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Radio silence would have been a better response than this generic bs. This is outrageous from Xero!

This feature is so very critical... We don't understand why it is not a priority.

12 years later... seriously? 😂

This is such a critical issue/gap with Xero. Completely agree with the other commenters. When will this feature be available..appears that it's been something everyone's asking for since 2022

We are actively looking to migrate away from Xero due to this feature gap. In particular the inability to track revenue accrual by customer means Xero is useless as a data source for much of our reporting that requires accurate by-customer data (churn, CAC, LTV, etc.). By "actively looking," I mean I have started scheduling demos with other vendors.

Dear Xero Team,
Any updates on this? Without the ability to add contacts to Manual Journals, we can not track so many things. The comments below have the most frequent use cases and there are more missed.
E.g. We cant track the prepayment balance remaining for a specific vendor (paid annually in advance, amortize monthly via MJs).

Has there been any update from XERO?

This is sooo important! Game Changer .. and can help us automate alot of our work

Would be so beneficial.

This is very important to me too

Accrual of certain expenses require recording of withholding tax pending receipt of invoice. When I download the withholding tax GL, I need the Contact name for each line item.

Please add! this would make Xero more powerful!

This feature is critical. Please add!

This is a feature is critical.

It's a crucial feature that everyone needs

This is a feature is critical.

This is very important to us.

I need Manual Journal to move balance between Vendors or Customers, not due to wrong invoice/bill or reversal.

Contact column is required to adjust asset and liability account balances using Manual Journal entries.

I don't think this is a very difficult feature to implement. Quickbooks has this feature, I hope to see it in Xero soon.

Use case:
Deferred revenue or prepaid expenses. When we pay for a service annually in advance, we book it to prepaid expenses (B/S assets), then create a monthly repeating manual journal to expense it from the prepaids.

But, at the end of the month or year, we can not see the prepaids balances by contact because we can not enter contact field in the manual journals (same applies to deferred revenue).

We request the ability to add contact to manual journals and this be an optional entry for those who prefer not use that field.

Critically needed!

Come one, Xero! I love your system, but this is a serious shortcoming. Every other accounting system has this ability, and it should be a very easy thing to implement!