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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 Mobile Payment Package
- Thursday, 26 August 2010
- New Products
- Written by Bob Scott
The Complete Credit Card Solution integrates Intuit's GoPayment credit card processing application and merchant account with the Mophie marketplace credit card reader, enabling small businesses to process credit card payments via the Apple iPhone.
Copanion Names Engineering VP
- Thursday, 26 August 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
ANDOVER, Mass. - Copanion, which makes tax workflow software, has hired Julie Pierce for the newly created job of vice president of engineering. In that position, she is responsible for overseeing development of Copanion's products.
Ease of Use, Mobile, Hot Tax Research Topics
With tax research, is there really an issue that is more important than making it easier to find results? Probably not, and along with the user efforts to improve navigation and user interfaces, the effort to gain quicker access to information will increasingly include support for mobile devices. But despite the pending mobile revolution, it's more traditional improvements that matter most to users this year.
Read more...Mobile Apps in Store for Tax and Accounting
Intuit Expresses Confidence in Fiscal 2011
Even if the rest of the economy looks weak, Intuit painted an optimistic picture for its year ending July 31. At this week's earnings conference call, company executives said they expected overall revenue would grow by 8 percent to 11 percent, consumer revenue by 10 percent to 13 percent, and revenue from the accounting professionals segment--its Lacerte and ProSeries business--by 4 percent to 7 percent. That came as the company's earnings for fiscal 2010 topped all of Wall Street's estimates.
CEO Blames Intuit Outages on "Pure Execution"
Two lengthy computer outages that frustrated users of a broad range of Intuit applications, including one that shut down operations of thousands of small businesses, stemmed from Intuit's approach to its protecting its systems, CEO Brad Smith said today in a financial earnings Webcast. "It's was pure execution. It's something we need to fix," he commented.
Former CLR CEO Winn Cashes in on IPO
- Thursday, 19 August 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Steve Winn, long-time president and CEO of the former Computer Language Research, has taken public RealPage, a real estate software company. Winn sold $18.2 million stock in his newest venture and his holdings had a market value of $487 million at the $16.75 per share close on August 18. The company went public in late July at $11 per share. CLR originated the InSource corporate tax line and GoSystem products, which are now owned by Thomson Reuters.
Sage Intros Peachtree Certification
- Wednesday, 18 August 2010
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Sage North North America is rolling out a program for members of its Sage Accountants Network via which they can earn certification on the Peachtree software line. Training for the program is available though the online Sage University Anytime Learning.
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CEO: Block Needs Better Marketing, Client Retention
H&R Block needs sharper marketing, improved client retention and top-notch bank products for the upcoming season, according to the company's new CEO Alan Bennett. Bennett made his points in a letter that was mailed to shareholders this month. Shareholders also received a letter from chairman Richard Breeden, whose strategy led Thomas Bloch, son of the company's founder, to resign from the board of directors and issue a letter critical of the company, particularly its allegedly high fees. Breeden wrote that fee increases are largely driven by tax code complexity.
CPA Cites Lost Computer, Burned House; Gets PCAOB Ban
A case in which a Florida CPA was banned from associating with any PCAOB-registered firm and his firm's registration was revoked is the first litigated case involving a PCAOB decision. While the SEC this month upheld the action, the story really goes back six years when the PCAOB initially questioned the technical competency of work by Gately & Associates and CPA James P. Gately.
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