Product updates

The state of Indiana has released a new version of the withholding form (WH-4), which allows employees to claim additional exemption for each adopted qualifying dependent during calculation of the state and county income taxes.

Going forward, Check will surface a new parameter during Indiana employee onboarding, which is used to collect the number of adopted qualifying dependents each employee has. Should employees who previously onboarded wish to take advantage of the new exemption, they can do so by signing and submitting the WH-4 form again.

Check now offers new earning types for 2% shareholders via the API, including `2_percent_shareholder_benefits` and `2_percent_shareholder_hsa`. These earning types are only available to employees that are 1) identified as a 2% shareholder in the company-defined employee attribute field and 2) employed by an S-Corp or LLC company. See our docs for more information on Group Term Life earning types for 2% shareholders. 

Please note that all S-Corp and LLC employees will be placed in a ‘needs attention’ state until the company-defined attribute has been updated, but this will not block payroll. You are able to set this status in Console or using the API, and employers will be able to set this status using Employer Onboard. You can update the 2% shareholder earning types today via API integration or wait for support in Console later this month. Learn more about 2% shareholder earning types here.

You can now view and take action on document requests for company review in Console. Use the new Company Actions tab in Console to submit and monitor the status of outstanding document requests. Check will continue to use Zendesk to communicate company review outcomes and manage requested documents in order to minimize disruption to our partners’ current processes. However, we encourage all partners to migrate this workflow to Console for faster document verifications and a more seamless experience. For a walkthrough of the Company Actions workflow, see this loom video.

The Requirements API now provides the ability to identify payroll funding failures for a given company as well as track the funding recovery process for failed payrolls. Leveraging this API, you can now identify outstanding funding failures for a given company and receive funding status updates. Companies that fail to fund payroll will be blocked from running additional payrolls until the funds are recovered. Learn more about identifying and resolving funding failures here.