What does the Vergo + Gusto integration do?
- Approved employee reimbursements delivered against the right employee as a Reimbursement fixed compensation on the relevant Gusto payroll
- Employee records read from Gusto, so every claim is matched to the right person without a lookup
- Pay schedules read out, so approved claims land on the pay run they belong to rather than the next convenient one
- Receipts captured at submission and read by AI, so finance reviews exceptions instead of every line
- Approval rules run in Vergo first — amount thresholds, department, manager chain — before anything reaches payroll
- One audit trail per claim: receipt, policy check, approver and the payroll it was paid on
- Vergo connects straight through Gusto’s API, so getting started asks nothing of your team
Reimbursements paid on the next Gusto payroll
Employees claim out-of-pocket costs with receipts in Vergo, approvals run on your policy, and the approved amount is matched to the employee and carried onto the relevant payroll as a Reimbursement fixed compensation — no separate transfer and no rekeying.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Vergo integrate with Gusto?
Yes. Vergo connects to Gusto's documented API for employee reimbursements — your side is an authorisation in your own Gusto account.
Can Vergo handle employee reimbursements through Gusto?
Yes, and that is the scope. Approved claims are matched to the employee and carried onto the relevant payroll as a Reimbursement fixed compensation, so employees are paid back with their regular pay.
What data moves between Vergo and Gusto?
Vergo reads employees and pay schedules to match claims to the right person and payroll, and uses Gusto's payroll update endpoint with fixed compensations of the Reimbursement type.
How is the Gusto connection set up?
Vergo connects directly through Gusto's API, so your step is authorising the connection in your own Gusto account. Gusto is vendor-hosted, so nothing is installed.
Does Gusto have a built-in reimbursement type?
Yes — Gusto documents a Reimbursement fixed compensation on its payroll endpoint. That is what Vergo uses, rather than improvising a non-taxable earning code as some platforms require.
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