Sales Invoices - Issue progress payments on invoices for project/instalment
Ability to issue progress payments on quotes /invoices to percentage claim certain items or expenses.
Purpose: Users can see the progress of the payments from their customer just from one invoice instead of sending separate invoices.

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Tristan Blatter commented
This would be a fantastic addition - surprised Xero hasn't already got this feature!
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Nichola Ross Martin commented
Still not a feature? 0/10 for this lack of functionality. How can any software company that expects its own customers to pay by instalment not create a feature to allow its users to offer this to their customers?
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Terri Pugh commented
This seems to have been a feature request for many many years now.
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Stuart Smith commented
HI Victoria, yes this has been a request by Xero subscribers for many years. Unfortunately our requests fall on deaf ears. Two options - have an add-on software that syncs with Xero (that you will now have another monthly payment!) or move to Quickbooks.
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Victoria d'Avanzo commented
I find it extraordinary that Xero doesn’t have the capability of multiple payment invoices for a deposit, progress payments and balance payment. This is critical for so many business types, including mine. Please add this feature (which other software has already) or I’ll have to switch.
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Luke Flegg commented
I probably won't be switching away from QuickBooks thanks to Xero lacking this completely essential feature. I mean seriously a creative freelancer, I do pre-production, shooting and editing for my clients - You expect me to bill for all of this in one invoice? Progress invoicing is an essential feature.
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Melissa FARAH commented
Critical so we don't send multiple invoices
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Lakes Property Solutions commented
I used Quickbooks when I first started business in 2004 and it had part payments/progress payments payments back then, yes 20 YEARS AGO 😱 and used MYOB after that and also Reckon, which all have this available yet Xero don't care!!
@Xero Team, why are you NOT listening? It's a real basic requirement for businesses to have. Very hard to explain to my customers details of their job they are being invoiced for when they can't see it on one page!
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Andrew St.Hilaire commented
I think Xero has raised its prices 3-4 times while I've been waiting for this feature that Quickbooks has had for years. Even allowing a customer to make a partial payment would be amazing. Quickbooks has this too.
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Raphy Richa commented
This feature is essential to the building and construction industry and we would love to see it featured on Xero
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Benjamin Fortunato commented
New to Xero and I'm a bit confused, is this feature available in Projects? I see this post here suggesting that this feature already exists. https://central.xero.com/s/question/0D53m00008CRWBMCA5/can-i-create-a-staged-invoice
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Dean Eislers commented
Projects is not really an appropriate name without this function. It's how so many businesses run. It's in the book keeper version but I am not a book keeper. It really only needs to be very basic.
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Cindy McAlees commented
This is extremely important. The lack of this feature in the software may force this company to look into another software package. Currently, we have to send out 3 invoices, or undo payments to make it work.
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Lakes Property Solutions commented
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Sarah Pasfield commented
I can not believe this feature isn't available!
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Scot Arundel commented
Amanda,
Carry on. Xero doesn't care about the needs of their customers.
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Amanda Smith commented
For every sale we have, we receive deposits, and then progress payments. The lack of ability to properly apply these to the invoice WHILE STILL being able to adjust the invoice, as it will change 90% of the time, is INCREDIBLY important to us.
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Glenn Michael commented
Yes, I have done repeat invoicing. The problem lies with numerous items on the invoice having to be split into how many repeats needed. An option of dividing all items on an invoice by the number of repeats. Or number of months payments are being made over. As Some invoices are well over 45k with seasonal income clients (farmers), payments can be necessary over 2,3,6 or 12 month periods. Though this is a type of fix ,it should be one invoice that is then divided and sent at predetermined payment times as the sales on repeat invoicing is calculated at the time of the repeat invoices, not the first invoice, which may be in the quarter that is in a certain tax year etc, so its far from Ideal.
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David Melendez commented
HI I understand that we can't receive partial payments toward an invoice? Is this correct?
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Catherine Wojciechowski commented
This Is something that is massively missing. We require this feature every day!