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Rippling Expands EOR Program 2
Rippling has expanded its Employer of Record program to eight new countries. The change is part of the latest monthly release of the office application.
With EOR, a user can establish a legal entity in a country outside the United States, giving the user the ability to hire and pay employees in other countries. The latest additions are Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Israel, New Zealand, the Philippines, Switzerland and Turkey.
In addition, Rippling is providing hourly workers with a weekly break down of pay on paystubs so they can see hours worked, including overtime, for each of the weeks included in the pay period.
Users can now down payroll comparison data as a CSV file. Rippling says it has also provided more efficient time-entry CSV imports for Time an Attendance since users can automatically reconcile timestamps based on the employee’s timezone and
filter down to a specific set of imported entries and delete only those
They can also import thousands of entries in seconds, versus 30 minutes.
View items...Practice IQ Becomes Karbon
- Monday, 11 January 2016
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Practice IQ, a company founded by owners of a payroll company acquired by Xero, has changed its name to Karbon. Based in Sydney, Australia, and San Francisco, Calif., Karbon is bringing to market collaboration tools for accounting firms. Kabron describes its product, which is in the preview stage, as "the central place that weaves all your communication and client interactions together."
FreshBooks Revamps iOS App
- Wednesday, 06 January 2016
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
FreshBooks has launched a redesigned iOS app to work with the iPhone and iPad. The company says the app "features a simpler, more intuitive interface, designed to encourage proactive billing habits, make it easier to stay on top of cash flow, and to help customers run their business three times faster."
Sage Hammers Out Payroll Plans
- Sunday, 03 January 2016
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Sage has begun melding together its payroll offerings and making them available for a wider range of products. The company has established the Sage Payroll Center that enables accountants to resell payroll services. That is in addition to Payroll Essentials and Full Service Payroll.
Team Selling Drives Paychex Results
- Thursday, 24 December 2015
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Payroll service company Paychex said its team selling strategy helped push results higher for the second quarter ended November 30. Payroll revenue rose by 4 percent driven by an increase in the client base and revenue per check, CEO Martin Mucci said in the company's recent earnings webcast. HR revenue increased by double digits.
Blackbaud to Re-enter Reselling Market
Nonprofit vendor Blackbaud intends to re-enter the software reselling market next year. The Charleston, S.C.-based company outlined its plans recently during its Investors' Day. Blackbaud wants to use dealers to push its new cloud-based NXT line.
Audit Issues Cost Grant Thornton $4.5M
- Thursday, 03 December 2015
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Grant Thornton and two partners have agreed to settle charges they ignored red flags in auditing two companies that later faced enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The accounting firm, which admitted wrongdoing, will forfeit about $1.5 million in audit fees plus interest and pay a $3-million penalty. The two partners were barred from SEC practice.
Sage 50, X3 Led 2015 Sage Growth
The Sage Group said its Sage 50 low-cost accounting products and its X3 manufacturing application led revenue growth in North America in fiscal 2015. That observation came as the company reported this week that it had the fastest rate of revenue growth worldwide for the year ended September 30 in eight years, with 4-percent organic revenue increases reported on this continent.
ADP Upgrades Time & Attendance
- Tuesday, 01 December 2015
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Automatic Data Processing has launched ADP Time & Attendance, a software package designed to help small business comply with the federal, state, and local wage and hour laws. The company described the new product as an upgrade to its existing time and attendance. The new system offers scheduling and timecard management tools and mobile capability.
VP Warawa Takes Over Sage Live
Jennifer Warawa, who has headed the accountants' program for Sage North America, has taken over the position of global VP of marketing for Sage Live. She replaces Doug Labahn, who had held the job only snce February. It is part of a sweeping number of personnel changes across Sage worldwide.
AICPA Proposing Peer Review Changes
- Wednesday, 18 November 2015
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The Peer Review Board of the American Institute of CPAs has issued an exposure draft on peer review changes that it says will enhance review of firms' quality control systems. It will also supplement and clarify guidance, the board says. The draft is open for comment through January 31.
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