Off-Cycle Release Notes: 12/27/2025

This release contains tax updates for 2026.

The Highlights

2026 Tax Updates

The following is a high-level overview of the 2026 tax updates:

Federal Income Tax updates.
States with updates to payroll taxes such as withholding tax, local tax, disability tax, and paid family leave tax (not including SUTA wage base changes):
- AK
- AR
- CA
- CO
- CT
- DE
- HI
- IN
- KY
- MA
- ME
- MN
- MO
- MS
- MT
- NC
- NE
- NJ
- NM
- NY
- OK
- OR
- RI
- SC
- WA
States with Local Tax Jurisdiction updates:
- IN
- KY
- NY
- OH
- PA
Additional Data Integrity checks relating to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) overtime premium reporting.
Overtime Premium Report and W2 Box 14 Import for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).

*Note* For more information, please see the article titled 2025 Overtime Wage Reporting Tools – One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).

For Self-Hosted Clients

*Note* For all self-hosted clients, the following must be noted/completed for the 2026 tax updates release:

There will not be an Enterprise release included.
The database updates included in this release (12/27) must be applied immediately in order to receive and apply the 2026 tax updates.
In the event additional off-cycle releases are required after the initial 2026 tax updates release, DacPac's must be applied against the latest-deployed version of Enterprise.

Administrators who have the ability to apply DacPac's will likely receive pop-up notifications from within Enterprise until they have applied the DacPac's that become available. These notifications may happen every 15 minutes until completed.

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The Highlights

2026 Tax Updates

For Self-Hosted Clients

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