Release Party: April 27, 2025 — Timesheet Periods, Engagements That Create Work, and more!

Karbon Release Party: April 27, 2025 — Timesheet Periods, Engagements That Create Work, and the Gusto IntegrationKarbon's April 27 release is one of the biggest in recent memory — long-requested features like customizable timesheet periods, engagements that finally create work for you, and a Gusto integration that handles shifting payroll dates. Max and Brooks Wheatley walk through every change, what's actually useful, and where the gotchas still are.This is the Karbon Release Party — a recurring segment on The Working Theory Podcast where two Karbon implementation consultants break down each Karbon release from a practitioner perspective. Between them, Max and Brooks have helped hundreds of firms get more out of Karbon.Chapters00:00 Intro00:53 Aider integration goes live02:46 Engagements can now create work items06:42 Gusto integration — payroll work items that handle shifting dates09:50 Karbon API updates: time entries endpoint + self-service keys12:20 E-signature expiration extensions (no more restarting)13:50 Suspicious email warnings15:29 Exact email send timestamps16:30 Filing deadlines on repeat work17:09 Customizable timesheet periods (finally)19:56 Edit time entries directly in draft invoices21:41 Wrap-upHighlightsEngagements create work — sign an engagement and Karbon generates the work items, with better control than Ignition or GoProposal. Still in open beta, but shipping fast.Gusto integration reads upcoming payroll dates and adjusts your next work item's due date — solving holiday-shifted paydays breaking your schedule.Customizable timesheet periods — change Karbon from Monday–Sunday to Sunday–Saturday, 1st–15th, monthly, or multi-week. Found under Settings → Workflow.Self-service API keys in Connected Apps. No more waiting on the Karbon team to activate.In-invoice time entry edits — fix mis-coded entries without leaving the invoice.About the showThe Working Theory Podcast is for accounting firms that are already on Karbon and want to actually optimize how they use it. Optimization, not onboarding. Hosted by Max (Navica Consulting) and Brooks Wheatley (Framework Solutions) — two Karbon implementation consultants who spent years inside accounting firms before going independent.🎧 New episodes on YouTube and SpotifyConnectMax — Navica ConsultingBrooks — Framework Solutions#Karbon #AccountingTech #PracticeManagement #AccountingFirms #KarbonHQ #AccountingPodcast #FirmOperations #AccountingWorkflow