Xero has hired two leaders of its partner program for the United States. Those are Latisha Carter as its new head of partner services and Will Moselle as its new head of partner growth. 

 The number of returns handled by the Internal Revenue Service for the late-starting tax season continued to catch up with year-ago figures by about five percentage points a week. If the trend continues, the number of self-prepared efiles could reach the 2020 level when the Internal Revenue Service release statistics for the season through March 19.

The deadline for the federal individual tax returns has been extended from April 15 through May 17. The Internal Revenue Service said this week it will soon issue formal guidance.