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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...FreshBooks Raises $43 Million
- Wednesday, 19 July 2017
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
FreshBooks, which markets cloud accounting software, has raised $43 million in Series B Funding. The company expects to invest the funds to support North American growth and to support development of its latest product, launched in September.
Cherry Bekaert Takes on Oracle+NetSuite
- Tuesday, 18 July 2017
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Multi-office accounting firms continue to move into the cloud accounting space. The latest is Richmond, Va.-based Cherry Bekaert which has established an ERP consulting practice for the web-based application. That follows NetSuite's signing WithumSmith+Brown of Red Bank, N.J., in March.
BNA Debuts Pass-Through Entity Tool
- Tuesday, 18 July 2017
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Bloomberg BNA has launched a Pass-Through Entity Navigator, which provides state-by-state analysis and practical guidance for each type of pass-through entity and pass-through entity owner. Available to subscribers of Bloomberg BNA's Tax & Accounting State Tax research service, the analysis is also accessible through customizable state comparison charts.
Thomson Labs to Focus on New Tech
- Monday, 10 July 2017
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Thomson Reuters has established a laboratory facility to assist startups in developing products based on emerging technologies. Called Thomson Reuters Labs–The Incubator, the Switzerland-based site will host early-stage entrepreneurs and give them access to Thomson executives as mentors through a six-month program.
Aplos Takes in Portalbuzz
- Monday, 26 June 2017
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Cloud software vendors Aplos Software and Portalbuzz have merged. Operating under the Aplos name, the company will focus on developing front- and back-office products for nonprofit organizations.
Sageworks Releases Tech Roadmap
- Tuesday, 20 June 2017
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Sageworks has released a publication Tech Roadmap: Selecting the Ideal Solutions to Thrive in Business Advising. The book features 11 accounting and business leaders who provide advice to prepare firms to select technology products.
AICPA to Fund Start-ups
- Tuesday, 20 June 2017
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The American Institute of CPAs and its for-profit subsidiary CPA.com will provide up to $20,000 in funding to five start-up companies. The winners will be early-stage companies that enter the selection process for the CPA.Com Startup Accelerator program.
Sage Selling North American Payments Unit
- Tuesday, 13 June 2017
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Sage has agreed to sell its North American payments business to private equity firm GTCR. The latter company has agreed to pay $260 million for Sage Payment Solutions, which generates about $150 million in revenue. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter, the companies said recently.
eFileCabinet Updates SideKick
- Tuesday, 13 June 2017
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
eFileCabinet has released an update to SideKick, an instant access icon it introduced last year. The tool was developed to eliminate the need for users to toggle back and forth between programs when using eFileCabinet, a document management system.
Indictment: Accountant Stole $3 Million
- Monday, 12 June 2017
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
A Middletown, Del.-based accountant has been accused of embezzling almost $3 million from a trust. An indictment this month accused Donald Rice, age 54, of wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and tax offenses, for allegedly taking the money from the trust for personal uses, including purchase of a luxury vehicle.
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