Xero - Version for Local Government
Hi Xero team,
I’m reaching out from a regional local government in Western Australia. We want to use Xero and appreciate its simplicity and usability. However, we’ve found that Xero’s current design is limiting for local government requirements — particularly in terms of transaction volume, internal controls, audit reporting, governance, and integrated project accounting.
I believe there’s a compelling opportunity for Xero to consider developing a dedicated “Local Government” edition or expansion, especially tailored for smaller regional councils. There are over 500 local governments in Australia, many of which are seeking modern, cloud-based, ERP solutions that balance simplicity with the robust governance and reporting requirements of the public sector.
If Xero were to build compliance-friendly modules for public sector accounting (multi-fund reporting, approval workflows, grant tracking, audit trails, etc.), you’d be well-positioned to offer an affordable alternative to the more complex and expensive ERP systems currently on the market.
I’d be happy to provide further context from the local government side or connect you with peers who are facing the same constraints. Please let me know if this is something your team would be open to exploring further.
Alex Bell
shared this idea
Hi Alex and Anura, we understand the interest for enabling Xero capabilities to suit more structures and uses. We appreciate your feedback which has been shared with our teams internally, however we do not accept ideas about Xero pricing plans or plan structures and cannot make commitments to ideas of this nature.
That said, along with Anis's previous suggestion you may have seen there are some existing ideas on the platform related to aspects that you've noted would appeal for local govt to use Xero.
We welcome your votes on each idea that'd help with your use so you can be kept in the loop of any updates for these.
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Anura Ranasinghe
commented
This is vital requirement and we use XERO for local authorities . We need increase limit of number of invoices as the issue one invoice per customer per year. On the other hand they have large customer base but very few transactions per customer