VIDEO: Gusto Payroll Demo

gusto is a payroll software system for small businesses that makes it easy for business owners to add new hires calculate and withhold taxes process payroll for employees and contractors and stay compliant in this video we'll take a look at some of the main features of gussto and explore the system's pros and cons gussto is a great place to start if you're looking for a payroll solution for your small business but it's not the only option you should consider use our product selection tool to request your free shortlist of the best HR software for you will ask for your requirements then we'll match you with five vendors that we think you'll love click the link in the description to get started first let's take a look at the core features offered by gussto when you hire a new employee or contractor gussto makes it easy to get all the info you need from them to run payroll and stay compliant you can send offer letters right from the system and guusto will file new hire reports with the IRS for you if you offer benefits gussto takes care of benefits management providing educational resources to your employees about the packages available to them and letting them select our plan from a self-service dashboard this self-service dashboard also lets employees submit time off requests you pay stubs and access important tax documents like their w2 and 1099 forms if you employ any hourly workers they can use Gusto's time clock feature employees can log into their gussto accounts from the web portal or the gussto mobile app and clock in or out from there for special situations employees can add notes to time punches to let their employers know if they forgot to clock in or out relate to work how to stay late or cover a shift for someone else overtime in breaks also come standard with the time tracking tool the best part about time tracking in gusto is that it automatically syncs up with your payroll meaning you don't have to manually add up every employees hours when it's time to run payroll managers review the hours approve them and send them to the payroll manager gussto offers full-service payroll meaning the system handles tax calculations benefits withholding and direct deposit you can also use gussto to pay vendors and contractors via direct deposit like I said if your hourly employees use gussto to clock in and out their hours will be tallied automatically and sent to your payroll dashboard pending manager approval for salaried employees simply enter their salary and choose the pay cycle you want to use if you realize you made a mistake you can cancel payroll and make corrections before the money is sent if you don't already have a plan for workers compensation insurance gussto handles that too the company partners with AP and tego to provide workers compensation insurance which you can apply for through gussto if you don't want to pay all of your premium upfront gussto will divide payments up throughout the year so that you pay a fraction every time you run payroll gussto consistently enjoys top ratings from software review websites let's look at some of the reasons why whether you're an employer or an employee learning how to use gussto is quick and easy the system does a great job of guiding you through what have historically been complicated and stressful tasks and everything is organized well to make it easy to find what you're looking for even if you aren't only paying salaried employees gussto does a pretty good job of automating most payroll processes for salaried employees who get paid the same amount every pay cycle payroll comes down to a matter of approving payment disbursements for hourly employees custo adds up their hours for you calculates taxes and prepares payment if you're a small business looking for an all-in-one HR solution gussto comes pretty close to checking every box but for the other functions handled by different software gussto offers an impressive list of integrations including quickbooks TSheets when i work clover and Expensify to name a few there are many good things about gussto but it still has room for improvement while the system itself works well many users report that Gusto's customer support leaves much to be desired in this area slow response time seem to be the biggest complaint gussto offers customer support via email chat and phone throughout the week but at the time of publication support is not available on weekends support is also limited to daytime working hours on Pacific Standard Time while this isn't a problem with gussto itself quickly growing companies might want to look elsewhere for a payroll solution gussto is built for small businesses so if you're planning to scale your business you might outgrow the software in a short timespan still not sure gussto is right for you use our product selection tool to compare other HR solutions and to get a free list of HR software recommendations custom tailored to your needs click the button on the left to get started 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