TPAR - Address should be optional
Addresses should not be a mandatory condition for submitting TPAR Reports to the ATO via Xero. This is not mandatory with the ATO, why make it mandatory in Xero?
Many contractor and supplier invoices don't have their addresses listed on their invoices. Some don't have offices and it would be understandable that they don't want to put their home address on the invoices.
It is also quite cumbersome for us as the preparers when we can't lodge the TPARs in Xero and have to then line by line copy and paste out to submit via ATO.
It would be great if the Xero team can modify this to make it easier for the clients.
Kai-Ho Lee
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Thanks for your suggestion to make the payee address field optional on the TPAR, Kai.
While the address isn’t required when lodging manually, Xero’s TPAR is built to meet the ATO’s software provider specifications, which do require the payee address for electronic filing. That’s why Xero treats it as mandatory and will show an error if it’s missing.
If you prefer not to include the address, you can export the TPAR as a CSV and lodge it manually with the ATO.
As this is a compliance requirement, we’ve closed the idea for votes and comments. However, we’ve shared your feedback with our product team in case the ATO’s requirements change in future.
