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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...Mayer Hoffman Draws Censure, $675K Penalty
- Tuesday, 26 May 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Mayer Hoffman McCann has been censured by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The CPA firm has been ordered to pay almost $757,000 in disgorged profits, prejudgment interest and civil money penalties. The firm drew the action because one of its audit clients invested in CBIZ, with which it is associated. The SEC views Mayer Hoffman and CBIZ as one entity for auditor independence purposes.
Read more...QB Online Nears 1M Subscribers
- Thursday, 21 May 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The boom in subscribers for Intuit's QuickBooks Online shows no sign of slowing. The company this week reported there were 965,000 subscribers for the Internet-based accounting system on April 30 when the third quarter of the current fiscal year closed. It would take a major setback for the number to not pass 1 million in the July quarter.
ATX Advantage Bundle
- Wednesday, 20 May 2015
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
ATX Advantage expands the ATX Total Tax Office software bundle to include compliance research and learning and practice management. Those features are added to a package of all federal and state 1040 and municipal forms and all business federal, state and specialty forms. Advantage also offers unlimited efile returns.
Abila Takes MIP to the Web
- Monday, 18 May 2015
- New Products
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Abila is readying the introduction of MIP Advance, an Internet-version of the long-marketed fund accounting package. The roll out begins in July with elements suited for CFPs and executive stakeholders of nonprofits organizations. The first elements include executive dashboarding, quick financial reports and quick journal voucher entry.
AICPA Offers Six-Point Audit Plan
- Monday, 18 May 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The American Institute of CPAs has issued a Six-Point Plan to Improve Audits, which the organization says is part of its effort to drive higher audit performance. The plan concentrates on financial statement audits for American private companies, employee benefit plans and governmental entities.
Sage Tries New Road with Life
Sage is preparing to release a new software product, Sage Life, that will be available in the cloud. Built on the SalesForce 1 platform, the application is anticipated to be ready for general availability when Sage hosts its annual Summit conference in late July. The company said pricing will be available with the general release.
Avalara Offers Exemption Apps
- Tuesday, 12 May 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Avalara has introduced two applications that are designed to enable retailers and ecommerce companies to automatically collect sales tax exemption certificates at point of sale kiosks and online shopping carts. The new products are Avalara CertCapture for Retail and CertCapture for ecommerce.
AICPA Starts NFP Section
- Tuesday, 12 May 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The American Institute of CPAs has created a Not-for-Profit Section. The section will provide support and resources in the area audit, financial accounting and tax for members and other professionals who serve the nonprofit market.
Sage One Relaunched
- Monday, 11 May 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The low-cost accounting package Sage One has been relaunched in the United States. The online application has apparently been repriced and plans for previously announced editions do not appear to have materialized. The new initiative was announced by Sage CEO Stephen Kelley during the recent webcast of earnings for the half ended March 31.
ClientLink Pro Document Manager Debuts
- Monday, 11 May 2015
- News
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Cloud-based, ClientLink Pro enables users to access files, create forms and share documents via secure client portals. Professionals and clients can jointly view documents online, discuss them via live chat and highlight sections being considered.
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