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A response from Xero would be useful - the addition of this would save our company a huge amount of time on a monthly basis.

This would be a huge help! A constant issue for me!

Here in 2026...this would really be helpful!! Especially in the property industry where rental invoices need to be sent in advance of the due date

Please - we need this!

Any update on this Xero?

Yes, please do add this feature. When a new repeating invoice is created in advance, we need the ability to send the customer a copy at the time it is created, so they can adjust their APs to suit. Having to work around and fiddle with dates is such a time waster.

PLEASE add this feature - we need to collect direct debits and have to give 10 working days notice - so we have to set the recurring date to the 15th of the month before and manually change the date to the 1st on around 55 invoices.

Xero needs a function where you can trigger your recurring invoices to go out at an earlier date in the run up to the holiday season. So, for example, my recurring invoices are set to go out on the 25th of the month, but I had to manually recreate them to go out on the 19th of this month, before my clients' close.

Although I found lots of info online, and on ChatGPT, about the possible options for doing this, after exploring ALL of these options, not one of the proposed methods aligned to the current Xero set up - there was always just one button or link missing from where one of the steps said it should be found. And whenever it was missing, I found some reference online that said this function must have been removed / moved in the latest version. A key function like this should not be so difficult to find, if it is there at all.

I find it both surprising and frustrating that Xero does not offer a solution for what must be a very common issue.

Come on Xero it's been over a decade since this (very basic) feature was requested

Adding my voice to this call also - particularly leading up to the Christmas shutdown period.

Still waiting on this many years later... Our invoices are due on the 1st, revenue needs to be booked on the 1st - because of this we are unable to send invoices ahead of the due date for our clients benefit. Our work around is to create the invoices and send out on the 20th of the prior month. I then record the total of the invoices into an Unearned Liability account and then reverse the accrual to recognize the income on the 1st. This is a pain, especially when some of the invoices change.

I am surprised that this function does not already exist in Xero. I had it in QuickBooks and really need it for the way my business operates. I need it to operate in two ways:

1. Ability to manually run the repeating invoice "now" without changing the setup and the repeating due date.

2. Ability to add an offset day to the repeating invoice setup so that the invoice is generated based on the offset days. E.g. if I put "-5" into the offset days, the invoice is generated 5 days before the specified date. Zero offset days will get the repeating invoice to run normally.

Xero, please give us this.👌

Can't take GoCardless payments until the invoices are generated. If this falls on a weekend (especially a bank holiday), GoCardless only count working days so it means we go an additional 2-3 days (on top of the 5 days) without receiving payment. Not good for cash flow.

Not to mention that it is annoying having to login to do the accounts in the middle of a bank holiday.

I create hundreds of invoices a month which reoccur, it would be really helpful if this was a function!

Still waiting...... Come on Xero. When are you get round to bringing repeating invoices in to the 21st century?

wish this was available!!!

This function would be incredibly useful. Tired of having to fudge the dates so I can create a copy in advance to send to my commercial customers.

This would be very helpful, as we withdrawn rent on the same day we issue the invoice.

Currently have to wait until day of invoice date before can send to a customer (if using save as draft) - which means working on 31st or 1st every time to check invoices before sending (by email) and have to manually select and send every e-invoice

It also would make it possible for my staff to assign the invoices to projects so before they are sent out.