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Getting started

Introduction
Platform overview
Quickstart
- Getting started
Payroll fundamentals

Developer tools

Authentication and authorization
Postman
API versioning
- What is a breaking change?
- Version upgrade guide
API fundamentals
Errors
- Error Categories
Webhooks
Partner notifications
- Partner Notification types
- Testing Partner Notifications
Dev Assistant MCP

Build options

Introduction
React SDK
API Clients
Gusto Flows (pre-built UI)

Companies

Introduction
Onboard a company
- Migrate an existing company
- Onboard a contractor-only company
Manage company locations
Manage company bank accounts
Create company benefits
Company forms
Manage company attachments
Create a department
Time off requests

People management

Introduction
Manage W-2 employees
People Batch API
Manage contractors
Time off policies
- Manage time off policies
  - Accrual methods
  - Time off management flow
- Create a holiday pay policy

Payrolls

Introduction
Payroll Processing Speeds
Recovery Cases
Calculate An Employee's Gross Wage
Complete a Regular Payroll
Create an Off Cycle Payroll
Create a Termination Payroll Flow
Create Company Specific Custom Earnings
Create a Historical Payroll
Pay Schedules
Generate Printable Paper Checks
Gross-Up
Payroll Digests API
Batch Payroll Cancellation API

Reports

Generate Custom Reports
Retrieve a General Ledger report

ACH TRANSACTIONS

ACH Transactions
- ACH Codes and Transaction Types
- Bank Errors

Product Partnerships

Health Insurance (SimplyInsured)
On-Demand Pay (Clair)
Workers' Compensation (NEXT)
401(k) (Guideline)
Accounting integrations (Xero and QuickBooks Online)

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Accounting integrations (Xero and QuickBooks Online)

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