Accounting and Tax Requirements for Vendor Invoice Submission
A properly submitted Vendor Invoice should be:
1. Legible in clean and PRINTED form - not manually created.
2. With complete Purchase Order reference
3. With the name of the MJN Requestor
4. Submitted within _______ number of working days upon completion of the event/services or delivery of the goods
5. With the correct company Tax Identification Reference(s)
6. With accurate and detailed calculations that can be easily tested or re-computed by an independent reviewer
7. With the correct Tax rates to be applied and tax calculations are precise and can be easily re-computed for testing purposes
8. Expense Catergory / WBS element used is accurate
Key Reminders - Following are just highlights from relevant policies and SOPs. MJN staff are expected to familiarize with said policies and SOPs found in the MJN Intranet.
1. Always follow our Purchasing Policy GSC-GP-CP-13000 and the related SOPs. CMEs should be covered by Purchase Orders to document the GOA Approvals.
2. At all times we should prevent perfunctory PO’s or those issued after the fact. Perfunctory PO's are regularly reviewed and corrective actions will be implemented.
3. Require your CME vendors to submit invoices supported by complete documentations that will comply with our compliance and control standards, accounting and tax requirements. Your CME vendors should submit those documents with a detailed summary
4. The SAP workflow approval will likely route to the commercial department requestor for electronic acceptance. Before approving, said requestor should ensure quality-validation and tha the invoice was previously reviewed as described above. If not, he/she should advise Finance which will then instruct the BPD to block the invoice.
5. Never pay CME invoices outside of SAP say via local bank direct debit or manual check payments. CME’s are not among the allowed for exceptions