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@Derrick Murphy not to mention that logging in to send one invoice can trigger minimum shift payments from one's contract - I know my own contract has a provision that I get paid a minimum of four hours worth when I work for less than four hours in a day (it's very common here in Australia, where the legal minimum shift under most Awards is 3-4 hours). And it's really not worth it to my boss to pay me for four hours when I'm doing less than 15 minutes work on my day off!

This seems like such a basic feature I'm very surprised it doesn't exist! It's extremely frustrating having to set manual reminders to do a task that could so easily be automated.

@Derrick Murphy, correct, the situation at present is as follows:

You can create an invoice and set an "Issue date". At first glance, it appears that this would control when the invoice is "issued/sent". Instead, the "Issue date" merely controls the "Invoice Date" on the invoice. Moreover, when you click the "Approve & email" button, after making any adjustments to the editable email template, you click the "Send email" button, which sends the email and attached invoice immediately.

To clarify, are we saying that as things stand, you cannot schedule an invoice email routine within Xero itself for a predetermined date and time i.e. you can only create/approve an invoice but have to login still to send it manually?

I'm surprised that a modern accounting system like Xero will not allow you to send invoices at a future date as part of an automated workflow. I'm due away on holiday, and don't want the hassle of having to remember to login on a certain day and time just to send one important invoice. In my case, I don't want to batch send invoices on different dates, merely send one invoice on a specific day and time that's within normal business hours. Thanks.

Yep will be a very useful feature to have. ***** on with it!

100 percent need this feature. I like to get drafts done up as soon as I know what jobs I am required for. Then I tend to forget to send it when it is due. If I can load it to be sent but edit if mobs are canceled and know it will go out at then end of each week would be amazing.

We'd really appreciate this function as well - we are new to this system and I thought this kind of functionality would be a no brainer - please keep us posted on the progress!

Whilst this is a very useful feature, it would be half done if only allows scheduling of email-based invoices. I really hope you look into subscriptions as an extension of this feature. I can see tremendous value in that for small businesses to create plans and charge customers periodically (weekly/monthly/quarterly/yearly).

Can we schedule a TIME as well as a DATE please?
I'd love to be able to send them at 5pm/End of Day.

Being able to schedule a long term recurring invoice to include the exact details required each month would be great instead of having to remember to alter each month!

Great idea

Yep. We need this. Yesterday!!

Can Xero create a "Delayed Send" function for the Remittance advices?
As a school we often set up a batch payment and load this to the bank prior to the payment date - this is due to holidays, or the boss being away during actual payment time. This can sometimes be a week prior. To send the remittance that early creates confusion for the customer, and its often forgotten at the other end due to work load.
I'm sure this would be helpful for other buisnesses as well.
Many thanks

This feature would be life-changing! Please implement it ASAP. It would save a lot of headaches for me, and would be a better experience for my clients. I don't want my clients to receive invoices too early (looks like I'm desperate), and I don't want them to see I'm sending invoices at midnight either (looks like I don't have a life!) In fact, clients end up receiving invoices a little late, and that looks like I'm inefficient. So I would LOVE this feature.

Yes please, the ability to create an invoice immediately after the job is complete and fresh in my mind, but have it sent the day my employer processes the monthly invoices (so they don't lose it) would be a huge asset.

Feature would be extremely useful

Yep, feature would be great.

I don't want to have to create a recurring invoice for the purpose of sending one invoice at a later date.

It shouldn't be hard to add to the software. It's one of the first things I needed, given that invoices are often done after hours, and it's not great to send them in the middle of the night. So many people have been asking why this is not available yet.

yes! We have to send invoices on the day of delivery but we enter the invoices on the day of dispatch, a schedule send would be a life saver!

This would be a HUGE benefit. Being able to build the invoice over time and have it scheduled for the appropriate date would be amazing.