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Checked Oct 31, 2026

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Vendor pricing pages, .gov pages, and the public review pages behind our pain-point summaries. No blogs, no guesses.

Every price, rule and deadline on Payroll Dad comes from one of these pages, read on Oct 31, 2026. Each page also lists its own sources at the bottom, numbered to match the little superscripts.

Gusto

Gusto: Pricing · used on 23 pages
Gusto Help Center: Understanding Gusto plans · used on 21 pages
Gusto Help Center: Add and pay US contractors · used on 18 pages
Gusto Help Center: Enter previous payrolls during account setup · used on 20 pages
Gusto Help Center: Payroll tax responsibilities when switching to Gusto · used on 17 pages
Gusto Help Center: Payroll transfer automation · used on 18 pages
Gusto: Gusto Solo · used on 8 pages
Gusto Help Center: Contact Gusto Support · used on 20 pages
Gusto: Referral Rewards Terms · used on 17 pages

Other payroll companies

Patriot Software: Pricing · used on 23 pages
ADP: RUN Powered by ADP · used on 20 pages
ADP: Workforce Now · used on 1 page
Paychex: Compare payroll packages · used on 20 pages
Paychex: Small business payroll · used on 1 page
QuickBooks: Payroll pricing · used on 22 pages
QuickBooks: Payroll (QuickBooks Workforce) · used on 1 page
OnPay: Costs and pricing · used on 22 pages
OnPay: Payroll · used on 1 page
Rippling: Pricing · used on 20 pages
Rippling: Payroll · used on 1 page
Square: Payroll pricing · used on 22 pages
Wave: Payroll · used on 22 pages
Paycor: Plans & pricing for businesses under 50 employees · used on 21 pages
Paychex: Paychex completes acquisition of Paycor (Apr 14, 2025) · used on 1 page
Paylocity: Pricing · used on 20 pages
Paycom: Pricing · used on 20 pages
Justworks: Pricing · used on 21 pages
SurePayroll by Paychex: Pricing · used on 21 pages
Auris (formerly Heartland Payroll): Payroll · used on 20 pages
Acrisure: Acrisure completes acquisition of Heartland Payroll Solutions · used on 1 page
Toast: Pricing · used on 19 pages
Toast: Payroll · used on 1 page
Toast Support: Toast Payroll invoice and billing information · used on 2 pages

Review sites (themes we paraphrase, never quote)

Trustpilot: Paycor reviews · used on 1 page
Trustpilot: Paylocity reviews · used on 1 page
Trustpilot: Paycom reviews · used on 1 page
Trustpilot: Justworks reviews · used on 1 page
Trustpilot: SurePayroll reviews · used on 1 page
Trustpilot: Heartland reviews · used on 1 page
Trustpilot: Toast reviews · used on 1 page

Government

IRS: S corporation compensation · used on 1 page
IRS: Hiring employees · used on 4 pages
IRS: Outsourcing payroll duties · used on 3 pages
IRS: Failure to deposit penalty · used on 5 pages
IRS: General Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3 (2026) · used on 21 pages
IRS: Employment tax due dates · used on 4 pages
IRS: Instructions for Form 941 (03/2026) · used on 4 pages
IRS: About Form W-4 · used on 0 pages
IRS: About Form 2553 · used on 1 page
USCIS: Completing Section 1 of Form I-9 · used on 2 pages
USCIS: Completing Section 2 of Form I-9 · used on 3 pages
HHS Office of Child Support Services: New hire reporting · used on 3 pages

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