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Payroll, benefits & HR

Gusto is our preferred partner for payroll, benefits, and HR

Loved by small businesses, Gusto makes it easy to support your hardworking team.

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Payroll

Modern, full-service payroll

Help us help you

Gusto’s smart, modern tools help us advise you as efficiently as possible.

Priced for your business

No hidden fees. Gusto delivers big-company service at a price small businesses can afford.

Designed for you and your team

Gusto’s easy-to-use dashboard makes finding payroll and tax documents a snap.

  • Unlimited monthly payrolls
  • PTO reporting and time-off requests integrated with payroll
  • Workers’ comp with no lump sums
Benefits

Benefits for every budget, integrated with payroll

Health benefits designed for your team

We’ll help you make a budget. Gusto finds you the right plan or works with your existing insurance at no extra charge.

Financial benefits that don’t break the bank

401(k), 529 college savings, commuter benefits, life insurance, and more — all on one platform.

Payroll and benefits, working together

Deductions automatically sync to payroll to save you time.

  • Free administration, no hidden fees
  • Paperless online platform
  • Keep the plan you like
Human resources

HR tools for hard-working teams

Onboard your team like a pro

E-sign onboarding paperwork and store it online, where you and your employees can access it easily.

A smarter approach to PTO

Time tracking and time-off requests, accurately synced to your payroll and calendar.

HR pros — on call for you

Gusto’s certified experts are available to answer your HR questions.

  • Keep your policies up to date with templates drafted by experts
  • Gusto alerts you about new HR regulations to help protect your business
  • Work with HR pros to build an employee handbook
Gusto Gold Partner

We are a Gusto Gold Partner

That means we have more than 50 clients using Gusto. So we’re experts on how Gusto helps small businesses grow.

Looking for payroll pricing? See the Payroll plan on our pricing page — $400 one-time set-up, then $200/mo for one employee, or $200 + $50 per employee for 2+ employees.

FAQ

Payroll questions

Q Who files the payroll taxes — you or Gusto?

Gusto calculates and remits the federal and state payroll taxes and produces the W-2s and 1099s. We set the system up correctly, register the state accounts, watch the filings and fix anything that goes wrong — which is the part a platform on its own cannot do.

Q I am the only person in my S-corporation. Do I still need payroll?

Yes. An S-corporation owner who works in the business has to be paid a reasonable salary through payroll, not by distributions alone. Setting that salary is tax planning work, and getting it wrong is one of the most common reasons an S-corporation return is questioned.

Q Can you take over payroll that is already running somewhere else?

Yes, mid-year moves are routine: the year-to-date figures come across so the W-2s at year end are still correct. The one-time setup fee covers that migration.

Payroll is usually taken together with bookkeeping and the business tax return, so the wages on the return and the wages in the books are the same number.