Run an off-cycle payroll for one or more employees via the Gusto API

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Verified steps

  1. Obtain a valid OAuth access token for the company using your client credentials.
  2. POST to /v1/companies/{company_uuid}/payrolls with body fields: off_cycle: true, off_cycle_reason (e.g. 'Bonus' or 'Correction'), employee_uuids (array), start_date, end_date, and check_date.
  3. Receive a 202 Accepted response; the submission is asynchronous — poll or use webhooks to track status.
  4. Once the payroll is in 'unprocessed' state, update individual employee earnings via PUT /v1/companies/{company_uuid}/payrolls/{payroll_uuid}.
  5. Submit the payroll for processing via PUT /v1/companies/{company_uuid}/payrolls/{payroll_uuid}/submit.

Known gotchas

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