Batch Payments - Keep multiple payments to the same payee as separate lines
Currently when creating batch payment files, multiple bills to the same payee are combined into a single line with only one set of bank payment details (although they appear separate on the batch payment screen in Xero).
Sometimes different bank reference details are needed for each payment, and sending the details in a remittance advice is inappropriate - it would be helpful if the lines could remain separate rather than combined so that unique bank reference details could be added against each line for the same payee
Ben Seers
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Lisa Hoyles
commented
100% agree that this should be an active feature. Time is wasted entering the relevant information into the batch payment which prints as it's been prepared and then once exported into the bank and you remember (again) that payments to the same supplier are consolidated into one payment. So you go through again and record as much info as the bank fields will allow. This is particularly frustrating when paying memberships or affiliation fees to National Bodies where it is imperative that each payment is recorded separately. Not sure how I am going to tackle this when I get to it next month. Possibly individual payments each person :(
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Joanne Taylor
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This would save so much time for both parties. Having to do multiple separate payments is time consuming.
Really need the option to keep multiple payments as separate lines. -
Shinichi Sasaki
commented
This function should be able to be set per supplier. Some accept receiving the total amount of their invoices, but others want to receive it according to their invoice numbers.
At the moment, after uploading the ABA file to the bank, I have to split the amount, which is time-consuming and prone to human errors.
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Freya Pieroz
commented
This would save a lot of time - currently, I have to create multiple batch payments when there are multiple invoices for the same supplier, because it's easier than trying to explain why the payment for the total amount owing only had one bill reference on it...
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Anthony Linnett
commented
Some suppliers prefer to receive separate deposits for each bill, with each transaction reference matching the bill reference number.
This avoids the need for the supplier to reconcile the deposit manually based on the PDF remittance advice.
Please develop a supplier configuration option that, when enabled, makes multiple bill payments to the supplier function as described above instead of the default consolidation behaviour.