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This is also an issue for repeating invoices. In fact, it is our main issue with this. Our repeating invoices get sent out at 2am. So we have to manually send all of our invoices during working (or waking hours) to avoid this.

Please also apply this to repeating invoices.

This would be ideal for sending invoices and also payslips especially for when travelling as network issues don't always allow me to log in.
So glad to hear this is in the pipeline

Adding my voice to the pile here - this seems like such a basic feature that so many people are crying out for. When the work is done, it would be fantastic to sort everything in Xero and know it's going to be sent like a scheduled email. Please please please, prioritise this. It would make such a big difference to my workflow.

We have been waiting years for this. We have to manually send all of our invoices because otherwise they get sent at 2am which is so unprofessional.

I don't understand why it isn't already setup on a country by country basis. We are all paying the same subscription, but we don't all receive the same service depending on timezones.

Please make it possible to at least only send emails during working hours on working days.

Please, please, please make this a priority. As you can see, the people have voted and we need this feature asap!

Really keen for this one. I work part time and often one off invoices need to be sent on specific days. Luckily I am able to login and send them when needed, but it means having to login on my days off, instead of scheduling them all during my work hours.

Would also be helpful for sending Remittances and also Payslips at a later date.

Thanks Kelly!

I'm glad to hear this is now at least "in discovery". Part of the work toward scheduled-send is saving the email text and recipients, and I hope Xero implements that aspect in general. Right now if I leave the send screen to change something on the invoice and then return to send, I need to retype all of this. Same thing if I decide to send it to another person later. Or if I copy it to another invoice later for the next year (or month's) payment. If the text and recipients were kept, this would all be much easier. And it's a logical first step toward implementing scheduled-send.

Please enable this function for payslips while you are working on it.

Just a reminder that this remains key missing functionality. Hey, even PayPal on their free tier allow scheduled sending of invoices!!

I make do with draft invoices, which I clear at a convenient time. But that is really quite inferior.

Hi Xero,

Before any work on this, please address https://productideas.xero.com/forums/939198-for-small-businesses/suggestions/44960536-xero-mail-send-as-company-name-com-not-message first.

Email sending features in Xero are useless until this is resolved.

(If you are following this issue, please upvote the linked email issue.)

Thanks

any update as this feature should be standard? also sending of monthly scheduled statements is needed

It is hard to understand why Xero is so slow to implement such a simple request and only now is moved to : "Under Review". This has been raised time after time.
It is obvious due to the number of comments that Xero's clients see this as very important to their business.
Xero increase fees expecting customer loyalty, without providing value for money. You would think in the current market they would listen to their customers.
The ability to schedule emails is integral for small business.

MYOB appears to provide more small business friendly functions like these and have for a long time.
Make you think....

It gets worse--now Xero is simply closing comments on the popular simple ideas that they don't want to implement. They closed comments yesterday for "Quotes - Title and Summary to flow through to Sales Invoices". Xero seems to have unlimited time and money to implement trendy AI bells and whistles, but has no interest in "boring" core functionality. We should be able to specify the date/time to send transactions AND Xero invoices should have a title and summary just like quotes do.

Excited to read the update yesterday from Diya Jolly, Chief Product Officer, as was expecting to see this much supported idea (619 votes) finally be implemented.

Instead, a product idea with 210 votes, "Speed up invoices in the Xero Network", was announced.

@Hannah G/Admin, you said in January 2024 "Rest assured that our eyes are on the ground monitoring your feedback and votes here, so please keep adding them in this thread". But it's reasonable to assume that the feedback isn't been monitored, or, worse, not a priority to Xero the organisation, even though it's a feature, albeit basic, that your client base wants and needs.

Can we please get a response from Xero on this. It's almost unthinkable that there still isn't a basic "schedule invoice in advance" feature. Or is there and 619 of us have missed something?

While recurring invoices currently exist in Xero, it would be valuable to have functionality that allows users to schedule one-off invoices for future dates with flexible send times.

Example:

A user creates an invoice today for a job scheduled on August 20, 2025.

Once the job is completed, the invoice should be automatically sent at a pre-set time such as:

- Immediately after job completion

- By the end of the same business day

- First thing the next morning

This would help service-based businesses streamline post-job billing and reduce manual follow-up, while maintaining accurate timing for customer communication and cash flow management.

While recurring invoices currently exist in Xero, it would be valuable to have functionality that allows users to schedule one-off invoices for future dates with flexible send times.

Example:

A user creates an invoice today for a job scheduled on August 20, 2025.

Once the job is completed, the invoice should be automatically sent at a pre-set time such as:

Immediately after job completion

By the end of the same business day

First thing the next morning

This would help service-based businesses streamline post-job billing and reduce manual follow-up, while maintaining accurate timing for customer communication and cash flow management.

Lovely. Got the email yesterday to inform us that the price is going up another $8. Annual price increases but no new notable functionality and no attention to things customers need. I'm starting to look for alternatives.

+1 for wanting a schedule invoice email function.

Since it's been on request for 10 years I'm not holding my breath sadly...