This is your last chance to take TAPN's Accounts Payable Disbursement Benchmark Survey.

The survey asks about your company's check, ACH and wire disbursement practices.

All participants will receive a free copy of the results once they are published. The short survey should take about ten minutes to complete. APM and APS participants earn one CEU credit.

What happens if you send your vendor a check that is never cashed? Although the vendor may have received and lost the check, you must still maintain those funds, report them to the state government, and remit them to the government at the right time.

This process, called escheatment, is practiced in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam. Following each state's escheatment rules can be tricky. Some of the common errors that trigger escheatment audits include:

• Failure to report unclaimed property at all or for several years
• Submitting reports that suggest you have no unclaimed property
• Failure to report property types common to your industry
• Failure to report amounts consistent with industry expectations

Be sure to sign up for The Accounts Payable Network's upcoming audio conference, Managing Unclaimed Property Exposure, featuring Karen Anderson, Senior Compliance Advisor, Abandoned Property Services, LLC. All attendees receive a complimentary copy of the special report, The Accounts Payable Network's Guide to Unclaimed Property.