The number of returns received by the Internal Revenue Service for the 50 filing days ended April 2 reached 93,203,000, down 4.3 percent from the 97,366,000 received during the 60 days ended April 3, 2020. But instead of closing the gap on last year after pulling within .4 percent a week ago, the number of self-prepared returns fell back.

An 8-percent drop in revenue from its professional services organization revenues contributed a a 1-percent decline in revenue for Paychex for the third quarter ended February 28. Meanwhile, payroll services revenue was virtually unchanged.

SafeSend has received an investment of an undisclosed amount for developing its SafeSend suite. The funding came from Lead Edge Capital, a growth-stage investment firm.