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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...Risk and Compliance Top AICPA IT Technology List
- Wednesday, 14 March 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The American Institute of CPAs' 2012 Top Technology Initiatives Survey found managing and securing compliance as the technology goal mentioned by the most respondents. In making their selection, the AICPA asked respondents to rate their organizational goals for technology. The organization also released a selection of 10 technologies that will have the most impact on t heir or their clients' organizations.
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SmartPros Rebounds on Lower Revenue Costs
- Wednesday, 14 March 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Educational specialist SmartPros returned to a profit in 2011 as it dramatically lowered its cost of revenue. Lower salaries and related costs, along with decreased use of outsourced labor, helped the company to net income of just over $154,000 for the year ended December 31, compared to a loss of just over $129,000 for 2010.
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Andrews Gets $4 Million in Block Exit
C.E. Andrews, who headed RSM McGladrey Business Services for H&R Block, is leaving the company with payments of more than $4 million and has the potential for more compensation. Although Block terminated his contract on March 6, it gave the executive nearly $1 million in cash under a separation agreement and tacked on another $3 million in cash because of what Block termed his "successful management" of the unit.
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Intuit Renames Facebook Page
Intuit has renamed one of its Facebook pages and with that move, it has removed the last vestige of its effort to rebrand products under the ProLine brand. The Intuit ProLine Facebook page was the last service to use the ProLine name until the last few days when it was replaced by Intuit Accountants.
CITP Candidates Get Chance to Avoid Test
- Wednesday, 29 February 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The American Institute of CPAs is giving candidates for its Certified Information Technology Professional credential a chance to avoid the mandatory testing that begins in July. CPAs interested in receiving the designation can still obtain the certification if they apply by May 25. At the same time, the committee guiding the process is developing continuing education courses for the program.
CCH Integrator, Corporate Tax Suite
- Thursday, 23 February 2012
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
CCH Integrator, a web-based suite, is designed to streamline corporate tax data collection, provision, research and compliance processes. The suite has two major elements: the Global Integrator, a platform for data collection, analysis and tax reporting, and Global Tax Research Integrator, which enables users to search content.
PCAOB Revokes New York Firm Registration
- Thursday, 23 February 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has revoked the registration of CPA Paul Gaynes of New York and imposed a $5,000 civil money penalty upon the firm. The PCAOB made its initial decision on November 10, but the order did not become final until the period for Gaynes to petition for a review had elapsed.
Wolters Kluwer Moving into Analytics
- Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Wolters Kluwer, the parent of CCH, is moving heavily into providing analytical products that draw upon the data the company has gathered in its operations. That plan was briefly outlined by Chief Executive Nancy McKinstry as the company reported that net income was up 2 percent and revenue up 4 percent, both in constant currencies, for the year ended December 31.
Cloud Accounting Picking up with NFPs?
If the way vendors pushing products show interest in online applications, then nonprofits must be demanding them. At least a lot more choices are hitting the markets for those organizations that would like to consider Internet-based software. Blackbaud has been expanding the presence of the online version of its Financial Edge Software; Sage North America is readying the launch of a cloud suite this summer. SaaS-based Intacct has started pushing into the space. And AccuFund finds market interest is accelerating for its online product.
Chrometa: Automatic Time Entry
- Tuesday, 21 February 2012
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Chrometa's email time capture plug-ins for Microsoft Outlook and Gmail capture the total amount of time a user spends on each email message. Time entries are automatically created by the application and include the the subject line of the email, the to/from field and (for Outlook) the folder. Read more...
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