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Good afternoon, Any time frame of when this will come into affect?

I am using Xero as a trial at present and I agree the purchase orders function needs attention. When you get a bill for a part delivery and copy to draft keeping the original purchase order intact, you are left with the full purchase order amount and goods, which is does not reflect the true future cost and goods awaiting. I hope Xero looks into this as soon as possible, I think Sage has this feature which works well. . . . .

Quickbooks has this function which works seamlessly. Maybe the developers could have a look at how QBO have managed this.

This seems to be similar to https://productideas.xero.com/forums/939198-for-small-businesses/suggestions/45048505-purchase-orders-allow-for-backorders Which requests allowing for backorders.

Hi all 👋,

This seems to be an issue that may be solvable, I think. If we can ensure the user uses the same reference between the purchase order number and the bill reference then it should easily be calculated on a new UI.

I'm currently making an app that tackles a bunch of these Xero issues in one place so you don't have to go many places.

It's called https://x-extensions.vercel.app

Would appreciate any feedback on this idea (feedback button in app), lets make it happen!

I also require this feature urgently, as we have a lot of projects on the go and we need to off-set partial payments from the Purchase order and be able to track what still need to be paid. When will this come into affect?

I, too, need this feature urgently. Really frustrating in a construction company, when subcontractors are submitting draws against an over-all proposal. We want to know how much is left to pay out to the subcontractors at intervals during a project. Having to stop and calculate manually is crazy when everything else is so efficient.

I am flabbergasted that Xero doesn't show the deductions of amounts from a PO when the bill is created directly from the PO. Please get this function sorted asap. Yes, there is a link in the notes section to the bill, but it still requires manually opening various tabs and using an external calculator. It is so admin heavy right now. Please fix, asap.

It is important that we are able to record committed costs so that we can track what is billed against purchase orders as many of our deliveries are split so would be good to see what balance is on a PO for many of our projects.

This is one of the most basic feature that any accounting system should have. Very surprised that XERO does not have this function yet. Would appreciate if this can be look into asap as it is affecting the workflow of our business.

Absolutely essential for businesses to rack agreed levels and ensure no billing is missed or delayed

We need to be able to track committed costs, so this is basic functionality for any decent finance system.

Can you provide a timeline for when this feature request will be taken to development?

This is crazy that we can't see remaining PO balances and remaining amounts to invoice customers. Likely will change accounting system for our org if this can't get resolved.

An absolute basic that Xero should have already incorporated.

This is the only finance system I have come across where you cant do this. I really like every thing else about Xero however it is the deal breaker for me.

Totally agree with Charlotte Jakes' comment. Xero is the only accounting software I've used which does not do this. Please can someone at Xero make this a priority!

I agree with Laura Bishop comment below. The PO system/activity, if your partially take a PO to billing the remaining values on a PO should be adjusted, this is a normal function on an accounting system and should have been in place already on Xero.

Yes - this also links to the benefit of a partially filled pack slip [delivery order details]; from a revenue & sales capture pov, it is generally best to get the 100% order logged...but client's often prefer partial deliveries rather than the 100% ordered amount. So being able to generate a packing slip which is a subset of the full order is an option that would help.

Ability to assign supplier invoices to a PO and then see how much is left on a PO to make sure they are not overbilling. We have to do this in Excel, externally to Xero.

To be able to track the Purchase Order items approved but not invoiced by the supplier is critical. Those are "committted" costs, a crucial concept in project cost management. It is inconceivable that Xero does not have this feature implemented.