News (1972)
The Progressive Accountant is the leading online communit of public tax and accounting professionals focused on using technology to better manage and grow their practice.
Children categories
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...CPA Firm Gets AccuFund Honor
- Tuesday, 07 April 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Harshwal & Company, a CPA firm with offices in San Diego, Calif., and Albuquerque, N.M., has been named Rookie of the Year by AccuFund. It was the second time the Needham, Mass.-based nonprofit software company has given this award and was made as AccFund presented its 2104 Partner Leadership awards recently to its resellers.
CPA Charged with Stealing $500K from Firm
- Tuesday, 07 April 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The managing partner of PKF Pacific Hawaii LLP has been charged with bilking his firm of $500,000 in fraudulent expense claims. CPA Patrick H. Oki, age 45, faces 13 separate felony counts for what were alleged to have been four different reimbursement schemes. A Certified Fraud Examiner, Oki has also served on the board of the Hawaii Society of CPAs since 2008, according to his LinkedIn page.
ZenPayroll Raises $60 Million
- Tuesday, 07 April 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Cloud company ZenPayroll has raised $60 million in a round of funding led by Google Capital. The investment brings the company's total funding to $86.1 million. The San Francisco, Calif.-based company operates in 47states and the District of Columbia and will be in all states by the end of the month. ZenPayroll launched operations in California in 2012. It employs 84 people.
Results Off as SmartPros Retrenches
SmartPros ended a tough year on December 31 as the company reported a $1.6million loss on an 11.1-percent decrease. In June, the education course provider announced a Back-to-Basics program that led to the sale of assets of its Skye Multimedia operations, the abandonment of its custom ethics consulting business and a reduction in the number of lived events managed by its Executive Enterprise Institute division.
Companies Form Sovos Compliance
- Monday, 30 March 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Tax software companies Convey Compliance Systems, Taxware, and VAT Resource have become Sovos Compliance. The combination brings together business that offer 1099 reporting, sales and use tax and value-added tax determination and compliance. The deal follows Taxware's purchase of VAT Resource a year ago and the merger of Convey and Taxware in the summer.
Abila Honors Software Resellers
- Tuesday, 24 March 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Abila, which produces nonprofit accounting and fund-raising software, has named four of its resellers to the Abila President's Circle. The four were honored at the company's recent conference, AUDC 2015 (Abila Users and Developers Conference) in Austin, Texas. The software company also presented excellence awards to several of its nonprofit customers.
Xero Adds Inventory, Online Quotes
- Monday, 23 March 2015
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Xero has added Inventory management and Online Quotes to its Internet-based accounting software. The New Zealand-based company also introduced Side-by-Side Files and Practice Reports for its cloud-based application, while also adding additional bank feeds to the product.
CPA Charged with Stealing Client's Funds
- Tuesday, 17 March 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
A Florida CPA has been arrested for allegedly stealing nearly $200,000 from an elderly client. The Sarasota County's Sheriff's Office has accused CPA Brian Strand of stealing the money, withdrawing much of it via ATMs at area casinos.
Xero and Intuit Get Ecommerce Links
- Tuesday, 17 March 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Xero and Intuit have both expanded the links between their accounting software packages and ecommerce vendors. Xero has integrated its system with Shopify, an online company based in Canada, while Intuit has established integration between QuickBooks Online and both Shopify and Big commerce, based in Australia.
Sleeter Group Acquired
- Tuesday, 03 March 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The Sleeter Group, which has been known for its annual small business accounting show, has been acquired by Diversified Communications. The purchaser is described as a family-owned, international media company. Founder Doug Sleeter remains with the company and his staff will continue working from the Pleasanton, Calif., office under the new ownership.
Most Read
-
-
Dec 14 2025
-
Written by The Progressive Accountant
Discover how young innovators and emerging leaders are transforming the…
-
-
-
Dec 14 2025
-
Written by The Progressive Accountant
Discover how generative AI is transforming accounting practices, enhancing accuracy,…
-
-
-
Dec 28 2025
-
Written by The Progressive Accountant
Explore the growing impact of sustainability reporting on accounting practices,…
-
-
-
Jan 04 2026
-
Written by The Progressive Accountant
Explore how recent regulatory changes in the U.S. auditing landscape…
-