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Rippling Expands EOR Program 2
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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...ADP 4Q Slower, But Good Growth for 2012
- Thursday, 02 August 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Automatic Data Processing saw less growth for the fourth quarter ended June 30 than it had for the rest of the year. But the payroll services company still ended 2012 with a respectable 10.7-percent increase in net income on an 8-percent rise in revenue.
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Block CEO Gets $12M in First Year
- Wednesday, 01 August 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
William Cobb pulled down just under $12 million in compensation in his first year as CEO at H&R Block. Cobb earned that amount for the year ended April 30 in a company that has seen high turnover in its executive ranks over the last two years.
TaxAct Revs Grow by Double Digits
- Tuesday, 31 July 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
TaxAct earned double-digit increases in operating income and revenue as it performed well in ending the season for its parent, Blucora, formerly known as InfoSpace. On a pro forma basis, segment income for the second quarter ended June 30 was up 21 percent and revenue rose by 11 percent.
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Thomson Strong Tax And Accounting Results
- Tuesday, 31 July 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Thomson Reuter's Tax and Accounting business turned in strong results for the second quarter ending June 30 with a 19-percent increase in operating profit and a 25-percent increase in revenue. Those operations were by far the strongest among Thomson's businesses with the parent company reporting an 8-percent drop in underlying profit and a 1-percent increase in revenue.
CCH Continues Remake with Sabbatis' Exit
- Monday, 30 July 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
CCH is being remade. The latest change element is the pending departure of Mike Sabbatis, who has served as president and CEO since 2007. He will leave in September. That follows the June resignation of Bob Dias, VP of product management, after 33 years with the company. Sabbatis will be succeeded by Karen Abramson.
Two Alabama Preparers Sentenced
- Friday, 27 July 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Two Alabama preparers have been sentenced to prison in a case that has already seen three other employees of the same firm given sentences. James E. Moss was sentenced to 160 months in prison and Avada L. Jenkins to 41 months for their role in preparing false returns at Moss's Montgomery, Ala.-based Flash Tax business.
Bank Product Decline Cuts into CCH Results
A decline in bank product revenue and in tax publishing countered 4 percent organic growth in tax and accounting software for Wolters Kluwer's Tax & Accounting operations for the first half ended June 30. The result for the parent of CCH was flat organic revenue for the North American operations while a decline in high-margin bank product revenue at the company's Small Firm Services cut into the EBITA margin.
Wave Intros Accountant Tools
- Wednesday, 18 July 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Wave Accounting, which markets online small business accounting software, has launched new tools for accountants and bookkeepers. The Toronto-based company says the tools are designed to link members of the Wave Pro Network to small business customers.
Thomson Offers OneSource Update
- Wednesday, 18 July 2012
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Thomson Reuters has introduced a new release of its OneSource Indirect Tax software suite. Enhancements include features in Indirect Tax Determination 5.5 that enable a product to be dynamically assigned to a transaction.
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Wolters Kluwer Buys Online Software Unit
- Thursday, 12 July 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting, the parent to CCH, has acquired Acclipse Ltd., which markets online software to accounting firms in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific. Acclipse, based in Sidney, Australia, has tax, client accounting and practice management applications.
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