How to bill for passthrough fees
Learn how to effectively bill passthrough fees incurred during payroll processing.
What are passthrough fees?
Passthrough fees are charges incurred during payroll processing that Check passes on to Partners. You may choose to bill these fees directly to companies. These fees typically stem from company-driven activity or edge-case processing scenarios.
Accessing passthrough fee data
You can retrieve billable usage data in two ways:
Using the Usage API
Integrate directly with Check’s Usage API to programmatically pull line items by company and month.
The table below outlines which fees are surfaced via the API and how often Check bills them to you:
Check fee | Passthrough? | Billed to Partner? | In Usage API | Cadence |
Failed employee validation or payment (including NOC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly |
Payroll funding via wire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly |
Unsuccessful funds transfer return | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly |
Next-Day Pay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly |
Delayed filings (due to no fault of Check) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monthly |
Year-end filings for offboarded companies | Yes | Yes | No | Annually |
Product partnerships | Yes | Yes | No | Monthly |
Year-end printed W-2/1099 returns | Yes | Yes | No | Annually |
Amendments | Yes | No | No | Monthly |
Attempted reversal of employee payment | Yes | N/A | N/A | Monthly |
Downloading a report from Console
You can also download passthrough fee data via Console:
- Go to the Reports tab in Console (Admin access required).
- Select the desired month and report type.
- Check will generate a usage report and email it to you.
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Last updated on May 29, 2025