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Spring cleaning? Don’t forget your workflows. 🧹✨ We’re back with April’s Feature Focus — this time, narrated by Andrea (Dre) García-Vargas — spotlighting the latest Gusto features built to simplify your busy season and beyond. Here’s what’s fresh this month: 🕒 Time tracking for salaried exempt employees – Better visibility into hours worked = more accurate cost tracking and client billing. 📄 Smarter onboarding – Automatically send the right documents to new hires based on their role, department, or location. 🌍 Global Calendar updates – Add holidays, paydays, and invoice dates to keep your international team (and finances) on track. ...and more! Want the full scoop on April's updates? Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/edvDE8qQ

Facing new tariffs? You’re not alone. If your business has been impacted (or you’re worried it might be), we’ve put together a free guide to help. You’ll find a breakdown of what’s changing, cash flow forecasting tools, ongoing policy updates, funding opportunities, and much more. We know tariffs are creating uncertainty for some businesses, and we’re here to help you navigate them. Dive into the Gusto Tariffs Hub: https://lnkd.in/gvu8WWQP

If you’ve ever wondered whether an S Corp makes sense for you, or how it could save you money on taxes… you’re in the right place. Today, Caleb Newquist breaks down the S Corp basics, starting with what an S Corp actually is. He'll cover: ✅ What is an S Corp ✅ Key features (like pass-through taxes + liability protection) ✅ Who it’s actually for

Women are breaking glass ceilings, one business at a time. 📊 The data: • Women started 49% of all new businesses last year • That’s a 69% increase since 2019 • That's the highest rate we’ve seen in 5 years of tracking The takeaway? More women are launching businesses on their own terms, despite ongoing challenges like limited access to capital and support networks. This momentum is real. And it’s reshaping the future of work. 💡 What would it take to make entrepreneurship more equitable for women? (Full report in comments ⬇️)

I'm onboarding with a new client this week and I am so happy to have this little guy back in my life. Thanks Gusto for bringing some joy into loading pages.

One night, Beth (Fynbo) Benike went to bed as the CEO of a thriving family-owned business. The next morning, she woke up to $230,000 in tariffs. Beth and her family built Busy Baby LLC from the ground up, creating smart solutions to help parents keep their babies’ things off the floor. After appearing on Shark Tank, they’ve been on a roll: landing on shelves at Walmart and Target, and Beth being named Minnesota’s Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Now, new tariff policies are creating uncertainty for the future of her company. But even in the face of massive challenges, Beth is standing strong—for her kids, her employees, and the millions of small business owners navigating change.

I love my parents, but working for either of them sounds like my own personal nightmare. Apparently I'm in a shrinking minority. In my latest for The Wall Street Journal, I found that a combination of push and pull factors are leading to a surge in young people joining Mom & Dad Inc. At the same time that entry-level jobs are becoming harder to find in a cooling labor market, the Boomers and Gen Xers who own the vast majority of America's businesses are getting more serious about their succession planning as they look towards retirement. “For the first time in a generation, there’s more excitement and interest in taking over a business that already exists,” Citizens business banking head Mark Valentino told me. The data is unambiguous: The share of small businesses that employ a young adult child of an owner has doubled since 2018 and is up 13% year-over-year as of January, according to the analysis Nicholas Tremper at Gusto kindly crunched for me. Family business strategist Gary Plaster advises his clients to be cautious with their succession planning hopes before hiring progeny who might just be using the job as a placeholder while they wait for their dream role. “What’s happening seems like it’s better for the kids than it is for the business,” he said. But for brothers Curtis and Cliff Hovis of Hovis Auto & Truck Supply, helping their children build wealth is part of the point. “I want them not to struggle trying to achieve an American Dream that I believe is harder to get than ever,” said Curtis. “I no longer need to work. I could retire. I could sell. But my brother and I want to continue to grow the company so our children can take it over and do better than we did.” Check out the story (without a paywall) here: https://lnkd.in/gt9_TKfe If you're interested in potentially being a part of one of my economics stories, sign up here to get my sourcing queries: https://lnkd.in/gx7NRdsu

“Want to work for Dad’s auto parts company?” 5 years ago: no thanks Today: absolutely, where do I clock in In a new article in The Wall Street Journal, Rachel Wolfe spotlights a quiet shift: more Gen Zers are joining the family business - whether out of economic necessity, legacy building, or both. Our own Nich Tremper crunched the numbers at Gusto and found that the share of small businesses employing a child of the owner has doubled since 2018. And that trend shows no sign of slowing. Whether it’s short-term support or long-term succession, one thing’s clear: family-run businesses are evolving and the next generation is showing up.

We get it...the news about tariffs has been tough to keep up with. But if your business imports or exports anything, it’s worth paying attention. With a 10% universal tariff on the table (and even steeper rates from countries like China and Vietnam), cost pressures could hit fast. This quick breakdown covers: 📦 What a tariff actually is 💸 Who ends up footing the bill 📉 How it could hit your margins 🔧 And what you can actually do about it Swipe through 👉 then check the link in comments for the full guide. Note: Slide 4 was based on a previous version of the tariff policy, before a 90-day pause went into effect on April 10. All nations (except China) have a 10% tariff until we hear next in 90 days.

Side hustle or second job? We asked 1,000+ new business owners about their work habits — and the results surprised us. 🔥 56% of side-hustlers spend more than 20 hours a week on their business 🕒 And 16% clock in at 40+ hours If you’ve ever had (or considered) a side hustle, how much time would you realistically dedicate to it?