Professional development

Grow your career with Gusto’s accountant education programs.

The best investment you can make for your firm is in your people. At Gusto, we know how important career development can be for accountants and bookkeepers. Whether you’re running payroll for clients or running your entire firm, help your team and business grow with Gusto.

Gusto Academy

Become a certified advisor for your clients’ payroll, benefits, and people operations.

Features and updates

Discover new Gusto tools in our Quarterly Scoop webinar and Flavor of the Month newsletter.

Partner resources

Explore eBooks, case studies, research, our partner blog, and more to help you and your firm succeed.

Gusto Academy

Welcome to Gusto Academy.

Whether you want to get certified, take an elective, or dive deep on a specific topic, Gusto Academy provides accountant education services for CPAs and bookkeepers at all levels. The more courses you take, the more CPE credits, badges, and knowledge you’ll gain. Get started below, or look under “Professional growth” in Gusto Pro.

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Learning tracks for every
stage of your career.

No matter how you like to learn—with a live instructor or at your own pace—our accountant education program is built to help you better serve your clients and their incredible teams. Get certified to add to your skillset and your firm’s capabilities.

Payroll Essentials

Designed for bookkeepers and accountants, Payroll Essentials provides critical skills to help you manage payroll confidently in Gusto. Get certified and learn about payroll fundamentals, onboarding employees, tracking time, and more.

Get certified

People Advisory

Designed for aspiring People Advisors, this Learning Track helps combine your accounting skills with people operations skills to help clients align business and people goals. Become a certified People Advisor to deliver more value than ever.

Get certified

Practice Management

Designed for firm leaders, Practice Management explores how to package, price, and sell People Advisory services. Complete People Advisory Accelerator to learn how to drive recurring revenue at your firm.

Get certified

Which certification is right for you?

Each Learning Track in Gusto Academy has its own certification program. Ready to take your skills to the next level?

Explore certifications

Why Gusto Academy?

You’re going to need a way to show off all your new knowledge—other than by helping your clients, obviously. At Gusto Academy, each course you complete earns you exclusive rewards for all your hard work. Show off your badges in your email signature!

CPE credits

Digital and enamel completion badges

Completion certificates

Exclusive rewards and swag

Go to Gusto Academy

Features and updates

Keep up with sweet new features available on Gusto.

We’re always improving our software. Here are some ways you can stay up to date on the latest Gusto tools at you and your clients’ disposal.

Quarterly Scoop webinar
Packed with insights from community leaders and guest speakers, this live webinar is a great way to catch up on product launches and improvements to Gusto’s people platform. We cover both Gusto and Gusto Pro updates to help inform you and your clients.
Flavor of the Month newsletter
As a Gusto partner, each month you’ll get a digestible update on the latest features available to you and your clients.

Partner resources

Help yourself to these accounting resources.

Research and guides

Check out our eBooks, featuring exclusive data gathered by Gusto’s very own economists.

Case studies

Hear success stories from Gusto customers and see what strategies you can implement at your firm.

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Collections

Explore a curated collection of resources on topics like growing your firm and more.

On the Margins

Our bi-weekly email features commentary from Caleb Newquist, founder of Going Concern and Gusto’s Editor-at-Large.

Partner blog

Explore industry trends, accounting tips, and more regularly updated content.

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So much more than professional development.

With Gusto’s partner program, you get access to powerful data, tools, and training to help you provide your clients with financial expertise, People Advisory services, and more.