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Rippling Expands EOR Program 2
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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...Wolters Kluwer Introduces Tagetik Hub
- Friday, 14 September 2018
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Wolters Kluwers Tax & Accounting has recently introduced the CCH Tagetik Analytic Information Hub. The new product is described as a module to extend Tagetik Finance Transformation Platform through new data management and analytics capabilities.
Thomson Issues Cybersecurity Paper
- Monday, 10 September 2018
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Thomson Reuters has released a white paper to help businesses protect themselves from computer breaches. The paper “How Small and Mid-Sized Entities Can Protect Themselves from a Cybersecurity Breach” helps these organizations develop an information security strategy that includes the application of preventive, detective, and reactive controls.
Thomson”s OnBalance Targets Micro Biz
- Tuesday, 04 September 2018
- New Products
- Written by Bob Scott
OnBalance Express, a cloud-based accounting application, is designed for very small businesses.The recently introduced product from Thomson Reuters focuses on organizations for whom traditional small business accounting is too much software.
Block Chief Received $11.9 M in FY18
- Monday, 13 August 2018
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Jeff Jones, who became CEO in October, was paid $11.9 million by H&R Block for the year ended April 30. His compensation included a $950,000 cash sign-on bonus, stock awards valued at $7.9 million and stock options worth $1.4 million. His salary for the partial year was $697,047 and he also received non-equity incentive compensation $941,420.
Smaller Thomson Revs Up 2 Percent
Thomson Reuters reported a 2 percent-rise in revenue for the second quarter ended June 2 percent. However, the figures issued this week reflect continuing operations, which means the soon-to-be-sold Financial & Risk operations were not included in totals.
Dollar Holds Down Wolters Kluwer Half
- Tuesday, 07 August 2018
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The decline in the American dollar put a dent in an otherwise decent performance for Wolters Kluwer for the half ended June 30. The company ended up with a 7-percent drop in revenue over last year’s corresponding period. However, revenue was up 1 percent in constant currencies and 4 percent organically, WK said this week.
H.D. Vest Advisor Cuts to Continue
H.D. Vest is continuing to cut its roster of advisors after trimming 16 percent in the last year. The parent company, Blucora, expects another roughly 300 will be cut by year’s end, CEO John Clendening said in a recent earnings webcast.
Xero Buys Hubdoc
- Wednesday, 01 August 2018
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Xero has acquired Hubdoc, which makes document collection and management software, for $70 million in cash and Xero equity. The New Zealand-based cloud software company said this week Hubdoc, based in Toronto, Ont., will operate as a stand-alone unit.
Gusto Raises $140 Million
- Tuesday, 31 July 2018
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Gusto has raised $140 million in Series C venture funding. The online payroll application company, which was launched in 2012, said proceeds will be used to invest in new features and additions to its platform.
Thomson Spinoff to Be Named Refinitiv
- Monday, 30 July 2018
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk business will be given the name Refinitiv. The new name will be applied when Thomson completes its sale of the majority ownership in the unit to Blackstone funds sometime this year.
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