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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...Massachusetts CPA’s Conviction Upheld
A federal appeals court has rejected a former CPA’s claim his conviction for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service of $600,000 should be reversed because he relied on information from his client. The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled there was overwhelming evidence that John H. Nardozzi had conspired with his client, State Senator Brian Joyce, from 2011 through 2014.
Former CPA Draw 15 Years for Ponzi Scheme
A former CPA in south-central Missouri has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for conducting a Ponzi scheme that swindled victims of millions. Douglas Richardson, age 47, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison and ordered to pay his victims more than $8.8 million in restitution.
Brady Martz Top Avantax Firm
Brady Marz & Associates has received the Firm of the Year and Top Champion Award from Avantax Planning Partners. The honors were given during a recent awards night as Avantax also named its President’s Club.
Intuit Ending QB Wholesale Discount
Intuit is ending the 50-percent wholesale discount receive on QuickBooks Online Essentials and Plus. The software company is also hiking prices, explaining that it has added significant features and also needs the price raises to provide more support.
QBO Adding Contractor Payments
A Contractor Payments feature is being made available for QuickBooks Online. This option enables customers to pay contractors with direct deposit.
Announcing the 2021 Top 100 VARS
Just what kind of year has it been for the mid-market reselling community?
It depends. For some, it was very tough, but for others, it was the best year in their history as demand for cloud products drove business. If you were in segments such as hospitality and restaurants, it was very hard, if you were in ecommerce, things have never been better. Overall, it was a year of great change with the accelerated shift to the cloud from on-premise applications and the forced move to remote work which is producnglasting changes.
So click the button below to find out who made Bob Scott’s Top 100 VARs for 2021 and many of their thoughts about the last year and the future
Xero Subscribers Rise 20 Percent
Cloud accounting software Xero reported subscriptions rose by 20 percent year-over-year for the year ended March 31. North American subscriptions rose by 18 percent with revenue on this continent up 2 percent—6 percent in constant currencies, the company reported this month.
WK Buys Vanguard Software
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting is acquiring Vanguard Software for about $110 million in cash. Vanguard Predictive Planning applications uses artificial intelligence in a variety of areas of supply chain management.
Divvy Buy Puts Bill.com in New Market
Bill.com will enter the spend management market with the $2.5 billion purchase of Divvy. The payments software company said this week it has agreed to the deal as it announced results for the third quarter ended March 31.
CCH Tagetik, TeamMate Growth Strong
Wolters Kluwer this week said its CCH Tagetik and TeamMate experienced double-digit growth in the first quarter ended March 31. In its trading update this week, the company also said, “In Professional Tax & Accounting, organic growth was muted” because of the delayed start to the tax season.
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