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  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur eBook Shares Six Strategies to Boost Business Productivity

    SAP Concur released an eBook, "The Very Best Productivity Workarounds for Small Business," featuring six productivity strategies from Steve Strauss, author of "The Small Business Bible" and a longtime USA Today columnist: set SMART goals, apply the 80-20 rule, adopt the Eisenhower Box, use time blocking, leverage technology, and outsource and delegate. It says small businesses using Concur Expense save 13 hours per finance or accounting employee weekly.

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  1. SAP Concur Blog

    SAP Concur: Little-Known COVID-Related Tax Benefits Could Save a Small Business

    SAP Concur published a blog post introducing lesser-known tax benefits in the CARES Act that can help small businesses reduce their federal income tax. These benefits include: net operating losses (NOLs) can be carried back up to five years to claim refunds; the depreciable life for Qualified Improvement Property is reduced from 39 to 15 years, with bonus depreciation available; the R&D tax credit; and Section 139 relief, which allows employers to make tax-free payments to employees for COVID-related assistance.

  2. SAP Concur Blog

    Cyber Fraud Risk: Small Businesses Are Not Immune

    The UK Office for National Statistics reports that cybercrime and fraud account for almost half of all national incidents of crimes. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017 revealed that 46% of businesses experienced a cyber breach or attack between 2016 and 2017. SMBs lose an estimated £1,658 to invoice fraud each year. Businesses need to be aware of risks and implement controls, such as automating expense and invoice processes.

  4. SAP Concur Blog

    Small Business Owners: Get Your Company Recovery-Ready

    A SAP Concur blog post offers recovery preparation advice for small business owners, including setting up expense policies, optimizing AP processes, smart tracking and monitoring of spending, and using technology to increase efficiency. Citing U.S. Small Business Administration data, small businesses generate 44% of economic activity. The article also notes that companies adopting cloud-based technology to automate expense management increased process efficiency by 42%.

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    SAP Concur Shares Tips to Prepare for Small Business Saturday

    SAP Concur published an article offering tips for small businesses to prepare for Small Business Saturday. In 2016, an estimated 112 million consumers reported shopping at small businesses on Small Business Saturday. Tips include preparing early, offering a special deal, automating back-end processes, paying vendors on time, and partnering with other small businesses. The article also promotes products like Concur Expense and Concur Invoice.

  6. SAP Concur Blog

    New SAP Concur and American Express Integrations Benefit Small Businesses

    SAP Concur and American Express have introduced two new integrations designed to automate invoice and expense processes, providing small businesses with a more efficient end-to-end spend management experience. The first integration combines Amex's B2B payment capabilities with Concur Invoice to automate supplier payments; the second connects Amex business cards with Concur Expense to automatically import transactions into expense reports.

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    SAP Concur Shares Three Key Things Needed for PPP Forgiveness

    SAP Concur published an article outlining three key categories of documentation needed for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness: payroll expense documents, headcount records, and non-payroll expense support. The article advises businesses to seek help from accountants and consult the Treasury Department website. Application requirements depend on loan size and business nature, but documentation must be kept available even if not required for submission.

  8. SAP Concur Blog

    Creating a Healthy Balance of Work and Life Can Propel Your Business Forward

    A SAP Concur blog post by former Chief Revenue Officer Christal Bemont discusses how small business owners can balance work and life by automating financial processes. The post notes that automation eliminates tedious tasks, provides real-time spend visibility, and helps forecast the future. SAP Concur is sharing resources through National Small Business Week.

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    Keep Your Small Business Competitive with the Right Financial Solutions

    A SAP Concur blog post notes that as manual financial tasks become automated, cloud-based expense management solutions are proliferating, and small businesses need to choose the right tools based on their situation. It suggests answering three questions to determine automation needs: whether employee fraud needs addressing, whether spend is managed reactively or proactively, and whether there is sufficient visibility into cash flow and expenses. Automated expense management systems capture and process expenses, improve audit efficiency, and spot discrepancies; mobile-enabled solutions allow employees to submit expenses on the road, providing near real-time spending data. The article also re…

  11. SAP Concur Blog

    Does a Small Business Need an Employee Expense Policy?

    This SAP Concur blog post emphasizes that even small businesses with fewer than 20 employees benefit significantly from having a formal employee expense policy. It cites that moving from manual to automated, cloud-based solutions can increase process efficiency by 42%. The policy should clearly outline rules, responsibilities, and expectations, and be reviewed regularly. Automation tools like Concur Expense streamline submissions and approvals, enhancing compliance and reducing risk.

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    SAP Concur Implementation: People Before System

    A SAP Concur blog post shared insights from a webinar featuring three U.S. small business finance professionals discussing their experiences implementing SAP Concur. The main takeaway was that implementation should prioritize people and team dynamics over the system itself. One panelist emphasized evaluating team strengths and adjusting roles before implementation. Another noted that Concur Invoice helped save on office space costs, improved employee satisfaction, and sped up supplier payments. A third advised treating SAP Concur as an investment rather than an expense and leveraging its customizability to streamline processes. SAP Concur research shows that after implementing expense and t…

  14. SAP Concur Blog

    6 Expense Management Considerations for Small Business Owners

    The article offers six considerations for small business owners moving from spreadsheets to an expense management solution: policy compliance, reporting and visibility, cloud-based deployment, integration, migration support, and ease of use. The solution should automate policy checks, offer preconfigured report dashboards, update via subscription, integrate with existing applications, provide an implementation team for data migration, and support OCR receipt capture.