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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...CPA Gets 40 Months for Helping Mob
- Tuesday, 23 September 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
A Pennsylvania CPA who falsified tax documents to help a mobster get a mortgage loan has been sentenced to 40 months in prison. Howard Drossner of Amber, Pa., had pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a case that involved Lucchese organized crime family member Nicodemo "Nicky" S. Scarfo. But Drossner's involvement went far beyond that act the government said.
Read more...Sage Eyes Firms for Payroll Services
Sage's pending purchase of Paychoice lays the ground for Sage to begin offering payroll services through its accountants network. The acquisition of the Mount Laurel, N.J-based company for $157 million in cash, announced this week, also provides Sage the opportunity to integrate its major accounting software packages with the Paychoice offerings and to cross sell payroll and human resource products.
Intuit Integrates DocuSign in Pro Tax
- Sunday, 21 September 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Intuit is integrating DocuSign's Digital Transaction Management (DTM) and electronic signature technology with Intuit Tax Online, Lacerte and Intuit ProSeries. Available for purchase with those products, DocSign enables preparers and clients the ability to add electronic signatures on returns.
Paychex Pay Relies More on Incentives
- Tuesday, 16 September 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Paychex rewarded its executives with compensation that reflected an increased reliance on variable pay for the year ended May 31. Compensation for CEO Martin Mucci and two other executives rose by low double-digits, but their base salaries decreased. The increases came from significant boosts in non-equity incentive compensation.
Block in Major Accounting Services Play
H&R Block intends expand its retooled client accounting services program nationally after testing it in Kansas City, Mo., the tax preparation company's hometown. Block is talking to accounting firms that may wish to become franchisees and has a plan to buy firms. All of the candidates will have completed a program from BMRG Advisory Services in order to be considered.
Preparer Gets 135 Months in Fraud
- Tuesday, 16 September 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
A tax preparer, who formerly operated in North Carolina, has received a 135-month prison sentence for tax fraud, healthcare fraud and money laundering. Claude Arthur Verbal II, now a resident of Miami, Fla., drew the punishment in two different cases after pleading guilty to the charges on April 9.
Vertex SMB Inks Wipfli as a Reseller
- Tuesday, 09 September 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Vertex SMB has signed accounting firm Wipfli as a reseller of its sales-tax software. The deal marks the continuation of the signing of high-profile CPA organizations and value-added reseller in its relatively new channel program.
Armanino Earns Intacct Award
- Wednesday, 03 September 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Accounting firm Armanino has been named VAR Partner of the year for the second consecutive year by Intacct. The cloud-based software company also selected AcctTwo as Business Partner of the Year and picked Radius as the Accountants Program Partner of the Year. Business Technology Partners received recognition as the Rookie of the Year for 2014.
AccountantsWorld Redoes Website Relief
- Wednesday, 03 September 2014
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
AccountantsWorld has revamped Website Relief, its application that enables accounting firms to create websites and virtual offices. The company says the new design makes it easier to build sites "that engage and inform both existing and potential new clients."
AICPA Seeks CPA Exam Input
- Wednesday, 03 September 2014
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The American Institute of CPAs has issued an Invitation to Comment, requesting feedback to help shape the next version of the Uniform CPA Examination. The comment period runs through December 2. The AICPA notes its research has found skills required of newly licensed CPA are changing rapidly which makes it important to ensure the exam meets the needs of the business world.
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