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Workpapers - one click to save and close notes popup window (as Queries used to)
In original Workpapers, if I was adding a Query to an account or workpaper, after typing the Query I could click Save and the Query was saved and the popup window closed.
This is great and made total sense as more often than note, I am adding ONE Query/Note per account.
Now I have to click save and then I have to click close.
I don't want more clicks!!!
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Workpapers - URL linking needs to have higher maximum
There is currently a limit on the length of the URL linking - this needs to be removed or increased.
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Workpapers - Indication of journals that are set to Rollover
Hi, I have able to find the ability to rollover the manual journal in drafts. However, once you select to have it rollover, you are unable to see that the journal is set for rollover. Would it be possible to add a text message of 'set to rollover' in the Rollover column so different people on the job are aware of the status of the journals.
2 votesThanks for popping back to update your idea, Bradley. I've shifted this across to gaining support so we can get a greater ideas of the interest in this here. We'll share if there are any plans made for surfacing an indication to help you identify where a journal is set to rollover.
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New Workpapers - Financial Year end default dates
Reporting period date: full financial year, based on Xero Blue Financial settings' year-end.
Not all the clients' year-ends are the same in South Africa
3 votesThanks so much for sharing this idea. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know how improving the default year end date behaviour in Workpapers would help your workflow 😊
At the moment, you can change the default financial year end month in Workpapers at the practice level, and override it in a client’s workpaper pack when needed.
We can see the value in making this easier and more intuitive, so we’re moving this idea to Gaining Support so we can better understand interest from the community and keep tracking demand for it.
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Manual Journals - Ability to post GST-only adjustments
When posting journals I can't see the cash / accrual options? When posting EOFY adjustments for non-ded entertainment and home office would need the cash basis option so updates in blue xero on the next gst return. Does selecting the tax inclusive from the drop down have this impact?
3 votesHi everyone, thanks for sharing your Inputs. We can see how the ability to post a GST-only manual journal would be helpful when managing more complex GST adjustments, such as imports or clearing transactions.
Being able to adjust the GST component directly could make records easier to review. We’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can track interest and share the feedback with our product teams.
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New Workpapers - History of Activities/Events
Like in the Classic, it would also be helpful if each workpaper shows an activity history. Specifically, a log of who imported the data, who updated it, who marked items as completed, and who approved, all with timestamps. This kind of visibility is important for review, accountability, and audit readiness, especially when multiple team members are working on the same file. Having this built into Workpapers would make the workflow much cleaner and easier to track.
1 voteThanks for your idea here, Jessie. Good to have this understanding of what's important to our practices when working with new Xero Workpapers.
Our product team have a close eye on the different requests around this new solution from the forum here. For the time being we'll get a sense of the wider interest and I'll be sure to share if there are any updates planned for history like this.
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Show Journal Edit changes
When a user changes the journal have an audit report available to show what was changed. Quickbooks did this.
1 voteHi 👋 your idea is being looked into by our Community team. We'll be in touch soon to update you once your idea has been reviewed.
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Workpapers - Income Tax should never default to NA Not Applicable. Franking Credits should never default to Not Started for Trusts.
I started a Workpaper pack for a Trust.
Workpapers defaulted the statuses of the following workpapers:
- Income Tax: NA Not Applicable
- Franking Credits: Not StartedThis is silly. Income Tax applies to every entity.. Franking Credits only apply to companies.
4 votesHi 👋 your idea is being looked into by our Community team. We'll be in touch soon to update you once your idea has been reviewed.
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Workpapers - Ability to Link A Reconciliation Field in the Workpaper with Balance in Financials
There should be a way that we can link a field in the workpaper (say it's an excel spreadsheet) as the reconciliation field and it should match the Balance in Xero. The status of the Account should be able to reflect that it is "RECONCILED" in that the workpaper matches the balance in xero.
3 votesHi community, we've made a recent update that we'd love to share and believe may help achieve what you need here.
We've now added a supporting balance column, a new variance and change column.
It'd be great to hear if there is additional that you'd be looking for in this idea.
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Subheadings/Titles for notes
Enabling subheadings/title for notes on the notes page. This was really helpful in the old workpapers as you could easily navigate to specific areas
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Workpapers : Notes export
Workpapers - Notes
It would be great if the account name would also be visible when exporting the notes section from Workpapers. The screenshot is from a download done just now.
The export to text only extracts the comments, not an account code or name.
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Workpapers | Working Trial Balance - Enable Review Actions
Allow reviewers to access workpaper attachments for an account and to update the account status directly from the Working Trial Balance view.
Current Limitation
Our reviewers prefer working from the Working Trial Balance view. However, under the current functionality, they MUST navigate away from this view and open the Workpapers area to review attachments and mark an account balance as complete. These additional clicks add unnecessary time, and some reviewers find switching between sections disruptive and confusing. For simpler or low‑risk accounts, navigating away solely to mark the balance as reviewed is completely unnecessary.Proposed Improvement
Add the ability to:…
1 voteHi Ariane, we appreciate you sharing your feedback on new Workpapers here, and understand how enabling more review actions within the Working Trial Balance could be helpful.
We'll be sure to keep you updated if there are any plans made for this here. Thanks
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Workpapers - Option to delete Manual Journal
The system currently does not display who posted the journal in either XWP or Xero (specific user).
Updates made to journals in Xero are not reflected in the XWP Manual Journal Summary.
Additionally, XWP only allows journals to be voided—there is no option to delete them.
4 votesHi April, I've just split this from your original idea here so we can gauge interest in being able to delete a Manual Journal separately.
Currently it's possible to Delete a Manual Journal while its in Draft, but like you noted can only be Voided once posted.
We'd like to get a better view of the interest in this from your idea here, and I'll let you know if there are any updates. Thanks!
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Workpapers - Automatic Journals from rolled over workpapers
It would be a perfect scenario that with particular types of workpapers, we could auto post journals in the following year.
For example - Borrowing Cost - if Xero created a Borrowing Cost workpaper that tracked borrowing costs and kept an amortisation schedule - this would then be rolled over to the following financial year workpaper - but it could go one step further where when it is rolled over and updated for any new loans or refinanced/paid out existing loans, we could have the option to auto post the amortisation journal.
Same thing with things like Chattel mortgages, especially…
3 votesHiya team, we have recently released the ability to roll forward journals in new Workpapers.
You'll find this option in the header of the manual journal tab.
It's worth noting as you'll see from the note in my image - While you can set a manual journal to roll forward, this will not roll forward debit and credit values as often these will change year to year.
For the time being, we'll leave this idea open so we can continue to track interest in being able to automatically roll forward manual journals with values. To get more insight of the use case we'd love to hear more detail of situations our customers have where you'd want to roll forward journals with the same values? Thanks!
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New Workpapers - Restrict option to delete comments
Currently in the new workpaper, all users can delete others comments/ notes. This should be restricted. We have preparers deleting, editing reviewers' review points.
1 voteThanks for sharing your feedback on this idea and explaining how restricting the option to delete comments could improve control and visibility when collaborating in Workpapers.
We've reviewed this idea and moved it to Gaining Support, which means it's now open for other community members to vote and comment.
If this would make a difference for your practice, please keep sharing examples of how you'd use it and the impact it would have on your workflow. This helps us better understand the demand and how this could improve the experience.
We'll continue to monitor the feedback here and share any updates if the status changes.
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Working Trial Balance - Adjust order
To improve clarity and usability, please consider reorganizing the layout in the following order: Assets → Liabilities → Equity → Revenue → Expenses.
In addition, including a Net Profit/(Loss) summary at the bottom—or displaying Current Year Earnings within the Equity section—would provide users with a clearer financial overview.
4 votesHi team, we wanted to share that we have released some recent changes to the layout for the Working trial balance view Trial balance (grouped) and the additional views Trial balance (ungrouped), Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss.
We'd love to hear if these updates have helped achieve your needs in the ordering mentioned within this idea. Thanks!
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Workpapers - Allocate and set up Folders in Report Code Category Order
Suggest Allocating the separate Profit Loss and Balance Sheet Accounts into Folders in Report Code Category order similar to how they are listed in the "Working Trial Balance". That way we can adjust the Report Codes to the move the accounts to their desired Folders in Xero Workpapers.
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Workpapers - Add Related Account filter to Account Transactions
Add Related Account for Xero Work Papers so you can create or set specific Xero Account Transactions so that you can work with related account work papers. You could then sort, filter, and group transactions by Related Accounts based on date ranges. This would mean Xero Work Papers is the place to easily review and assess the accuracy of the other side of transactions and quickly see issues. It also means you can report on a Bank Account's Debits and Credits, grouped by Related Account Number. And then, on demand, click the related account in Xero and investigate/review it. This…
1 voteThanks for sharing her, Brett.
As we continue to make improvements to new Workpapers bringing transactional Data into Xero Workpapers is something we have our sights on.
I'll keep you updated on development for this here.
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Workpapers - Customise/Hide Columns in Working Trial Balance for Review
Can we have the ability to hide or adjust size/ minimise "reporting codes" & "adjustments", "Adjusted balance", "Variance" & "Assignee" - making this more customisable for easy review & based on what is important for each person.
4 votesWe appreciate you sharing your idea and letting us know which changes matter most to you. Your idea has been reviewed and is now ready for community support.
Be sure to share this with any colleagues who would find this beneficial, encouraging them to add their vote as well. Community members can now also comment, offering more context on how this idea could improve their use of Xero.
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Workpapers - fix the buttons on the Note popup dialogue box
The buttons on the Note popup dialogue box are silly as.
Most dialogue boxes have actions on the bottom right. If a negative action (cancel/close), it would be to the left of the main action.
Add note button is middle left and miles from the bottom right.
Bottom right is the Close button. Close button is also highlighted blue, rather than white.
To point out how ridiculous this is.. as I am typing this idea, to the bottom right of the text box are two buttons, Cancel (white) on the left, and Post idea (blue) on the right...
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