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Got most of the way through new account entry and opening balances, only to find no subaccount functionality...I figured this feature was a given, seeing that most other software out there has this structure. It's absolutely necessary.
Coming out of the dumpster fire that is QBOL, I thought I had found our answer in Xero but the search apparently goes on...

Sub-accounts, subsidiary accounts, contra accounts, and parent and child accounts are sometimes necessary to better understand the correlation, relationship, or even the offset of an account.

Yes please!

I did not know that Xero cannot create sub-accounts. All other software has this feature. Just provide a cleaner trial balance report that does not look "clunky". Yet another feature expected to be available that isn't.

Is this something that can be done within Xero? I need to create sub-accounts and have them grouped under a parent account.

I used to use Xero. I'm fairly certain I could create subaccounts. What happened? How does the chart of accounts even function without this ability? I'm assuming there is an alternative, but I don't know what it is.

I just did a search and found other comparable accounting programs that DO have sub accounts. I really need that feature. I'm wondering if I'm doing the right thing converting to Xero without it.

Agree with all the comments here. A simple basic function that is standard on your competitors equivalent products, and a reason to choose them over Xero. Sub accounts is hardly reinventing the wheel, should not be an issue to implement.

Xero have never enabled or set up SUB Accounts. It is a feature MOST needed by many clients.
Please provide a workaround. You make the option of 'Categories' available as a quasi tool. ( I know about grouping also)
HOWEVER it is a tricky business trying to categorise every transaction and not miss this step. Especially by other users.

OPTION for Better Use of CATEGORIES

When setting up an Account in the 'Chart of Accounts' Could Xero enable a feature to set a Category option here - so no matter who is working on the file - The Account used could be set up to include a set category option pulling through to the account code at invoicing, billing, Spend Money etc.

This would enable a sure fire better option to have a closer more doable reporting system for splitting the account income and expenses for those who trully need it.

Then The user can rely on the choosing of the account code, and this will be linked to the correct categories of various income and expenses which could be created linked by categories from conception. This would work much better.

Yes, can hardly comprehend that this isn't a standard feature, that creates a sub-total for all chicken accounts (and all hen accounts cannot be posted to).

100% absolutely. This is essential. I can't believe Xero doesn't support this.

Seriously, we need sub/parent accounts in Xero. This is how accounting is done. It must be here.

Agreed. For lab fees account, we could assign which dentists they belong to.

This will help in generating good reports and classifying the revenue and cost further. For example expences could be divided into Material, labour and overheads.

It's really important to us.

Sub codes would be great

Agree, We should have another sub account heads or classification. Also the names of account heads should be editable. For example expences could be devided in Material, labour and overheads.

Agree with all of these comments. Tracking is a poor substitute for subaccounts.

Yes, this is so important! I need to be able to see, for example, the total spent on conferences, but then also be able to input conference registration fees and conference travel costs. Tagging ability would additionally be so helpful!! But the subaccounts is critical. And limiting the tracking to 2 is weird and very limiting.

Coming from Reckon, I find this very annoying. Open source packages such as GnuCash have this basic functionality, why cant an expensive paid for package? Yes, you can add in things like 433 / 433.1 / 433.2 etc etc, but they are separate accounts, not a parent / child relationship.