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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...Intuit Says Short Caused Outage
An electrical short that occurred just under two weeks ago caused the problems that led to Intuit's online banking system being down for several hours. The problem and the efforts to fix it were outlined this week by CEO Brad Smith during this week's conference call regarding the company's results for the first quarter ended September 30.
AICPA: Set Tax Rules for Multi-State Workers
- Wednesday, 16 November 2011
- News
- Written by Steven Ladd
Congress should set a standard for withholding and payment of state income taxes for employees who work in more than one state, according to Barry Melancon, CEO of the American Institute of CPAs. Melancon outlined his position in a November 15 letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee in which he strongly supported H.R. 1864, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2011.
CCH Enhances IntelliConnect
- Wednesday, 16 November 2011
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
CCH has expanded the integration of its ProSystem fx Tax application and its IntelliConnect tax research platform. The integration provides links to more lines and schedules as well as expanding integrate the tax application with the company's complete Tax Prep Partner suite, according to product manager Tina Rajski.
Block Drops TaxAct Bid
- Tuesday, 15 November 2011
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
H&R Block is dropping its bid top acquire TaxAct Software after a federal judge last month ruled the purchase of 2SS Holdings, which owns TaxAct, would violate anti-trust laws. Block, which planned to pay $287.5 million for the deal, said it would not appeal the judge's decision. In an SEC filing, Block said it was terminating the Octobe 2010 merger agreement. The original plan was to combine TaxAct with Block's At Home digital business in a single unit.
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Weak Demand Lowers CBIZ Results
- Monday, 14 November 2011
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Weak client demand led CBIZ to just over a 2-percent drop in net income on flat revenue for its third quarter ended September 30 as hours charged to clients fell for its financial services segment, the portion of its business that includes CPA firm operations. Net income for the most recently ended quarter dropped to $4.7 million, down from $4.8 million a year ago. Revenue for the quarter was $177.1 million, less than $200,000 more than in last year's corresponding period.
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Pennsylvanian Barred from Preparing Fed Returns
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
A federal court in Philadelphia has permanently barred Dorothea Alexander from preparing federal tax returns for others. Alexander, a resident of Leola, Pa., agreed to a civil injunction order without admitting the allegations which say she claimed bogus dependent exemptions, charitable donation and other deductions, and tax credits on customers' tax returns. The case was heard in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Read more...
Rodriguez New ADP CEO
- Friday, 11 November 2011
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
COO and president Carlos A. Rodriguez has been named president and CEO of Automatic Data Processing, replacing Gary C. Butler who has retired from the executive position after 37 years at ADP. Rodriguez, who has been at the company since 1999, was president of ADP's NAS and ES International businesses before becoming COO in May 2011.
Account/Finance a Drag on Smartpros Revs
- Tuesday, 08 November 2011
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
An 11-percent decrease in revenue from the Accounting/Finance division pulled down the top line for SmartPros for the third quarter ended September 30. The education vendor turned in a 6.4-percent increase in its loss on a 7-percent decline in revenue for the most recently ended period. Accounting/Finance revenue fell to $2.64 million, down $291,000 from last year's total. The damage was done principally by a $246,000 decline in live training revenue.
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QB Online Accountant Pilot Out
- Tuesday, 08 November 2011
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Intuit has introduced a pilot program for QuickBooks Online Accountant a version of the web-based QuickBooks application that is designed for accounting professionals. The company said pricing would be established when the program is launched commercially.
Sister Preparers Barred from Tax Prep
- Monday, 07 November 2011
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Two sisters, who operated a tax preparation firm in Rialto, Calif., have been permanently barred from preparing federal tax returns. A federal court took the action against Karen Berry, Carla Berry and their tax preparation business, N.C.K. Services. The case goes back to a 2004 indictment of five individuals including the sisters and their father Matthew. Carla and Karen Berry were sentenced to six years of prison each in October 2009.
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