Feature
See whether payroll clears on the pay date
Cash on the day itself, before and after payroll, with and without the customer payments that are already late.
At a glance
- Measures
- Cash on the pay date
- Plan
- Every plan
- When
- Whenever you ask
How does Nella check whether payroll clears?
Ask Nella whether you can pay the team and it gives two answers. Payroll affordability sets this month’s estimated payroll against the cash you hold now. Payroll headroom looks at cash on the pay date itself, counting the receipts and payments due before it, once with every expected customer payment and once without the ones already overdue. If payroll clears only in the first case, Nella names the customers it depends on.
Try it on your own books
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Start freeTwo checks, kept apart because they measure different things.
The pay date
The date you give, your payroll software’s pay calendar, or an assumed date. Nella says which.
The payroll amount
From the payroll accounts in your ledger, with its source and confidence. A run-rate estimate is labelled as an estimate.
With and without late receipts
Cash after payroll, counting every customer payment due by payday, then without those already overdue.
Payroll dates
The payroll filing and payment dates Nella holds for your jurisdiction. If none are held, it says so rather than saying none are due.
What it does not do
Stated plainly, because a figure you can trust is one whose limits you know.
- Nella does not run payroll, calculate anyone’s pay or tax, or pay employees or the tax authority.
- Every item is counted once. Tax already in the forecast is not subtracted again.
- A missing payroll estimate means no payroll could be identified in the ledger, not that there is no payroll.
Whether a pay rise or a new hire is affordable is your decision; a what-if on the monthly projection shows what cash looks like with it. More detail: Can I afford payroll this month?
Nella provides financial information and education, not accounting or tax advice. Nella shows you the numbers. When a question needs professional judgment, such as a filing or a tax decision, Nella says so and points you to a qualified accountant.
Where the data comes from
Nella connects to Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent. Nothing in your books changes unless you give permission in Nella.
How deeply it reads varies by platform — see the supported-platform table — and how your data is handled is set out in full.
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