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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...CCH CPE Assistant
- Thursday, 13 May 2010
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
CPE Assistant monitors the progress of individual CPAs against CPE requirements and regularly reminds them of their CPE status and suggests next steps via email. The application identifies CPE rules and requirements for the 50 CPA regulatory bodies and calculates limits on training formats and topics.
CITP Program to Get New Test
The American Institute of CPAs will probably have a new test for those wishing to qualify for its Certified Information Technology Professional designation for use in a year. It will replace an exam that was abandoned after most credential holders achieved their designation based on experience.
PlanGuru 12
- Wednesday, 12 May 2010
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The supporting schedule feature in PlanGuru Version 12, budgeting, forecasting and planning software, can now be used to create a schedule to support the computation of budget amounts using multiple variables. PlanGuru is designed for use for small and medium-sized businesses and non-profit organizations.
AICPA Revamps Web Site
- Tuesday, 11 May 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
CompuPay Buys Priority Payroll
- Tuesday, 11 May 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
MIRAMAR, Fla. – CompuPay has continued on its series of acquisitions with the purchase of Priority Payroll, a Henderson, Nev.-based company founded in 2003. CompuPay said it would continue to operate the office just outside Las Vegas and would retain many of Priority's operations personnel. Terms were not disclosed
Tax & Accounting Outpaces Thomson Reuters Total
- Tuesday, 11 May 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
With Thomson Reuters results still showing the impact of a sluggish economy, revenue from its Tax & Accounting business was relatively strong. Strong in this scenario means with the parent showing a 2- percent drop in revenue, the 6-percent growth registered by the tax and accounting operations - with four percentage points from acquisitions - were a bright spot.
American Results Weaker than Sage Top Line
- Thursday, 06 May 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Although Sage improved profitability and cut its revenue decline worldwide, revenue in North America still dropped at a faster rate than the rest of the company for the half ended March 31. Organic North American revenue dropped 5 percent, compared to the year ago half. But that was better than the 8 percent decline for the last half of fiscal 2009 which ended on September 30.
Spanish Simply Accounting Tested
- Monday, 03 May 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Sage North America, which sells a French/English version of Simply Accounting in Canada, has begun testing a Spanish/English edition of the low-cost accounting software in the United States. The company did not state when it might make a decision, but it is offering the product via a Sage Web site.
Jackson Hewitt Renews Loan, Cuts Jobs
Parsippany, N.J. - Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, which got blindsided by the exit of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Co. from the refund loan business in December, has renewed its own loans and said it would cut 15 percent of its jobs. The company made $90 million in loan payments while its lenders changed their credit terms and it avoided a possible default. A prepared statement said Jackson Hewitt has retained Moelis & Co., one of its advisors in the credit negotiations "to assist Jackson Hewitt in examining a range of strategic and financial alternatives going forward."
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NSA Likes Tax Preparer Testing, But ...
- Thursday, 29 April 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Society of Accountants supports tax preparer registration requirements proposed by the Internal Revenue Service, but wants several changes in administration, compliance and enforcement. And it asked to have more preparers covered by requirements, including volunteers. The positions are contained in comments the NSA submitted to the IRS this week.
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