Product updates

Beginning January 1, 2026, catch-up contributions to 401k, 403b, and 457 plans will be required to be made as Roth contributions if the employee meets a certain threshold of FICA taxable wages in 2025. This requirement was introduced by the Secure 2.0 Act, section 603.

This requirement is now supported in Check and will be applied on payrolls with payday of January 1st, 2026 or later. Refer to our guide to our Help Center for more information about how this requirement is implemented.

Partners can now download and preview tax variances for Q4 2025 using the Quarterly Variance Report in Console. This report was previously only available after the close of the quarter, but it will now be available to preview throughout the quarter and will be updated on a weekly basis.

Additionally, partners can also access a breakdown of tax variances for an individual company by employee and tax. This is available in Console by downloading a preview report of the “balancing payroll” for the company in Q4.

For instructions on accessing both of these reports, refer to our updated Balancing help center article.

We’ve added a new delivery option, print_mail_to_employer, which allows all printed W-2s and 1099s to be mailed directly to the employer’s address rather than to each worker individually. This provides greater flexibility for employers who prefer to distribute tax forms themselves.

This setting is managed through the employee_w2_delivery_method and contractor_1099_delivery_method fields in the Company endpoint and can now also be viewed and updated directly in Console, making it easier to review or adjust a company’s tax form delivery preferences.

Today, we released new functionality in Console to make it easier to see bank account details. You can now view the routing number for both company and employee bank accounts directly in Console.