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Market-leading ANNA Money continues its domination in the tax SAAS space Two new releases: an all-in-one tax solution for sole traders, plus a standalone Payroll service
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NNA’S AI-POWERED BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTING TOOL +TAXES HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF LIMITED COMPANIES STAY ON TOP OF THEIR FINANCES AND FILE THEIR TAX RETURNS WITH CONFIDENCE. Now, +Taxes has been adapted and soft-launched for sole traders - with hundreds signing up since the product went live two weeks ago.
ANNA’s advanced features make it easy for sole traders to ensure that all allowable expenses are properly recorded, documented and accounted for, that submissions to HMRC for Self Assessment are accurate and that no tax savings are left behind. In addition, sole traders get access to day-to-day admin features to manage their business more efficiently
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Deel acquires Safeguard Global’s payroll division
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CQUISITION COMBINES DEEL’S TECH AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SAFEGUARD’S ENTERPRISE GLOBAL PAYROLL KNOWLEDGE AND DELIVERY EXPERTISE.
Safeguard Global’s payroll team joining Deel’s team of experts Today Safeguard Global is one of the key providers of global payroll solutions. The company serves 140+ markets, processes more than 2.4M+ payslips per year, and boasts an 80+% first-time approval in
each payroll cycle. They specialize in serving global customers including FICO, Hypertherm, and Jacobs. Safeguard Global’s payroll team has hundreds of experts with decades of global payroll and compliance knowledge, particularly when working with enterprise businesses. The entire Safeguard Global payroll team will be joining Deel, combining their knowhow and dedicated tools with Deel’s in-house HR, immigration and legal experts.
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Apron Card closes the gap between bookkeeping and payments for practices & their SMB clients
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INCE DAY ONE, APRON HAS BEEN ABOUT SIMPLIFYING BUSINESS PAYMENTS. A VITAL PART OF OUR SUCCESS SO FAR HAS BEEN THE TRUST AND FEEDBACK WE’VE BUILT UP WITH OUR PARTNERS: ACCOUNTANTS AND BOOKKEEPERS. They’re the backbone of financial operations for countless small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and we recognise the pivotal role they play in shaping the future of Apron. Apron is now a fully integrated financial operations platform that brings together invoice capture, supplier payments, advanced bookkeeping, payment cards and employee spend management tools into one platform. With the addition of ex-
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pense cards, we’re closing the gap between bookkeeping and payments, making Apron the go-to platform for accountants and bookkeepers to manage their clients’ financials more efficiently than ever before — whatever level of involvement or collaboration they have. What inspired us to get to this point? You could say that it was literally a waste of time.
The problem: Managing business payments shouldn’t be a hassle No one gets their professional qualifications and enters the world of bookkeeping or accounting to spend hours each week processing payments and chasing receipts.
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