Fifty-five percent of global CEO surveyed by KPMG say employee access to a COVID-19 vaccine is a key to having employees return to office. An overwhelming 90 percent of 500 CEOs surveyed in March and April are considering asking employees to report their vaccination status.

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.