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  1. It would be great it we could select a report from Xero Blue and attach it to a workpaper - eg. Aged Receivables Summary Report to Accounts Receivable. Currently you have to export the report and link. It would save time if you could directly link the report (preferably as a static PDF or to the spreadsheet section?

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    Hi Everyone, thank you for the time taken to give us the feedback on this feature. Im happy to say this idea is in development and will be added to the new Xero Workpapers experience in early 2026. We will keep everyone updated here as more features are released and you can also see updates and read more about the new experience here ✨🌟💫

  2. Consider adding workpapers for Inter-Entity Loan, Wages, Div 7A, TPAR, Super Payable, BAS, and GST to provide a more comprehensive set of templates for common compliance and review areas.

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    Hi team, apologies we jumped the gun a touch on the idea here.

    Like previously mentioned, right now you can attach documents and links, set flexible workpaper periods, and use basic calculation sheets in the new experience.

    Currently our team are exploring how we might further enhance Workpapers with variations for tailored templates, and support direct importing of reports to improve the way data moves across your compliance steps. We'll share as we have more updates for you around this.

  3. Is a GST workpaper being developed or would there be one similar to the GST workpaper in exisiting workpapers? We are onboarding staff to old workpapers so having similar or improved workpapers would be useful.

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    Hi team, we appreciate your feedback as you get stuck in to trying our our new Workpapers. Our team have been monitoring feedback closely and I'd like to share that we're in the process of developing a GST Workpaper in our new solution. We'll be back to share once it's released. 😊

  4. Instead of having to go back to the main overview and then select the workpaper, it would be good to be able to have a drop down to select a workpaper as well as the forward and back buttons.

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    Hi team, atm we're considering improvements to enable you to navigate between workpapers without needing to go back to the workpaper list.

    I'll be sure to keep you updated of progress around this, here. Thanks

  5. A function whereby we can either toggle hide/unhide on workpapers that are 'N/A - not applicable' would be very useful. Or at least the ability to amend the workpaper codes so 'N/A - not applicable' workpapers can be custom sorted to the bottom of the pack, out of the way

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    Hi 👋 thanks for continued feedback on the New Workpapers. This particular idea has been moved to Gaining Support, which will allow others to vote and comment! We will be keeping a close eye on the Ideas coming through and will update here if there are any changes. Again we appreciate each and everyone who has participated and added their feedback.🙂

  6. In the bank reconciliation, it would be great to be able to enter the closing balance per the bank statement, and the workpaper shows any variance.

    It would also be great if the bank name and a partial account number could be pulled through to help identify accounts where a client has many bank accounts.

    29 votes

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    Appreciate the interest this idea has been receiving and we wanted to let you know that our product team are taking a closer look into this idea specifically.

    I'll be back to share any further updates with you all, here.

  7. Within a specific workpaper we have the ability to add a note and select the account code that the note applies to. Can we add the account name in there as well?

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    Thanks for the feedback about our new Workpapers solution! We have a close eye on this feedback as the team continue to develop this product.

    We'll keep an eye on the interest for this here, and I'll be sure to share if there is any progress.

  8. The Status options (Completed, ready for review etc. ) apply to the whole workpaper, for example Current Liabilities. Is it possible to apply a status to each individual account within that workpaper, ie so that as you are reviewing you can mark each account as completed or rework required as you go, instead of the status applying all accounts within that workpaper.

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    Thank you for the feedback on the new Workpapers experience. We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. We really appreciate the time taken and the input of our customers and encourage you to share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too! This is invaluable to our Product team. Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.

  9. If the purpose of new work paper is for seamless compliance, should it not have the following feature:

    1. Div. 7A Loans

    All these features are available in the old/classic work paper.

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    Hi everyone, and thank you for your feedback on this feature Idea in the New Xero Workpapers. We have reviewed this are moving this to Gaining Support so others can vote and comment on this. The Product team will continue to monitor this and other feature Ideas and feedback on the new Workpapers and we will post an updates here.

  10. We would like to have the ability to link a note to multiple accounts, including different account types (eg liability and expense).

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    Hi team, we have split this idea from the original raised across here.

    Our teams are watching the interest for changes in Workpapers through the forum here, and I'll make sure to let you know if any plans are made for this.

    For now, we'd like to continue to track the interest in this. Thanks

  11. If the purpose of new work paper is for seamless compliance, should it not have the following features:

    1. Chattel Mortgage Loans

    All these features are available in the old/classic work paper.

    14 votes

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    Hey everyone as you can see we have split the original Idea up into seperate ideas including:

    (New Workpapers - Payroll tax feature)

    (New Workpapers - Dividends. 7A Loans feature)

    And I have also added your votes to the following similar established Ideas:

    (Workpapers - Ability to change the terms in the Borrowing Costs/Amortisation)

    (Workpaper | Fringe Benefits - Motor Vehicle private use)

    This is so we can monitor interest for each of the features. The Product team will be reviewing these ideas and we will post any updates on these here. Again thanks for your feedback.

  12. The franking credits workpaper is very handy but is almost pointless when preparing the tax return as you need to go back to the source documents to obtain the dates of payment. When ideally prefilling from the Tax Office, having the dates come through or being able to add the dates manually will assist with compiling the tax return.

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    Thanks for sharing your thoughts on adding dates to the Franking Credits workpaper.

    We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!

    Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.

  13. Would like to see this feature in the New Workpapers.

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    Thanks for the feedback on the New Xero Workpapers, we appreciate the time taken to add your thoughts and votes on the new experience. We have moved this to Gaining Support and the Product team will review the comments and votes here. We will update the Idea when there are any updates or changes.

  14. We need to be able to send the Client Queries to a client.

    The old Xero Workpapers allowed us to send a notification to a client's email, and the client would answer the queries and upload their documents which would be automatically imported into the old Xero Workpapers.

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    Hey Everyone! Thanks for the feedback on the New Workpapers experience. Xero Ask is available on the Classic Workpapers but as yet not available in the new Workpapers experience. We've reviewed your idea and moved it to Gaining Support and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too!

    Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.

  15. The prepayment workpaper should have the facility to calculate the amount to amortise which was there in previous Xero Workpapers.

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    Hey thanks for raising this Idea with us regarding amortisation options in the New Workpapers calculator. We have reviewed this and moved it to Gaining Support, this means that others can vote and comment on this Idea. We will be watching the progress of this Idea and any updates will be posted here. Thanks again we appreciate your feedback on the New Workpapers.

  16. A little UI matter, I know the column widths will scale depending on the window size; however, when I go into the Income Tax workpaper, the spacing seems quite wide even in a smaller split-screen window. It would be nice if the column widths were narrower

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    Appreciate the feedback, Adam. Our product team are staying close to the feedback we're receiving on the new workpapers solution so I'll keep you updated hear if there is any change planned. For now we'll get a sense of others in community that support this too. Thanks

  17. Can the spreadsheet have more formatting options - like borders so that you can have a top and bottom border on a total cell? Bold type?

    Also, it needs more functionality like being able to select the range of cells to sum =sum(select cells using mouse) instead of manually typing in the range.

    When you copy and paste from Excel formatting is lost and you cannot add additional lines past where the data pastes if past row 20 (The data itself can paste to additional rows). If data goes to row 19, you cannot insert additional lines past 20 either.

    10 votes

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    Hi community, appreciate the desire for more formatting in new Workpapers and this is something our product team would like to explore more but with a few other items in the pipeline atm isn't road mapped just yet.

    We'll continue to gauge the interest in this idea and as soon as there are updates I'll share with you all, here.

  18. Manual journals have to be saved as a draft first. Then they need to be edited to be posted. This is an unnecessary step. Or if it is required, it should be role based.

    10 votes

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    We appreciate the support this idea is receiving and will continue to monitor feedback this receives for consideration in future planning.

    I'll make sure to share if there's any progress for you all here.

  19. Mak the button to notify preparer / reviewer more prominent. The notifications are buried in a menu make them more prominent so the reviewer and preparer can notify each other when tasks have been completed

    10 votes

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    Hi everyone, thanks for showing your support in this idea. Paying close attention to the feedback in this forum our product team have picked this up and are now working on improving the visibility of this button in the new solution. I'll be back to share as soon as I have more news 😁

  20. The ability to create and edit our own workpaper to add to the pack (like what we could do in the old workpapers)

    9 votes

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