Avalara’s agreement to be acquired by has some people exchanging thoughts about why the sales tax software company agreed to the deal. That deal is a $8.4-billion purchase price from Vista Equity Partners.

 Bill.com is building a single platform to bring together the companies it has acquired over the last year. The work will bring together the company’s original payments operations and the products from the former Divvy and Invoice2Go companies it purchased in 2021.

 Sage Payroll has been introduced in the United States and Canada this month. The product is part of the Sage Accounting platform for small business.