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New Invoicing - Consolidated invoice process voiding the original invoices automatically
Consolidated invoices:
Have a proper feature that allows us to consolidate customer invoices rather than the "copy to" or "merge" as this does not tack the consolidation.
So the example us Customer A has 15 invoices you bill on 20th of each month but want to consolidate all 15 into 1 invoice to send them with all line items (not statements). Then the 15 invoices consolidated would be zero'd or closed off with a note saying the old invoice reference and where they were consolidated to into the new single invoice.Statements won't work, with the copy or merge you…
13 votesHi Keith, thanks for sharing this idea. We understand the consolidated invoice feature is an area of interest for our customers. The scenario you've described, combining multiple invoices into one with proper tracking, provides really helpful context. Your idea has now moved to Gaining Support, which means it's open for the community to show their support through votes and comments. Thanks for contributing to making Xero better ✨.
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splitting quantities of billable expenses when applying to invoice
Please could we have the option to add billable expenses to a customer invoice by quantity.
At current we have to assign the billable expenses as a whole, or not at all. Yet we sometimes hold items in stock for clients which are then billed at different dates, however once they have been assigned to the initial invoice we can no longer see the remaining stock on hand under the billable expenses list, unless we manually split it on the purchase invoice This only works if we know the quantities ahead of time, which we usually don't. Please add a…4 votesHi Stacy, thanks for sharing this idea and the illustration you've provided.
We can see why having the ability to partially assign billable expenses could be useful. The idea is to allow only part of a billable expense quantity or value to be applied to an invoice, making it easier to distribute costs across multiple invoices, customers, or projects without needing to manually track the remaining balance.
We've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support. If this would be helpful for your workflow, please add your vote and share more detail about your use case.
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Bills - Approval workflow based on account codes
We need the desktop app to support a bill approval workflow. Ideally, I’d be able to submit an invoice for approval, with it then routing automatically to different approvers depending on the nominal code. Once approved, it should post straight through to the ledger.
3 votesThanks for sharing this idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.
We've reviewed your idea and moved it to Gaining Support ⭐ 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!
Votes and comments will allow our Product team to see which ideas are getting traction.
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Invoice reminders - Allow selection of a specific, dedicated contact email address for different invoice reminders
The issue we have is that we may have different projects going on at the same time.
For eg. Client A has 2 projects at the same time.
Project A - Primary contact: Accounts@abc.com, cc: Mr. John
Project B - Primary contact: Accounts@abc.com, cc: Ms. JaneWe would like to set the reminders to be sent to Project A-Accounts & John, Project B-Accounts & Jane?
Currently it is sent to Accounts and John for both invoice reminders as John is set as to include in emails. It would be great if Xero has a function to be able…3 votesThanks for bringing this idea to the community.
We understand the request to use different contact email addresses for different invoice reminder. Having the flexibility to send reminders to different recipients as an invoice becomes overdue could help support a wider range of collection workflows.
We've updated this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest from the community. If this would improve your workflow, add your vote and share how you'd use it.
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Subscription Billing - Provide consolidated or grouped monthly invoicing for multi-organization owners
I receive Multiple, around 30, monthly invoices from Xero to me for each of my 30 entities.
They all come to my same email address.
They are all for my separate different entities.
I then have to open each email, click on each separate link, and download each separate pdf file of each separate invoice from Xero to each of my entities.
The common thread in these emails is that they all come to my same email address, at a staggered time over minutes / hours on the same day reach month.
If they could be sent to me in…
4 votesHi everyone, thanks for sharing this suggestion. We understand you’re looking for a way to consolidate subscription invoices across multiple organisations, so managing billing records is simpler.
Having a grouped invoice view could make it easier to review, download, and manage subscription for multiple entities.
I’ve updated this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering feedback and examples from the community.
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Quotes List - Show Job description in the list of quotes. I have multiple quotes per customer, and it is hard to search for a specific job.
3 votesHi Brendan, just to check when you say 'job' are you using Xero Projects or Tracking to record this atm? Will help when sharing back with the team.
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Attachments - Allow xlsm (Excel Macro-enabled Workbook)
I have to attach and include my back up when sending invoices.
Some of the back up is in .xlsm format (Excel Macro-enabled Workbook).Currently Xero won't allow attaching these: "File type isn't supported. Update it, then try again."
So I have to open and resave each document before I can attach, which is an unnecessary extra step in the process. It would be much more efficient to be able to attach the original document.
3 votesThanks so much for taking the time to share this idea 🌟
While we don’t currently support this file type, we can see why you’d like the ability to attach it in its original format.
We’re moving your idea to Gaining Support so we can gauge community interest and better understand how many customers would find this helpful in their invoicing workflow.
If others would benefit from this too, we’d encourage them to add their vote and share a little more about how they use these files, as that context can be really helpful for our team.
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Invoices - Improve visibility of long tracking category option's name
Tracking category name is long, but at the transaction it is not clearly visible same as CoA is visible completely
3 votesHi Anchal, thanks for sharing this idea. We can see how displaying the full tracking category names in invoices could improve visibility and comprehension.
I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest from the community. If there are particular screens where this is most challenging, let us know so we can capture those details too.
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Invoicing - Allow Salesperson name , contact terms etc
Advance Template. Allow custom fields for advance templates (For all forms). like custom field 1, custom field 2 and custom field 3. So that we can add fields like salesperson name, contacts, terms, etc.
8 votesHi Choonke thanks for raising this here. We understand the need for having Sales person's fields both on the invoice itself as well as the custom template. We have opened this idea up for the community so they can add their votes and comments on this idea. In the meantime, we'll monitor this space for more traction.
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Statements - Make the online customer statements link static
the new customer statement link should be static i.e. never changes for each customer.
the link should be visible to us from the contact page in xero.
the link should also be a placeholder item that can be selected in email templates and also in invoice templates - via clickable link or even as a QR code, both in the docx invoice template and the new style templates.
it doesnt make sense that the statement link is now only 'exposed' if you decide to send a statement by email. the statement link is such a powerful new feature. don't hide…5 votesHi Louis, thanks for sharing this idea. Having a reusable online statement link for each customer could make it easier to use the same statement across different workflows instead of generating a unique link each time.
We hear that a consistent link could support things like templates, QR codes, contact records, or external portals where businesses want customers to access their statements more easily.
We'll continue tracking the votes and use cases here to gauge the community's interest.
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Multicurrency - Use buy/sell exchange rates instead of mid-rate
Use buy/sell exchange rates instead of mid-rate when generating invoice items from bill items that have been assigned to a customer.
Currently when entering a bill in foreign currency you have ability to assign the expense to a customer.
When generating a corresponding invoice the mid-rate from XE.com is used to convert the bill item FX amount into home currency. The mid-rate is always inherently wrong, as nobody has the ability to buy or sell currency at that rate.
This means that we have to manually find the correct buy exchange rate, do a calculation and then change the amount…
3 votesHi Ashlin, thanks for sharing this idea. We can see how having the option to use buy and sell exchange rates, rather than a mid-market rate, could provide more accurate foreign currency reporting for businesses that transact internationally.
Currently, Xero uses a mid-market exchange rate by default, although you can manually override the exchange rate on individual foreign currency invoices and bills when needed.
I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest from the community. If there are particular multi-currency workflows or transactions where this has the biggest impact, let us know as those examples help us better understand the feature.
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Quotes - New field for Repeating Fees
With so many forecasting app using Xero Invoices & Quotes, we would like to see Quotes get an upgrade. Specifically add fields to show the billing frequency for that line.
This would allow us to build our dymanic quotes in Xero, showing one time fees and monthly recurring ones. Hopefully this could also then auto-create the correct invoice types when accepted. So One-time lines are grouped into one regular invoice and all monthly lines are grouped onto a monthly repeating template.
5 votesHi Rebecca, thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. While there is no development plans yet, we will open this idea up for other users who may find this feature useful so that product team has more visibility. In the meantime, the best option is to continue using repeating invoices. Cheers
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New Invoicing - New Invoice button
When creating a number of invoices the new invoice link is hard to find. Instead of a text link have a button for new invoice in the header on the invoicing page
4 votesThanks for raising this Idea with us, we can see the value in having the New Invoice button in a position that is readily available from any part of the invoicing process. We have moved this to Gaining Support so we can track interest, now all you need to do is share with friends and colleagues and get them to vote and comment.
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Quotes - Ability to assign tracking to multiple lines at once
Ability to apply a tracking category to all items listed on a quote rather than having to manually enter the tracking catergory for each item line.
Eg a tick box that would apply tracking category to all, but you could then still change some of the tracking catetgories if needed at a later date.4 votesAppreciate you sharing your idea in the forums here, Ellie. Understand it's not a bulk assign feature like you're asking here, however you may find setting defaults for Contacts useful in your flows here.
You can set defaults for tracking for purchase and sales transactions within a contacts record that'l automatically be applied to lines of your quote when that contact is selected.
For now we'll get a sense of interest from the wider community in being able to assign tracking to your quotes in bulk from the idea here, and I'll share if there are any plans made.
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Invoices - View Inventory availability when selecting item
It would be very helpful to be able to see the availability of inventory items when raising an invoice or quote.
I know this is possible once an item has been selected but it would be even better to see availability of all the items on the suggestions list, in order to select only available items.3 votesHi Peter, appreciate your suggestion. We can see how displaying available stock levels while selecting tracked inventory items on an invoice could help users confirm availability before adding the items to the invoice.
At the moment, you can view stock on hand from the Products and services list, and Xero will also warn you if the quantity entered on an invoice exceeds the available tracked inventory. However, having this information visible during item selection could help streamline order entry and reduce the need to switch between screens.
I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. If this would improve your workflow, it'd be great to hear more about whether you'd like to see stock on hand, available stock after allocations, or both displayed on the invoice.
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AI everywhere - Use AI to add details on bills uploaded to Files
Many of my clients upload supplier invoices directly to Xero, where they appear in the Files section.
Currently, when selecting an uploaded invoice and choosing Add to new → Bill, Xero creates a blank bill rather than extracting and pre‑filling the invoice details. In contrast, invoices received via Email to Bills are automatically processed and prefilled using OCR/AI.
It would be extremely helpful if invoices uploaded to Files could be processed in the same way, allowing Xero to prefill a new bill using AI or OCR. This would avoid the need to ask clients to change the email address they…4 votesHi Craig 👋, we've recently introduced Smart Document Capture which will achieve what you're after here!
Once you upload files Smart Document Capture will be able to analyse and create transactions on your behalf including invoices, bills, spend and receive monies.
This feature is currently available to all regions except NZ and AU which will be coming soon. 😊
I'll keep you updated once it's available to all users.
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Short Term Cashflow - Combine existing invoices with predictions for future invoices
When viewing the 90-day short-term cash flow projection, payments from our on-site shop show 90 days of predicted income. However, for customers with existing invoices in the system, only those invoices are displayed.
The issue arises when customers have only 30 or 60 days of invoices, causing a drop-off in the cash projection after 60 days.
Proposed Solution:
- Combine existing invoices in Xero with predictions for future invoices.
- Automatically remove these predictions when an actual invoice is entered into the system.
41 votesHi Community!👋 Thanks for your suggestion to improve the short-term cash flow projection. We're grateful for your engagement.
We've reviewed the idea, and it can now gain support from other community members.
Along with votes, others can now comment to share additional detail about how this clearer view of cash flow could improve their experience with Xero.
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Invoices - Bulk import | Allow to import Contact Default Dates
Request ability to bulk upload Contact default due dates into bulk imported Draft invoices containing no due date. Approval currently prevented due to missing due date but require that to be populated from Contact default data. Work around for individual invoices is to preview prior to Approval but that is time consuming for large numbers of invoices included in batch import.
6 votesHi John, thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.
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. Cheers
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XPM - Add “Assigned Staff” Tab to Invoices
Add “Assigned Staff” Tab to Invoices in XPM.
We would like the ability to assign staff members to invoices created in Xero Practice Manager (XPM) to improve workflow visibility and accountability throughout the billing process.
Currently, when an invoice is open, there are three tabs available:
Information, Notes & History.We propose adding a fourth tab titled “Assigned Staff.”
Invoice workflow typically moves through several stages:
1. Staff member creates the bill
2. Manager reviews and approves
3. Director reviews and approves
4. Admin completes final processing and sends to the clientHaving the ability to assign up to 4–5…
5 votes✨ Hi everyone,
Thanks for sharing your feedback on this idea and explaining how assigning staff to invoices created in Xero Practice Manager would help improve workflow visibility and accountability through the billing process.
We can see the value in having a clearer way to show ownership during invoicing, especially where different team members are involved in preparing, reviewing, and following up on invoices.
We’re moving this idea to Gaining support so others in the community can vote and share how this would help their practice too. The more detail we have on how this would improve day-to-day workflows, the better we can understand the broader impact.
We’ll continue to monitor the feedback here and share any updates as we learn more.
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New Invoicing - Option to switch Autosave off
I don't want autosave on for invoicing - I use third party software to copy invoice details to a Trello Card, this is triggered when the invoice is saved.
Auto saving will send the invoice info through to Trello before the invoice is complete, meaning not all the info will be sent to Trello.
Are we able to turn off the auto save function in new invoicing?480 votesHi community, as mentioned in my last post we want to keep you looped in on changes around autosave.
Our product team has continued to focus attention on how we can make invoicing faster and more responsive to improve our customers' experience.
We've now optimised autosave to require less processing power, leading to faster invoice loading and saving.
While we don't have any plans to remove autosave, there is the possibility that we would make updates to improve experiences related to autosave in the future - I've provided links below to ideas that have been raised and remain open for consideration;
- Invoicing - Undo/revert to previous version of an invoice
- Exclude Auto Save from History and Notes
- Invoices - Add invoice number when invoice is Approved
Thanks again for all your feedback and sharing with us in the forums here.
Updated 10 Sept 25
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