December 18, 2025
Implement new PFML tax parameters and streamline collection processes starting December 19, 2025.
New Minnesota PFML Tax Parameters
Minnesota has introduced a new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program that goes into effect on January 1, 2026. This program will be funded by a 0.88% payroll tax, which is comprised of both employer and employee contributions.
Beginning tomorrow, Minnesota employers will be prompted for new setup parameters for this new PFML tax. These include whether:
- They are a “qualified small employer” (and is therefore subject to a lower tax rate)
- They have an equivalent private plan that exempts them from the state plan
- They wish to “pick up” employee contributions
Minnesota employers should expect to have their onboard status move to a blocking status until they provide those necessary setup parameters.
Policy Update: Collection Timing After Corrections & Amendments
We’ve updated our policy for when collections are scheduled after a correction or amendment request is processed. Going forward, collections will be scheduled 3 business days after processing, rather than 10. This change helps reduce delays in payments to agencies and gives employers faster resolution and closure. This new timeline is also consistent with our quarter-end variance collection timing.
If there is a case where this processing timeline doesn’t work for an employer, our team can support adjustments to the collection date as part of your support request.
Bank Account Validation: Discontinuing ACH Prenotes for Employee + Contractor Accounts
Beginning December 19, 2025, Check will no longer send ACH prenote transactions for new employee and contractor bank accounts.
ACH prenotes are $0 test transactions used to verify routing and account numbers, and are not visible to the account owner. Going forward, prenotes will only be used to validate company bank accounts.
Employee and contractor bank accounts will instead be validated via regular payroll processing (and can also be validated by Plaid).
For more information, see our Bank Account Validation documentation.
Consistent Tax Document Format
Starting on December 19, 2025, Check will begin rolling out a new, consistent format for tax documents, starting with AL, GA, and MS state refiles. This format will present all of the information needed for an employer to understand their filing in a cleaner and more consistent layout across agencies, which will reduce common questions about tax filings. The filing we do on behalf of employers will still be in the agency-approved format with all of the necessary information. The Filing API and Console experiences to access these documents will remain the same. You can read more and see examples in the Tax Documents FAQ help center article.
Employee Tax Statement API: Publication + Delivery Fields (and filed_at Deprecation)
We’re updating the Employee Tax Statement API to give partners clearer visibility into statement publication status and physical delivery method.
New fields
published_at(nullable timestamp) — When the statement was published to the employee.
publication_status(string) — Current statement state:draft(not yet published),pending_correction(publication held while corrections are pending), orpublished(available to the employee).
delivery_method(nullable string) — How a physical copy will be delivered:manual(employer distributes) ormail(mailed by Check).
mail_recipient(nullable string) — Whendelivery_methodismail, indicates who receives the mailed copy:employeeorcompany.
Deprecated fields
filed_atis deprecated. Partners should migrate topublished_atfor statement lifecycle timing going forward.