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  1. Within the ability to add reports from Xero Blue, can we please include Payroll reports, specifically the Annual Employee Summary

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    Thanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.

    Your feedback will soon be reviewed by our Community team, and in the meantime this can begin to build support with votes from other community members.

    If you're interested to see recent releases or get a pulse on what's coming soon see The Long and Short of it. 🙂

  2. Xero prematurely closed these two ideas:
    https://productideas.xero.com/forums/966648-new-xero-workpapers/suggestions/50801867-workpapers-ability-to-mark-note-e-g-client-que
    https://productideas.xero.com/forums/966648-new-xero-workpapers/suggestions/50599283-workpapers-status-per-account-for-reveiw

    In Classic Workpapers - if I have an unresolved Flag (Client Query, Internal Query, Review Point), the flag is red on the account. Once resolved, it is not red.

    In New Workpapers - the note is blue... whether resolved or not. I have to scroll down to the bottom and try and work out which accounts resolved notes relate to which accounts above (or hover over, every, single, one, every, single, time)..

    It's not hard. If it ain't broke, don't pay BGL to break it.

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    Thanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.

    Your feedback will soon be reviewed by our Community team, and in the meantime this can begin to build support with votes from other community members.

    If you're interested to see recent releases or get a pulse on what's coming soon see The Long and Short of it. 🙂

  3. We have the following queries for NZ workpapers:

    Journals posted from within the workpapers don't appear to update when we push refresh just when we put the browser refresh.
    The income tax workpaper is working well now.
    Will you be preparing a GST reconciliation workpaper similar to Classic Workpapers? We currently prepare the proof in Classic Workpapers and upload a copy to beta workpapers.
    Are we correct to understand only one spreadsheet can be uploaded to each workpaper section. Sometimes there are several account balances that require separate proofs so it would be helpful if several spreadsheets could be uploaded.

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  4. Currently all income accounts are listed under 'revenue', and while MV expenses and wages are in their own workpaper, profit appropriation accounts are lumped with all other business expenses. Could we have a separate workpaper for things like dividends & distributions, as well as a profit appropriation workpaper?

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  5. Adjusted net profit (after taking into account draft journals) should be shown on the tax reconciliation workpaper. At present, the journals need to be posted before the net profit amount on the tax reconciliation is updated. As we would like to review the journals before they are posted in Xero at the same time all other workpapers are reviewed, it would make sense that the draft journals also flow through to the tax reconciliation.

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    Thanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.

    Your feedback will soon be reviewed by our Community team, and in the meantime this can begin to build support with votes from other community members.

    If you're interested to see recent releases or get a pulse on what's coming soon see The Long and Short of it. 🙂

  6. Net profit should be disclosed seperately in each different view option (Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and Trial Balance).

    In the Trial Balance and Balance Sheet view - net profit is embedded in retained earnings, in the
    Profit and Loss Statement view - it needs to be manually calculated which is not ideal.

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    Thanks for submitting your idea on Xero Product Ideas. We appreciate you taking time to let us know how we could improve Xero for you.

    Your feedback will soon be reviewed by our Community team, and in the meantime this can begin to build support with votes from other community members.

    If you're interested to see recent releases or get a pulse on what's coming soon see The Long and Short of it. 🙂

  7. We have the following queries for NZ workpapers:

    Journals posted from within the workpapers don't appear to update when we push refresh just when we put the browser refresh.
    The income tax workpaper is working well now.
    Will you be preparing a GST reconciliation workpaper similar to Classic Workpapers? We currently prepare the proof in Classic Workpapers and upload a copy to beta workpapers.
    Are we correct to understand only one spreadsheet can be uploaded to each workpaper section. Sometimes there are several account balances that require separate proofs so it would be helpful if several spreadsheets could be uploaded.

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    Appreciate your feedback, Susan. With quite a few points raised in your post I'd recommend raising a case with our specialists at Xero Support who'll be able to confirm, and look into anything that may not be working as expected.

    Just to highlight, a journal will need to be posted in order for it to appear.

    We're planning to release a new GST Reconciliation worksheet to NZ practices within new Workpapers over the coming months and I've split your idea here off so we can keep you updated on this.

    For your post here, I've updated the title to reflect the last point you've shared on importing multiple spreadsheets to a workpapers section and we'll start to gauge interest from others in this and share if there are any updates.

  8. In the workpapers, the LY balance is first, and the CY balance is second (going left to right), but when you run any report in Xero, CY is always first, and LY is second. Also, in the workpaper overview, the CY balance is first, and the LY balance is second.

    It should be consistent with CY first and LY second.

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    Thanks for sharing here, Adam. I've connected with our product team on this and the ordering of these LY and CY balances is something our product team are aware of and they plan to align with other areas. I'll update here once this is implemented.

  9. I don't see the need for the percentage variance for the supporting balance. Changing the supporting balance variance to a $ value makes more sense. It could then be used to assist with year end alignment journals.

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    Thanks for raising the idea here, Bianca. We're continuing to develop and enhance new Workpapers so I'll be sure to let you know here if there are any plans made to enable showing the variance as an amount rather than %.

  10. We already have firm templates and it would be great if they could be added to workpapers or more specifically - added to checklist items.

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    Appreciate you sharing here, Bianca. At present it's possible to attach documents to Workpaper packs, Workpapers and Accounts, however not checklists.

    We'll start to get an understanding of the support from the community in this here, and I'll share if there are any updates planned.

  11. Need to be able to use workpapers for other entity types such as Trust, Partnerships, Sole Traders. At the moment everything is tailored towards companies, which isn't helpful when the business operates under a different structure. This also makes the export to the tax return useless

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    Hi 👋 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.

    Did you know you can join our Xero Research panel to be involved in early testing and research? Find out more and sign up through our website 🙂

  12. Currently when importing a file into XWP's any archived accounts aren't imported in. This creates an issue with asset and liability accounts especially that could be easily missed as part of the YE process.

    Easy example here is a bank account that was active in the 2016 fin year has been closed and archived in 2027 FY. When generating the XWP's later on that account is missed from the import and potentially we'd miss the relevant backup evidence and rec's usually associated.

    I'm not chasing a filter in XWP's or anything, just that the standard import setting be to include…

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  13. It is very difficult for reviewers to attach screenshots and documents to review points as currently it is combined with the rest of the documents.

    This is a frustration across our practice.

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  14. We encountered a problem with New Xero WP wherein Xero Account file wasn't able to upload Xero file of client because it was not shared by Master Admin user of our practice. Wherein this case will not always be applicable because we are holding number of client and we cannot share all access to Master Admin. So we client is just sharing access to Accountant managing his file and tax return. Will it be possible to include all Xero Accounts under Xero HQ or XPM instead of depending on Master Admin access?

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  15. Automatic notify reviewer that there are queries to answer on workpaper

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    Thanks for raising this idea, Julie. We can understand how automating reminder emails for Workpapers queries could help streamline communication with clients and reduce the need for manual follow-up.

    We've updated the status to Gaining Support and will continue to monitor interest from the community.

    Your votes and examples of how this could fit into your workflow help us better understand the impact this feature could have.

  16. Currently all income accounts are listed under 'revenue', and while MV expenses and wages are in their own workpaper, profit appropriation accounts are lumped with all other business expenses. Could we have a separate workpaper for things like dividends & distributions, as well as a profit appropriation workpaper?

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  17. The ability to change the workpaper section from within workpapers, for example the Director's loan often shows in the Other Current Liabilities, Prepayments in Other Current Assets, the ability to move the section they appear in, as the report code in Xero is usually correct.

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    Appreciate you sharing here, James. Our team are highly interested in all the ideas for new Workpapers that could help our Partners.

    For now, we'll get a sense of wider interest from the community here. I'll share if there are any updates.

  18. Most accountants use multiple screens some when reviewing workpapers is would be more ideal for any attachments to open on the other screen otherwise the attachment is always in the way of the workpaper.

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    Hi Lisa, thanks for sharing this suggestion. We understand that having attachments automatically open in a new browser tab or separate window could make it easier to work across multiple monitors and compare documents while entering or reviewing transactions.

    I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest. If this would improve your workflow, please add your vote.


  19. It would be useful to re-arrange checklist items to the order in which they are being done

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    Hi team, we've split this idea from the original thread that was more focused on the ability to edit checklists.

    We recognise there are some users that would also find the ability to rearrange items within a checklist helpful.

    While this isn't in the roadmap atm, we're keen to stay on top of the interest for this here and will share if there's any news.

  20. On the Working Trial Balance Section of the new Workpapers, when selecting the Profit & Loss section it would be great to be able to see the Profit(Loss) figure.

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    Hi Chad, thanks for your feedback on the Working Trial Balance in Xero's new Workpapers. It's really good to hear back how our partners would find this more useful.

    For the time being we'll get a sense of interest through your idea. If there are any updates planned for this I'll share with you, here.

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