TL Tomer London On The Peel with Turner Novak

“You have streets in the US where you look at the end of the cul-de-sac and there are three neighbouring homes and each one of them has a different set of tax codes. So I need to know which side of the street you are on in order to know how to calculate your taxes correctly.”

The Peel with Turner Novak · Startups & Venture · September 2026

“You have streets in the US where you look at the end of the cul-de-sac and there are three neighbouring homes and each one of them has a different set of tax codes. So I need to know which side of the street you are on in order to know how to calculate your taxes correctly.” — Tomer London, The Peel with Turner Novak

Turner Novak asked why payroll still runs on fax machines. London's answer is that US payroll is administered by tens of thousands of localities — county by county in some states, school district by school district in others. He goes on to describe how Gusto actually keeps up: staff who have been in the industry for decades and know which clerk to phone in which town.

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