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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...Accountants Not Tops as Cloud Advisors
Accountants have had a reputation for their influence on accounting software buying decisions. But when it comes to influencing purchasing decision for cloud products, they come up much lower in the opinion of small and midsize business decisions makers. That was one of the findings of a cloud survey conducted by Microsoft.
Paychex Results Keep Improving
Checks per payroll rose for the eight consecutive quarter Paychex said this week as it reported results for the third quarter ended February 29. The company also said client satisfaction results remained high while the loss of payroll clients was down 5 percent from a year ago. That came as the company reported a 4-percent rise in net income on a 7-percent increase in revenue for the most recently ended quarter.
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Avalara Kicks Off Accountant Program
- Tuesday, 27 March 2012
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Avalara, a sales-and-use tax service provider, took the wraps off a program that it has been discussing since the beginning of 2012. The online company formally rolled out its Accounting and Advisory Services Program this week The program is intended to help the accounting profession serve clients by educating them about sales-and-use tax issues and providing resources and tools so that can provide professional assistance in this area.
CCH Adds Titles in Treatise Library
- Tuesday, 27 March 2012
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Tax Planning for Troubled Corporations: Bankruptcy and Nonbankruptcy Restructurings, one of two new treatises from CCH, covers key areas of tax planning for and tax aspects of restructuring for financially troubled companies. Information included is designed to identify early warning time when cash flow becomes insufficient to service debt and determine the potential need for a company to exchange debt for equity.
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Intuit Unbundles Basic Payroll Pricing
- Tuesday, 27 March 2012
- News
- 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
- News
- 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
- News
- 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...
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