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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 Unbundles Basic Payroll Pricing
- Tuesday, 27 March 2012
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
New subscribers will no longer have efiling and electronic payment of federal tax and forms included in the Intuit Online Payroll Basic service effective May 1. Existing subscribers continue to have those services bundled into their plan as the company announced two payroll subscription changes.
Australian Company Won't Renew Intuit Deal
Australian software vendor Reckon says that it will not renew an agreement under which it has been selling Quicken and QuickBooks down under since 2010. The agreement expires on February 14, 2014. After that, Reckon can continue developing products based on Intuit technology, but cannot sell them under the Intuit brand, the company said in a filing with the Australian Stock Exchange. Reckon says it will save about $6.2 million annually in royalty payments.
Thomson Buys BizActions
- Wednesday, 21 March 2012
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has acquired BizActions, which offers digital newsletter and Web marketing services for accounting firms in North America. Terms were not disclosed.That deal follows Thomson's purchase last month of Emochila, which markets website services.
DOJ Seeks To Shutter Mississippi Preparer
- Tuesday, 20 March 2012
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The Justice Department has asked a federal court to bar Cynthia H. Carter, who does business as Cynthia's Tax Service in Columbus, Miss., from preparing federal tax returns for others. Carter is accused of preparing returns that reported false income and expenses and tax credits , including the first-time-homebuyer credits.
Read more...Sikich Acquires Dynamics Reseller
- Monday, 19 March 2012
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Sikich, based in Naperville, Ill., has acquired Denver-based Streamline Systems, which markets the Dynamics AX financial application. The deal, accomplished via merger, represents a significant addition to the Sikich software reselling business. Terms were not disclosed.
Read more...Six in I.D. Theft Guilty of Tax and Mail Fraud
- Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Six individuals have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from their filing tax returns by using names of recently deceased taxpayers and then sending refunds to locations they controlled in Florida. The six admitted that the fraud caused the government to lose between $1 million and $2.5 million with more than 10 victims involved in the use of stolen identities. The acts occurred between April 15, 2009 and August 2011. Read more...
Risk and Compliance Top AICPA IT Technology List
- Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The American Institute of CPAs' 2012 Top Technology Initiatives Survey found managing and securing compliance as the technology goal mentioned by the most respondents. In making their selection, the AICPA asked respondents to rate their organizational goals for technology. The organization also released a selection of 10 technologies that will have the most impact on t heir or their clients' organizations.
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SmartPros Rebounds on Lower Revenue Costs
- Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Educational specialist SmartPros returned to a profit in 2011 as it dramatically lowered its cost of revenue. Lower salaries and related costs, along with decreased use of outsourced labor, helped the company to net income of just over $154,000 for the year ended December 31, compared to a loss of just over $129,000 for 2010.
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Andrews Gets $4 Million in Block Exit
C.E. Andrews, who headed RSM McGladrey Business Services for H&R Block, is leaving the company with payments of more than $4 million and has the potential for more compensation. Although Block terminated his contract on March 6, it gave the executive nearly $1 million in cash under a separation agreement and tacked on another $3 million in cash because of what Block termed his "successful management" of the unit.
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Intuit Renames Facebook Page
Intuit has renamed one of its Facebook pages and with that move, it has removed the last vestige of its effort to rebrand products under the ProLine brand. The Intuit ProLine Facebook page was the last service to use the ProLine name until the last few days when it was replaced by Intuit Accountants.
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