Tips https://www.ap-now.com/snip/111.htm

Link to How to Always Win Wordle in Fewer Roundshttps://youtu.be/20eVJ7gNnAw

Link to the Wordle Play List: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HefxYm4ymJ0RSWKFC_c9Lys

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Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)

AP Technology Week had five sessions focuses on Fraud, Data, Invoice Automation, AP Automation and Payments.

Some of the issues discussed in data session include advice to younger self, how to learn about the latest technology, misconceptions about technology and what it can do, changes coming in the next few years likely to impact careers, data and dark data, insights that can be extracted from data, Excel and the best career advice related to technology and data the B2B community needs to hear.

Some of the issues discussed in the fraud session include the biggest fraud innovations, the most bizarre frauds, the most frustrating thing panelists see companies ignoring when it comes to fraud protection, pink collar crime, Friday fraud, fraud and scams involving instant payments and real time payments, frauds involving the master vendor file, or the master supplier file, internal or employee fraud, sometimes referred to as occupational fraud, credit card or p-card fraud including weak practices that facilitate fraud and of course, the best fraud protection advice the B2B community needs to hear.

Some of the issues discussed in this session include a discussion of common misconceptions about different payment tools, a discussion about some of the change that has occurred in the payment space over the last few years, an in-depth discussion on the finality of payment issue, tips on moving away from paper checks, the obstacles companies encounter when trying to move to new payment tools, what the business community can expect from the payment world in the next few year and the best advice related to payments the B2B community needs to hear.

Accounts Payable Technology Week is devoted to discussing the most current issues related to AP and P2P and technology. One of the ways professionals can stand out from the crowd is to learn how to get the most out of whatever AP automation solution their organization selects.

Some of the issues discussed in the AP Automation session include the biggest innovation in AP automation, the issues impacting the success of an accounts payable automation project, the lack of utilization of some AP automation solutions and what you can do to improve usage, the importance of having someone from accounts payable eon the team that selects an AP automation solution, advice for those just starting the AP automation jourvey and what the business community can expect from AP Automation service providers in the nextfew years.

Playlist of the 2022 AP Technology Week Sessionshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtL6rWSXZ-HeTeFa4eBOVeHvE2NbY4KEz

Host: Mary Schaeffer (www.ap-now.com)