1 Year of Free U.S. Payroll Fees. Happy National Payroll Week.
Niural is celebrating National Payroll Week by giving startups our U.S. payroll product for free for one whole year. That’s right, and it comes with our agentic AI, Emma, which lets you put payroll on autopilot and see every calculation, every input, before hitting run.
Override Approval for Bills & Invoices in Niural Pay
Approval workflows protect spend, but they stall when a required approver is out or unable to act, leaving a bill or invoice stuck 'Under Approval.' Now Org Owners and Admins can override specific pending steps without losing completed approvals. Remaining steps continue as normal. It doesn't auto-pay or auto-send; it stays a deliberate, separate action. Read more.
6 Free Tools for Founders, HR, and Finance Teams
Growing a company means juggling big decisions and small tasks that still eat time. So we've launched six free tools; each runs in your browser, no login required:
- Runway Calculator: model cash, burn, and month-by-month projections
- Equity Dilution Calculator: see how ownership shifts across rounds
- Sales Compensation Calculator: build OTE, quota, and accelerators
- HR Compliance Calendar: key federal deadlines in one place
- Offer Letter Generator: live preview, PDF download
- Contractor Agreement Generator: IP and confidentiality clauses included
Featured Blog: Income Tax vs. Payroll Tax
Payroll tax and income tax get confused constantly. They land in the same place, the paycheck, but answer different questions. Here's what HR teams need to know before the "my paycheck's wrong" emails start.
- Payroll tax funds specific programs (Social Security, Medicare, unemployment) and is usually split between employer and employee
- Income tax is the employee's obligation; the employer just withholds and remits it
The 2026 numbers that trip people up:
- Social Security caps at a $184,500 wage base; Medicare has no cap
- Additional Medicare (0.9%) is employee-only and kicks in above $200,000
- FUTA is employer-only, effectively 0.6% after the state credit
- Bonuses withheld at a flat 22% aren't "taxed more"; that's withholding, not final tax
Where it usually goes wrong:
- Multi-state setup gaps when someone moves or works remotely
- Social Security not stopping at the wage-base cap
- Supplemental-wage confusion around bonuses
- Worker misclassification (1099 vs. W-2)
