Gusto
Gusto
Our favorite Human → ←Resources tool for anyone who has employees or contractors
Contractor onboarding, 1099 management, and payroll.
A centralized place to keep all your contractors and employee information.
What does Gusto Do?
Gusto is everything you need to manage a small team or freelance business.
We get it. Running a small business can be overwhelming at times! Working with contractors can feel like a nightmare come tax season, and when you hire people, phew!
You want to make sure you’re protecting your business by being legally compliant.
Whether you're managing a giant team, or a modest-but-mighty one, Gusto allows you to onboard contractors and employees. Not only can you keep track of W9s, send out 1099s, and keep track of payroll, you can also help manage your team's benefits, time-off, and chat with certified HR reps.
Puno on why she loves Gusto for ilovecreatives…
“One of the first questions I had was at what point in my career did I need Gusto? Two things happened to let me know I was ready.
Tax season came around and I had worked with a ton of contractors. Needing to get their 1099s out was... annoying.
The second reason was, I hired someone. And the hiring process is tricky because you don't know what you're missing in terms of being legally compliant.
With Gusto, it's stupid. Easy.” — Puno, Founder of ilovecreatives
Features
One-stop onboarding. Send cover letters, sign onboarding documents, and set up payroll all in one place.
Software integrations: send new employees out tech log-ins for Gmail, Slack, and others! (check out full list here)
Run payroll for employees. Deduct taxes & allow them to split their paycheck into different bank accounts.
PayDay advances — No fees. No interest.
The amount of resources in general Gusto provides to small business owners and freelancers is 🍌s!
They even have a wallet feature to
Who is it for?
Small business owners
Large business owners
Anyone who employes contractors who make more than $600+ a year.
Anyone who works with contractors
Why We Use Gusto
We work with a lot of contractors — and this is how we can make sure that they're paid on time and they're all squared away for tax season.
Contractor Onboarding
Phew there are a lot of steps to make sure an employee is onboarded in a way that is legally compliant. Gusto makes it easy by walking each contractor/ employee through all the legal documents they need to complete.
Stress-Free Tax Season
No checking your calendar to make sure you haven’t missed deadlines. Gusto autogenerates W2s and 1099s for your employees and contractors, and sends them an email when they’re available for download.
Oh, yeah, and Gusto automatically files your payroll taxes.
Simplified Employee Portal
For our full-time team members, this allows us to track their PTO and provides them with information about their benefits and pay stubs. We're speedy, so this allows us to access the employee information we need without the bureaucratic emails to HR.
cue JG Wenworth commercial:
It's our money and we need it bi-monthly!
Run Payroll
Run payroll for your employees and have their money delivered via Direct Deposit. You’re also able to add deductions and even set up workers comp through Gusto.
While you’re on the pot, sign up for Gusto.
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