Sage has begun melding together its payroll offerings and making them available for a wider range of products. The company has established the Sage Payroll Center that enables accountants to resell payroll services. That is in addition to Payroll Essentials and Full Service Payroll.

The Internal Revenue Service has extended due dates for health plan and employer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act. Notice 2016-4 applies to IRS Forms 1094-1094-B, 1095-B, 1094-C, and 1095-C under what was termed transition relief.

Payroll service company Paychex said its team selling strategy helped push results higher for the second quarter ended November 30. Payroll revenue rose by 4 percent driven by an increase in the client base and revenue per check, CEO Martin Mucci said in the company's recent earnings webcast. HR revenue increased by double digits.