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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...Bourke: Making BYOD Work
- Monday, 19 May 2014
- News
- Written by Carly Bohach
There are few people who don't know that modern workers are carrying a lot of electronic devices for voice and data communication. That phenomenon forces firms to deal with how all these gadgets fit into these businesses. And for many firms, such as Red Bank, N.J.-based WithumSmith+Brown, the answer is the increasingly well-known practice of Bring Your Own Device.
Intuit Buys AP Software Biz Invitco
On the heels of its purchase of inventory software company, Lettuce, Intuit has announced the acquisition of Australian start-up, Invitco. The Sydney-based company developed cloud-based data extraction technology that is used in its accounts payable processing product, Invitbox. Intuit's rival Xero named Invitco as its Emerging Add-On Partner of the Year for 2013.
Xero Confirms Show Delay
- Wednesday, 14 May 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Xero is moving its North American conference to the spring of 2015. The New Zealand-based cloud software company held its first conference in this country in September 2013 but has confirmed it will not be holding another this fall.
PCAOB Bars California CPA
- Monday, 12 May 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
A California CPA has been barred from associating with a registered accounting by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The agency took the action against Henry Mendoza, age 55, and censured him for instructing staff to backdate workpapers involving the audits of the financial statements of two clients while he was managing partner of the former Mendoza, Berger & Co.
Thomson Intros Depreciation Tools
- Wednesday, 07 May 2014
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The Thomson Reuters Federal Depreciation Handbook provides guidance about common tax depreciation and cost recovery issues. It features numerous quick reference tables and charts. There are real-life examples that illustrate how tax rules apply; and a "What's New" section that summarizes significant tax law changes.
Restructuring Costs to Rise at Wolters Kluwer
- Wednesday, 07 May 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Wolters Kluwers says its tax and accounting business had organic growth in the first quarter ended March 31. But in its trading update this week for the recently update period, the parent of CCH says that is its operating profit during the most recently ended period fell “due to planned restructuring initiatives.” The restructuring plans are reported to be weighted toward the first half of 2014.
Blackbaud Eyes CPA Firms for Channel
- Tuesday, 06 May 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Blackbaud has put together a new channel program that will have room for accounting firms in a variety of roles. Accountants will be able to participate as resellers, consultants or referrals under the new Blackbaud Partner Network that will bring put the Charleston, S.C.-based software vendor's nonprofit accounting software into the hands of resellers for the first time since 2005.
Thomson: Tax & Accounting Quarter "Exceptional"
Thomson Reuters would probably like to clone its Tax and Accounting business. That unit this week turned in what CEO James Smith called "an exceptional" quarter for the period ended March 31 with tax and accounting leading all of the company's operations in improvements to the bottom line and revenue.
Massachusetts CPA Disbarred on Appeal
- Tuesday, 29 April 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The move to disbar a Massachusetts CPA by the Internal Revenue Service has been sustained on appeal. The Office of the Chief Counsel disbarred Charles Edgar, who had face the original action because he represented clients before the IRS even though his CPA license had been revoked in 2010 based in part on a 1995 felony conviction.
Read more...Avalara Links to Maryland, Illinois Societies
- Tuesday, 22 April 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Avalara, which makes cloud-based sales-and-use tax products, has entered alliances with the Maryland and Illinois CPA societies. The agreements mean Avalara now has formal relationships with 10 state societies and the company expects more to follow.
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