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Come on Xero. This is critical to a lot of your users. Unless it gets fixed I’ll need to move some of my clients to other accounting software solutions.

Be good to see some progress on this, along with other fixed asset features. They can add the investment boost functionality quickly yet take years for other simple things

Hi Xero Helpdesk,
I agree with the posts below. We need a functionality to partially dispose of asset by qty. Is there a timeline as to when this might happen? It would be really good to know.

I totally agree with all comments, and Janette Taylor's comment really stands out for our line of business.....
"The inclusion of a "Quantity" field in the Fixed Asset set-up (that carries across from the entry into the fixed asset account into the draft in the Fixed Assets Register) would mean then you could go back and dispose of a certain quantity".

Our business is the same "We are often purchasing large volumes of small value assets (items for hire), that we don't want to have to enter individually due to the excessive volume, so we enter as a single asset for all items purchased at one time - but then have no way to go back and dispose of just some of those assets after a stocktake (due to loss/damage etc)".

This is a big issue and is where Xero seems a little behind and basic for what you are paying for. I agree this should be addressed yesterday. Instead of worrying about the small stuff like font and home page look, get to the stuff that really matters to businesses and will save them time and hassle, that's what we are all paying for.

Been using Xero since 2007. It's about time this was resolved... please?

Partial disposals & additions are a must have for any Fixed asset module!

Partial Sale of assets is a must. I'd also like to see the ability to account for Fixed Assets for both Tax and Accounting purposes.

Definitely lagging behind on this and rolling out the Investment Boost initiative.

Just a note - if you go right to the last page on this thread, you'll see the first request for this is noted in 2013 - 12 years ago.

Given that the asset module has been brought over to the, well, I call it the Xero 2.0 platform, that is supposed to be able to have changes rolled out more rapidly, along with the work that is much needed for dealing with the investment boost initiative that came in this year, it is the perfect opportunity now for Xero to pull finger and sort this. Every other major accountants platform can handle this and has done for over a decade at least.

The too hard basket for them given it's been asked for for years. They would rather change what they want like invoicing while putting the price up every year. They are getting over priced and lack things that other accounting packages give that have been asked for in Xero for years.

I completely agree with you Elaine Holmes.

This is an important part of tracking assets and has been under review for 3 years. How much longer will it be before this is actioned. Work has been done on the Dashboard but to me this is less important than what affects our ability to complete accounting tasks.

Xero, Kelly Munro stated this was under review in 2022. Please provide a further update

It is surprising that there is STILL no function for a partial disposal of an asset - xero fees are constantly increasing!

on the asset register we sometimes record revaluations of land and buildings - more often than not, the valuations increase, but sometimes there is a devaluation of land & buildings. It looks untidy to dispose of a valuation year and then re-record a new valuation when we could just adjust a single line for revaluation up or down in the FAR (That way I also don't end up with five lines for revaluation on the asset register either) so conversely as well as partial disposal, partial increases?

It would be beneficial for our clients for Xero to implement partial disposal. My client has had a situation where a fire damaged part of several of their assets (insurance has assessed a certain percentage). These assets have been in existence for a number of years so there is accumulated depreciation. Difficult to adjust prior periods if the accounts have been audited. I've had to create a manual spreadsheet outside of the system and manual journals as a workaround.

Hi we capitalize software and amortize over a six year period, however also do partial disposals at the end of years 4 and 5. We therefore need to be able to adjust both cumulative cost and depreciation as a partial disposal I can see easy workarounds where assets have not been depreciated, but not where accumulated depreciation is in the mix.

I started using Xero in 2011 and I'm pretty sure that this was something that was being requested even back then! I can't understand why it's still not been addressed over 10 years later! It's still needed and not having the ability to do this in Xero causes a lot of manual work arounds which is time consuming and increases the risk of error. Not ideal.

I agree, partial disposal of an asset should be a function readily available in Xero by now. Why such a lag? Real life situations call for this and hand wringing over how this cannot be done in Xero shouldn't still be regular occurrences. Work arounds are time consuming to both the accountant and client.