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Sales Overview - Add Valuation document
It would be most helpful to have a valuation format ( which for my construction business sits between the ( Quotation & invoicing documents that Xero have delivered perfectly)
This would require a % of the line item “ as defined in the quotation document” this value / % would increase as the project progressed.
Is this something that could be accommodated?? For a 50 something builder with limited I.T experience Xero has proven to be user friendly and very efficient tool. Thank you!!! The perfect tool would include the above Valuation document.2 votesThanks for sharing your idea Brett, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. We are pleased to hear that you're loving Xero so far. While this is currently not possible we've opened this idea up to the community to add their support. Make sure you share your idea with any colleagues that this could benefit so they can add their vote too! In the meantime, you might be interested in checking out our connected apps page via the Xero App Store which might have an app that supports the construction functionality you wish to see.
Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.
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New credit notes - Ability to edit and choose application amount when creating from invoice
The existing CN is being phased out in favour of a new-format CN (now in 2026). It is less user friendly than the old one; there are 2 options to create them as follows.
Using Create & Apply Credit from an invoice automatically applies the full amount without giving you a chance to edit first, requiring you to then un-allocate, edit, and re-allocate.
Creating a blank credit note from the Sales Overview means manually copying line items from the invoice, which is cumbersome with room for manual errors..
I'd like to create a CN off an invoice, and edit it…
9 votesAppreciate your feedback on the new credit notes experience here, Zoltan. Can see how this would be useful when you need to make a few changes to the credit note that's related to a specific invoice.
While we don't have immediate changes for this planned we'll start tracking the interest here and can keep yu updated if there's anything in the works.
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Projects -Ability to send separate statements for projects to same contact
We have two projects running under one contact and it is not possible to send two different statements. I have to duplicate the contact or create a manual statement.
3 votes🌟 Thanks so much for sharing this idea, Larissa. I can appreciate how frustrating it must be to have to duplicate a contact or create manual statements just to manage separate projects under the same customer.
We’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can better understand how many customers this would help. We’ll continue to monitor community support and interest, as feedback like yours plays an important role in helping us understand where improvements are needed most.
We really appreciate you taking the time to explain your experience and the workaround you’re currently having to use.
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DOCX - Modernize Advanced Templates: Full Support for Modern Word (.docx), Embedded Fonts & High-Res Branding
The Vision: Every business deserves to send invoices and quotes that look as professional as the services they provide. Currently, Xero’s "Advanced Template" engine is built on 20-year-old legacy standards that "obliterate" modern branding, fonts, and high-resolution graphics.
We are asking Xero to modernize the template parser to support the industry-standard OpenXML (.docx) used by modern versions of Microsoft Word (Office 2016/365).
Why this matters to your business:
Brand Fidelity: Stop your high-res logos from turning into blurry, low-res bitmaps.
Modern Typography: Use modern fonts (like Google Fonts/Montserrat) through proper font-embedding support.
Layout Stability: Fix the "broken" tables and distorted…
130 votesHi everyone, thanks so much for taking the time to share your feedback and support this idea. We’ve taken another look here and, while we don’t have plans to develop DOCX further, we have released and are continuing to roll out our invoice editor. It’s replacing the Standard branding theme first, and from there will continue to evolve with more of the invoice customisation we know customers are looking for across things like logos, fonts and colours.
We know this won’t be the update some of you were hoping for, especially for those wanting more flexibility in how invoices look and feel. To help keep updates relevant to the specific changes being asked for, we’d really encourage you to add your vote to the ideas below, as they’re more closely related to those points:
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Invoice: Round GST on subtotal only rather than line-by-line
This is based on an actual example.
I had an invoice for around $15000 which consisted of around 10 line items. It appears Xero calculates GST per line item which is rounded (which is fine) and then for the total at the bottom appears to add up the rounded line items. What this meant in my case was that the GST total was 1 cent out where on my invoice it showed $2037.59 and on the purchase order I had it was $2037.58. The latter was the correct amount. What this meant was that this was enough for a big…
9 votesThanks 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.
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History and Notes - Links to quotes from Invoice when copied over
Track or link quote to purchase order to bill to invoice. This would allow you to track the full life cycle of a deal
11 votesThanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.
In Classic Invoicing, there was a history and notes link between the quote and the invoice when the invoice was copied from the quote.
At the moment, that same history link isn’t available for quotes copied to invoices in the newer experience. We understand how helpful that audit trail is, especially when you need a clear record between the two transactions, so this is being moved to gaining support for the quote to invoice history workflow.
However, we are happy to say that this is still available in bills copied over from purchase orders , the link is still available above the history section
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Invoice Attachments - Ability to add videos
Being able to add a video to the attachments on an invoice so when sending an invoice, you can send a 5-10 second video of a repair or service or what was fixed or item you are invoicing over. Photos are good, but sometimes video is better.
2 votesThanks so much for sharing this idea 🎥 — we can see how being able to attach a short video to an invoice could be really useful, especially when a quick clip can show a repair, service, or completed work more clearly than a photo.
We’re moving this idea to Gaining support so other customers can vote and comment on it too. This helps our product team gauge community interest and better understand how valuable this would be for businesses using Xero.
If this is something you’d like to see, we’d encourage you to add any extra detail about how you’d use it, as that can be really helpful context for the team reviewing the idea.
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Invoice template - Tax ID displayed under own Company details
The rational of display Tax ID Display Name under the client contact doesn't sounds right as this is the column where we should key in our own company information.
When we using the standard template of Xero for AR Invoice, if there is tax id keyed under client's name, the field of "Tax ID Display Name" will be display under the client name. this sounds weird when I was told to amend the "Tax ID Display Name" which can be found under Financial Setting to something called "TIN Number" or "Tax ID Number" to make the display right.
2 votesThanks for sharing this idea 🙂 We’ve moved it to Gaining Support so we can continue to track interest from others who’d like to see this improved.
In the meantime, there is a workaround available using an advanced invoice template (custom DOCX template). This gives you more control over the invoice format, so you can customise how the invoice displays outside of the standard template.
You can find more on setting this up here: Create an advanced invoice template
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Credit notes - Negative symbol to differentiate from invoice
Now that the new Credit Notes have a white background the same as Sales Invoices it can be difficult to differentiate between the two. Can we please have negative symbols added to the Credit Notes to make it easier to differentiate from the Sales Invoices screen.
13 votesAppreciate your feedback on the new credit notes experience, Colleen. We'l strat to get an idea of the interest from other users that'd also find this helpful here.
Make sure to share this with any colleagues that'd also find this useful.
We'll let you know if there are any updates planned here.
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Contact Search - Name suggestion if misspelled
we have hundred of customers and I sometime mis-spell their names when starting in invoice. Its would nice if an intelligent pop up would come up and say 'Mr Blougs' doesn't exist, did you mean Mr Bloggs? and links straight to it. At the moment it's just an unfriendly 'this contact doesn't exist' or something.
7 votesThanks for sharing this idea with us. We can see how having smarter contact search when creating an invoice would be helpful, especially when you’re working with a large number of customers and a small spelling mistake makes it harder to find the right contact.
We’ve reviewed your idea and moved it to Gaining Support. This means it’s now open for other customers to vote on and comment, which helps our product teams understand the level of interest and the impact this has for customers using Xero.
While we don’t have immediate plans to share for this, we’ll continue to track the feedback and support this idea receives here.
Thanks again for taking the time to share your suggestion with us 🙂.
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Invoices - Ability to send "Paid" invoices (receipts) via SMS
Would like to be able to SMS fully paid invoices.
2 votesHi Jane, appreciate the feedback here. We understand that payment confirmation is an important part of the customer experience.
Extending SMS functionality to include “Paid” invoice notifications or receipts could provide a quick, mobile-friendly way to confirm transactions. We’ve updated this to Gaining Support so we can track interest and share it with the product team.
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Invoice - Ability to rearrange invoice columns
When using the invoicing system in Xero, there is no ability to move columns around. It would make my workflow much easier if I could enter quantity first, followed by product code, as this matches the standard ordering format in our industry. When customers place orders, they typically specify the quantity first and then the product size or code.
In our previous system, we were able to click and drag columns into any order (similar to how line items can currently be rearranged in Xero). However, with the current fixed column layout in Xero, I often find myself writing phone…
3 votesHi Scott and Janine, thanks for sharing your feedback here.
We understand why having the ability to customise invoice column order could make invoicing workflows easier, especially for teams that process a lot of invoices or follow a specific data entry process.
This idea is suggesting the ability to rearrange invoice columns directly within the invoice screen, allowing businesses to set up the layout in a way that better suits their workflow.
We’ll continue to track feedback and interest around more flexible invoice layouts.
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Invoices & Emails - Support Markdown-style text formatting
A simple solution for those that want to format their text when emailing would be to allow formatting that WhatsApp uses, where you simply add * either side of word or sentence that you wish to format as bold, for example.
https://faq.whatsapp.com/539178204879377/?helpref=hc_fnav&cms_platform=web
3 votesThanks Eamonn for the feedback here. We hear that having a quicker way to format text in invoices and emails would help improve clarity and workflow efficiency.
Being able to apply simple Markdown-style formatting while typing could make it easier to emphasise important information like due dates or payment terms. This has been moved to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest and share it with the product team.
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Search - Auto default cursor
Instead of a search button, the search field should be displayed by default and the cursor should default to that field. That way we can just type our search terms without first clicking on a button or a field.
2 votesThanks for sharing, Douglas. I see you've posted int he Invoicing forum and I just wanted to check if you're referring tot he Global search (in the blue banner) or the search bar within invoice lists?
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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.
6 votesHi team, thanks for the feedback about how routing bills based on account code would be helpful in sending bills to the right user.
At present, we’re working on a bill approval workflow that'll support rules based on GL account code, alongside amount, supplier and submitter.
Matching bills can then move through selected user approval steps, with email alerts and a record of the decision kept against the bill, helping to reduce manual sorting and so your teams can keep the approval process in Xero instead of relying on separate lists or email chains.
Posting and accounting treatment will still follow the normal bill process once the required approval is complete. I’ll update again as this feature begins to roll out.
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Invoicing - Use Customer's Default Tax Rates Regardless of Account Type
We have a customer that is billed for direct expenses incurred for travel to their site.
We code the sale to offset the expense, but the tax code doesn't use the default as set against the customer (zero rated income), instead, because we have selected an expense account, it uses the expense account tax rate (zero rated expense, or 20% VAT on expense).
Left as it is, it is in the wrong box on the VAT return (our external accountants have picked this up recently).
The only way to correct this at the moment is by using 'find and recode'…
8 votesHi everyone, thanks for taking the time to share this.
We understand you’re looking for customer tax settings to take priority over account defaults when creating invoice lines, so tax treatment is applied more consistently.
Having the right tax option as a default could help reduce manual checks and make invoicing easier when managing customers with different tax requirements.
We’ll continue to track feedback and interest from the community for this idea.
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Invoices: Tab forward or back between invoices
It would be great to have a button to go forward or back to navigate/scroll through invoices in invoice number order.
Sometimes i need to quickly check details in invoices already sent. But i have to navigate back to the invoice page or search the invoice number.
Having a forward and back button would be very helpful.17 votesThanks 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.
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Invoices - Expand native e-invoicing (Peppol network) support to European countries
Ability to send e-invoices to Europe (in Euro via Peppol).
This rolls up many other product ideas about sending e-invoices to European countries e.g. Spain, Germany, France, Belgium.
All that is required is an update to the Contact form (which currently just has ABN) to include a field for the Peppol Participant ID. For example, OpenPeppol (AISBL) itself has a Belgian ID of "0208:0848934496" (ISO6523-country-code:country-company-number).
3 votesHi Rick, thanks for raising this idea. We understand you’re looking for Peppol e-invoicing to be available across European regions, making it easier to exchange invoices with customers and suppliers through the required networks.
This could help streamline compliance workflows and reduce the need to manage separate solutions.
We’ll continue to monitor feedback and input from the community here, especially around which countries they'd like this feature to support.
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Quotes - Increase font size for line item grid
Please change the font size back to the larger size in the quoting & invoicing where the line item entry section on the quote/invoice edit screen, where the Description, Qty and Amount fields appear smaller than the other fields at the top of the page.
The larger size the same as the reference/date fields was much better.
3 votesHi Sharna, we understand you’re looking for the ability to increase or scale the font size within workspace grids, so line items are easier to read when working with detailed data.
Having adjustable text sizing could help improve readability and make it more comfortable to work through longer lists of items.
We’ll continue to track feedback and interest from the community for this idea, here.
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Invoice reminder - Reply to Email Default to Logged In User
Currently when invoice reminders is turned on by the client, the default address is for the reply to emails seems to be the Subscriber's email. Would be good if it was the email of the logged in user by default.
3 votesHi Melissa, appreciate you raising this. We understand you’re looking for a way to personalise invoice reminder email routing based on the user or team member sending the reminder.
This could help keep communication connected to the right person and make follow-ups smoother.
We’ll continue to monitor feedback from the community and gauge the demand.
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