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A standard P&L the client runs in their Xero Business File should not include dividends paid and income tax expense, nor should the client (or their Accountant) have to customise this for them. Surely this is an easy fix. You add a category that sits below the profit before tax. Come on Xero, this is basic stuff.

Dividends

When the new year starts the dividends could clear out with the profit and loss items.

Agreed. Dividends are part of the appropriation of a company's profit. This is basic stuff - an essential rather than a "nice to have". You shouldn't have to customise a report to show dividends in the right place!

Just simply critical to accountants, even SAGE do this better

This is a function that Xero has historically had. The new reporting system has not advanced this for clients but overally made their reporting not useful nor accurate.
It is a must have deafult or functionality that can be added across the client base for an accountant. Beautiful accounting is worth nothing if the figures are providing an incorrect summary for the small business client.

Profit and Loss account should be layout as per standards. Dividends and Corporation tax should be at the end of the report after PBIT. and Dividends after Profit after tax. Once report is set out, it should be copied to all client in one go.

You can do this if you edit the layout.

Would like dividends to be shown after net profit after tax & not as an overhead in the P & L a/c