If any working capital strategy implemented by treasury is to be successful, there must be buy-in from other departments. And if treasury’s relationship with those departments is strained, the success of the WCM program will certainly be impacted.
Given the general confusion of filing and the requirement to file electronically, many organizations may want to seriously consider outsourcing to a third party filer for at least the individual filing steps (requirements for 3rd party filers (lawyer, CPA or other enrolled agent).
One would think that after many years’ worth of ‘experience’ with hedging that we would have the subject down pat; that we would no longer have any misconceptions about it.