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Profit & Loss - Show dividends/distribution/Income tax after net profit

Standard layout, which is the one that clients generate and use to check their profits, shows dividends paid, Income tax expense or distributions. This makes the client very confused as these are not part of the operating expenses. Clients do not need to know how to edit or prepare a new layout to take these expenses out. Also, we as accountants can't customize P&L for each of our clients.

This needs to be address urgently.

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  • Sue Clasen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes, showing dividends and Income Tax after Net Profit should be the system default P&L report. We should not have to create Custom reports to show this format.

  • Matthew Marcarian commented  ·   ·  Report

    yes for professional accountants who want to use XERO to actually run their clients ledgers and financial statements - it is a major flaw not to have this. How can dividend be an expense...disappointing that after so many years XERO has not managed to get to this. This issue is really holding us back fully adopting XERO across our client base for year end reporting

  • Lara Crowdey commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Victoria Willment commented  ·   ·  Report

    Dividends

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

  • Julie Branham commented  ·   ·  Report

    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!

  • Rani Walsh commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Syed Zaidi commented  ·   ·  Report

    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.

  • Debbie Maurantonio commented  ·   ·  Report

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