Product updates

Check now supports payroll for non-profit employers in all 50 states. We released an updated set of setup parameters that will allow 501(c)(3) Non-profit Organizations (NPOs) employers to be created and set up to run payroll. This expansion includes employers that are recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and employers that have elected to be an SUI reimbursable employer in each state in which they operate.

Existing live employers will be able to see these parameters in Tax Setup and in Tax Parameters API, but they will have values pre-populated and should not see any impact on their Onboard status.

Partners can find more information about how to setup a 501(c)(3) NPO in this Help Article.

At Check, we believe that over the coming years and decades businesses of all shapes and sizes will continue to migrate to all-in-one technology solutions that allow them to do everything they need to run their business within one product.

We’re proud to provide Embedded Payroll infrastructure to entrepreneurs who are building the all-in-one platforms of the future, serving everyone from restaurant owners, to plumbers and electricians, technology startup founders, construction workers, and more.

And while Embedded Payroll is a crucial unlock to becoming an all-in-one solution, an arguably equally important unlock is accounting. Before a business even hires its first employees, it needs to balance its books.

We’re excited that the team at Layer shares our vision for the future, and are approaching it through Embedded Accounting. The same platforms that are becoming the all-in-one solutions for their industry by embedding payroll with Check are increasingly expanding their horizons to include powerful accounting functionality in their products — and they’re using Layer’s APIs and native components to help them do this.

Why This Partnership Matters

By integrating Check’s Embedded Payroll infrastructure with Layer’s Embedded Accounting platform, we’re making it simple for any Check customer to embed full-featured accounting functionality into their platforms, which will automatically sync payroll data in the backend.

Every payroll run initiated by an employer using Check is automatically synced to Layer. All payroll details — like wages, contractor payments, benefits, and taxes — flow seamlessly into Layer’s embedded accounting platform and can immediately be viewed in accounting reports such as the profit & loss statement. Payroll runs are also automatically matched with corresponding activity in the employer’s bank accounts connected to Layer.

With this partnership, we’re taking a significant step forward in redefining what platforms can offer their customers through embedding financial operations. Integrated payroll and accounting functionality that might have previously taken years to build can now be launched in a matter of weeks on top of Check and Layer.

We’re thrilled about the opportunities this partnership brings — not only for our partners, but for the hundreds of thousands of employers our partners support.

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To discover how this partnership can benefit your platform, contact us. Let’s build the future of embedded finance, together.

What is Year End?

As the calendar winds down and folks prepare for the holiday season, another important milestone approaches: Year End. In the payroll world, Year End is our most critical time. Payroll providers file all annual tax filings for employers, generate W-2s and 1099s for employees and contractors, and ensure employers understand new tax rates and forms that go into effect in 2025.

Why does Year End matter to employers?

As we approach Year End, it is important that employers and employees verify their payroll data for accuracy before their payroll provider files that data with tax agencies. This means employers should double check their payroll records to ensure they’ve captured all payrolls, verify their team has updated their legal information, double check benefits, and more. Inaccurate information in filings can result in downstream penalties or amendments —  a headache for everyone involved.

With this in mind, as we approached this Year End, Check built a product to guide employers through the steps of verifying data for accuracy: the Filing Checklist component.

The Filing Checklist component

The Filing Checklist Component guides employers through the most important steps to ensure payroll data accuracy ahead of year end:

1. Verify all company tax IDs and tax rates. With the Tax Setup component, employers can review and update their company tax information. Employers who are missing or have "applied for" tax IDs will see a more prominent call to attention for this checklist item.

2. Preview their team’s W-2 filings. The newly-launched Filing Preview component allows employers to preview their employees’ W-2s as either a PDF preview or CSV report.‍

3. Review other reminders, such as reviewing payroll history. This final step provides employer-friendly copy prompting employers to update their team’s information, add payrolls not yet reflected, add any missing benefit information and make any changes needed for 2025.

By embedding the Filing Checklist, partners can expect higher filing success rates and more accurate filings, which reduce the likelihood of corrections or amendments. Together, these benefits not only minimize operational work for partners, but also enable a better Year End customer experience for employers.

As we start 2025, we wish all of our partners and employers a happy and healthy New Year — and, with the Filing checklist ensuring accurate and successful tax filings, a stress-free Year End season.