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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...Thomson Plans In-person Conference
Thomson Reuters is planning on holding its annual Synergy conference in Nashville, Tenn., in November. The company will offer both in-person and virtual options for the event.
Bookgel Crowdfunds Pricing, Closing Software
Bookgel, which products pricing and closing software for accounting firms, is crowdfunding to support its development. The cloud-based application, which utilizes artificial intelligence, is currently in beta.
AbacusNext Acquired
AbacusNext, which markets practice management software, has been acquired by Thomas Lee Partners. Terms of the deal, in which the private equity firm purchased a majority stake from PSG, another private equity firm, were not announced.
QB Accountant Council Applications Open
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ntuit is seeking accounting professionals who are interested in serving in the QuickBooks Accountant Council. Intuit pays members an honorarium of $1,000 for a full meeting day and covers cost of travel for in-person meetings.
Xero Debuts Multi-Factor Authentication
Xero has introduced an application to provide multi-factor authentication to access their accounts. Two-step authentication has been available for the software company’s Australian customers since 2018.
SmartVault Seeks Larger Firms
GetBusy, owner of two document management systems, is targeting larger customers in 2021. The disclosure was made as the parent company, England-based GetBusy, which also owns VirtualCabinet, reported financial results for the year ended December 31.
NFP Income Plunged in Crisis
More than 70 percent of nonprofit organizations saw a decline in income last year, according to a recently released survey by BKD CPAs and Advisors. The study, the “State of the Nonprofit Sector” found that a quarter of respondents reported revenue fell by 26 percent to 50 percent.
Investor Group Would Sell TaxAct
An investor group that is suing Blucora over alleged unfair practices in the election of its board of directors would consider selling the TaxAct tax software business. Ancora, which says it owns 3.4 percent of the company stock, says the tax software business and Blucora’s Avantax wealth management operations would be better off as stand-alone units.
Slight Growth for WK Tax and Accounting
Wolters Kluwer’s Tax and Accounting business faced a tough year with the conditions surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic impacting sales. The unit’s revenue rose by 1 percent for the year ended December 31 with overall sales flat compared to 2019.
Thomson Tax, Acct'ing Up for 4Q, Down for 2020
The Tax & Accounting Professionals segment of Thomson Reuters registered 4-percent revenue growth for the fourth quarter ended December 31. However, the top line for the unit was off by 1 percent for 2020 as currency took a toll.
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