7shifts Payroll: Third Party Administrator Access (TPA)
Third Party Administrator (TPA) access lets Check Technologies, the payroll processing partner for 7shifts Payroll, file taxes and handle payroll communications with certain state and local agencies on your behalf. Some agencies require you to grant this access in your state portal before Check Technologies can file your payroll taxes. Other agencies only need it later, when an amendment, refile, or agency notice comes up. The sections below show which agencies fall into each group and link to the steps for granting access.
Note: Confirm that Check Technologies has TPA access for the current year and upcoming filing periods. Access can have a prescribed end date or extend indefinitely. Update or renew the access as needed.
TPA access required to file your payroll taxes
These agencies require you to grant TPA access before Check Technologies can file your original returns. Until you do, your filing stays blocked. Access may need to be granted again if it expires or is removed, so be sure to have it in place before the filing close date.
Tip: If you're setting up 7shifts Payroll, granting TPA access in these states is now included as a part of your onboarding checklist.
- Colorado: Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) and Department of Labor and Employment
- Delaware: Paid Leave (LaborFirst)
- Hawaii: Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
- Kentucky: Unemployment Insurance - Required to file starting with Q3 2026 returns
- Michigan: State Unemployment Insurance
- Minnesota: Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)
- New Mexico: Department of Workforce Solutions
- Pennsylvania: Local Tax Collectors
- Vermont: Department of Labor
- West Virginia: State Income Tax
Filing access initiated by Check Technologies
These agencies are set up by Check Technologies, so you don't need to grant access in a state portal. Access is still required to file, and Check Technologies handles it for you.
- Arkansas: Division of Workforce Services (unemployment insurance) - Check Technologies gets access by entering your EIN and FEIN.
- Connecticut: Paid Leave - Check Technologies submits an enrollment file to the agency.
- Florida: Department of Revenue (unemployment insurance) - Check Technologies submits an enrollment file to the agency.
- Louisiana: Wage and Tax System (unemployment insurance) - Check Technologies submits an enrollment file to the agency.
- Massachusetts: Department of Unemployment Assistance - Check Technologies submits the signed power of attorney (POA) you complete during onboarding.
- Vermont: Department of Taxes (state income tax) - Check Technologies sends you a Third-Party Authorization Form to sign.
TPA access needed later for amendments, refiles, and notices
These agencies don't need TPA access for your original filing. If you haven't granted access, Check Technologies will send a TPA request when an amendment, refile, SUI rate exchange, or agency notice is blocked without it.
- Alabama: Department of Revenue
- Alabama: Workforce Alabama
- California: Employment Development Department (EDD)
- Colorado: Department of Revenue
- Georgia: Department of Revenue
- Indiana: Uplink Employer Self Services
- Iowa: Workforce Development
- Michigan: Treasury Online
- Missouri: Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (UInteract)
- New Mexico: Taxpayer Access Point (TAP)
- North Carolina: SUITS
- North Dakota: Taxpayer Access Point (TAP)
- Oklahoma: Taxpayer Access Point (TAP)
- Pennsylvania: Department of Revenue (myPATH)
- Pennsylvania: Office of Unemployment Compensation
- Philadelphia: Tax Center
- Texas: Workforce Commission
- Washington: Labor and Industries
- Wyoming: Department of Workforce Services
Note: Texas Workforce Commission TPA access becomes required to file for Q4 2026 filings, due in January 2027.
Amendment and notice access initiated by Check Technologies
These agencies are set up by Check Technologies, so you don't need to grant access in a state portal. Access is still needed when an amendment, refile, SUI rate exchange, or agency notice is blocked without it, and Check Technologies completes it for you.
- Alaska: Department of Labor and Workforce Development (unemployment insurance) - Check Technologies gets basic access by entering your business details.
- Maryland: Beacon (unemployment insurance) - Check Technologies submits the signed POA you complete during onboarding.
- Montana: Department of Labor and Industry (unemployment insurance) - Check Technologies submits the signed POA you complete during onboarding.
- Ohio: The Source (unemployment insurance) - Check Technologies submits the signed POA you complete during onboarding.
- Oregon: Employment Department - Check Technologies uploads an enrollment file with your prior quarter tax details, which enables the SUI rate exchange.
- Tennessee: Department of Labor and Workforce Development - Check Technologies gets basic access by entering your business details.
Optional TPA access
Optional TPA access isn't required to file, amend, or resolve notices. If you grant it, Check Technologies can view your tax rates, balances, payment history, and return details directly, so questions tend to get answered faster if something comes up.