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The ability to change the system date from today to another day
I would like to be able to change the overall system date from the current date to a date of my choosing, providing it is after the lock date. I was a long term Sage user and there I had the option to select a 'system date' so that if I had many transactions to post on a certain date I would not have to change that manually each time. For example today's date is July 15th, but I have credit notes to post all dated June 30th, so why can't I change the system date to June 30th? We…
1 voteThanks for highlighting this improvement.
Having the option to set a session date for transactions entry could make the process quicker by applying the same date to multiple entries. At the moment, you can consider importing the credit notes in bulk instead.
We've updated the status to Gaining Support. Add your vote if this could help your workflow and let us know how you'd use it.
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Invoices - Adjust margin and header spacing controls within Standard invoice templates
Move the entire template up so the "Bill To", Logo and "Company Info are on the same rows.
There is too much wasted space up top and could be used for more line itemsOr
Add an option to crunch the line items with none, single or double line spacing between each item listed.
4 votesThanks for raising this, Kirk. We understand that having more control over invoice layouts can help keep customer-facing documents looking clean and professional.
The suggestion is to add margin and spacing controls to Standard invoice templates, making it easier to adjust the layout to align the logo with address and company information.
For now, Advanced DOCX templates can be used when you need more flexibility over formatting. We’ve moved this idea along to continue tracking interest.
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Invoice - Ability to hold and release bond/security deposit
Can we get a simple way to hold and release bonds. This would be MASSIVE and help with compliance.
3 votesHi Dejan, thanks for bringing this idea to the community. We understand the request for a way to manage bonds or security deposits within the invoicing workflow, including holding the amount separately and releasing or applying it later. This can be useful for businesses that regularly work with deposits alongside standard invoicing.
The idea is to introduce a clearer way to track and manage security deposits through a dedicated hold and release process, rather than relying on manual workarounds such as liability accounts or journals.
For now, deposits are typically managed using standard invoicing and liability accounts, with manual tracking used for holding and returning funds where needed. We appreciate this can add extra steps depending on your workflow.
We’ve updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support. If this would be useful in your process, please add your vote and share how you would use it.
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Statements - Remove the Red ink from overdue
I would like to be able to select a covering statement email as the red box with overdue payments is really annoying our scholars. They see this and think it is the amount they owe. Most of our scholars pay in small instalments this is highly confusing for them. If we had a choice of an alternative template it would be really useful. I have written to support and there is not currently an option for this. Their reply is below for you info.
I understand the issue is with the red box showing overdue amounts in the covering email…
2 votes✨ Thanks so much for taking the time to share this idea and explain the challenge you’re running into. We’re moving this idea to Gaining Support so we can hear from more customers who would like greater flexibility in how overdue information is shown in statement emails, including different template options.
If this is something others in your network are running into as well, we’d really appreciate them adding a vote or sharing their use case too. That kind of detail helps our product team better understand the real impact on day-to-day workflows.
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Invoices - Retain and save the selected Account Code on line items with a $0.00 amount or 100% discount
We send out promotional items and invoice these with a 100% discount. When saving the invoice, Xero is not saving the account code that I applied. I've read this is an accounting simplification. We need to see these invoices - is there a workaround?
4 votesHi Vanisha, thanks for sharing this suggestion. Retaining the selected account code on zero-value or fully discounted line items could be useful for reporting and analysis, particularly for tracking promotional or non-charged allocations.
Keeping this mapping in place would help preserve useful context in reporting, even when the line has no financial impact on the ledger.
We’ll keep an eye on the feedback and interest in this thread.
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Credit Notes - New credit note does not show Customer Contact Account Numbers
Your NEW credit note is no use to us as it does not show the client account number (not the bank the contact account number). If you are re-designing a layout at least keep the info you could previously see! Update before this is mandatory please
3 votesHi Sally, 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.
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Statements - Email template placeholder for Overdue Balance
Can we please have a 'placeholder' field for 'Overdue Balance' so that an email template may be created notifying the customer that their balance is '£x' of which '£y' is overdue?
13 votesHi, thanks for sharing this idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.
Now it's up to the community to get behind and support it with their votes and comments.
In the meantime as you've likely noticed, there are placeholders for Statement Balance, Balance With Currency and Symbol, and Balance With Symbol that you might use in the email template.
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Invoices - Due date for sales invoices 45 days
Invoices - Please could we have an option for due date to calculate 45 after the invoice date and then end of the month? EG invoice date 1st May 26, due date is 1st May 26 plus 45 days = 14th June, EOM = 30th June (due date). This is a common way to calculate due date in Southern Europe. Thank you!
2 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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Overpayment - Audit trail back to bank statement line
Currently, there is no path to follow to an overpayments origin. We need to be able to see which transaction this overpayment came from when there is disputes over the account.
3 votesThanks for sharing this idea with us, and for letting us know this change would be helpful for you 😊
We’ve now moved your idea to Gaining Support so that other customers can vote on it and add their feedback too. This helps our product team better understand how many people are looking for this and the impact it could have.
If this is something others would also find useful, we’d encourage them to add their vote and share a little more about how this would help their workflow.
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Invoicing - Invoice status for An invoice that is still an order
Hi all,
I would like to float the idea of including an 'Order' button/tick box on the invoices.
The 'Order' flag would indicate that this Invoice is still 'In progress' and has not been fulfilled. In this situation the invoice has been created as the Quote has been accepted, however the invoice is not sent for payment until the order has been completed. This would also mean that this invoice is not included in the statement that is sent to the customer..
This would help with the customers that have terms and/or have agreed to not pre-pay, however pay on…
3 votesHi Matthew, 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.
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Invoice Templates - Allow template to be deleted without replacement for historical invoice
I want to delete a number of invoice templates in Xero as the bank accounts relating to these templates are closed and we no longer require the invoice templates. I'd like to be able to do this cleanly without having to 'delete and replace'. I simply want to delete an invoice template without having to replace it with another invoice template that is unrelated. My methodology is to clean up, remove and simplify the invoice template options.
2 votesThanks for bringing this idea to the community.
We understand the request to delete invoice templates that are no longer needed without having to replace them with another template. Having more flexibility to manage historical templates could help keep your invoice settings organised.
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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Invoices - Add a warning or lock when invoice is already being worked on by another user.
When two users open the same invoice draft on different devices and make changes simultaneously, only the changes made by the last person to save and close the invoice are retained, resulting in earlier changes being overwritten.
It would be very helpful if Xero could restrict invoice drafts to be opened by only one user at a time, or provide a warning/lock to prevent simultaneous editing and accidental data loss.
8 votesHi Malki! 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.
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Inventory - Add Sales and Purchase columns to main inventory list
On the Products and services form/screen, have the ability to show and filter the Purchase and Sell tick boxs.
Then I can see products are only available on Sales or Purchase Orders or both!2 votesHi Roy, thanks for sharing this idea. We can see how having more flexibility in the Products and Services list view, including the ability to customise or add columns, could make it easier to review item details at a glance.
At the moment, additional item information can be accessed by opening individual records or exporting the list to CSV for review in a spreadsheet.
I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest from the community. If there are specific fields or columns you'd find most useful, we'd love to hear more about them.
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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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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…
3 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 - Allow temporary client invoices without creating permanent contacts
In working with a client who uses Xero as their invoicing system, we’ve identified a practical workflow gap that may affect many small manufacturers and custom-service businesses.
The business does not operate a traditional point-of-sale system. Instead, they produce custom, made-to-order items such as signage and magnets for walk-in customers.
These transactions typically involve:
once-off customers
minimal customer details
immediate payment on collection
no expectation of repeat business
The business must provide proof of payment at handover while maintaining proper accounting records.
With increasing compliance expectations and the move toward e-invoicing, a streamlined method to issue a once-off invoice or…
4 votesThanks for sharing this suggestion, Anzelle. For businesses handling walk-ins or one-off custom work, creating a new contact for each interaction can add extra records to manage. A way to generate temporary or single-use invoices without saving a permanent contact could help support simpler record keeping while still allowing proof of payment.
We’ve moved this to Gaining Support so interest can be tracked and shared with our product teams for review alongside other workflow improvements.
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Xero App - Send an invoice via SMS from the app instead
Allow the send invoice by SMS option to be available in the mobile app. Moving the option of sending an invoice by SMS to the top of the page instead of at the bottom would be much better too. Most businesses will have templates set up, so this is why it would be easier to have the option at the top of the page.
4 votesHi everyone, thanks for sharing this suggestion. We understand that when you’re working on the go, being able to send invoices quickly can make a big difference, especially when customers prefer receiving updates by text.
The suggestion here is to add a direct SMS option in the mobile app, so users can send invoice links to customers without needing to switch between apps or copy and paste details manually.
For now, you can use your device’s share options from the invoice to send the link through your preferred messaging app. While this isn’t the same as having a built-in SMS option, it can help make sharing invoices easier in the meantime.
We’ve moved this to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest and gather more feedback from businesses using mobile invoicing workflows.
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Invoicing - Awaiting Payment list - Display average number of days they pay in
Invoicing - Awaiting Payment list - Display average number of days they pay in
When looking at the Invoices Awaiting Payment list, it would be very helpful to see the average number of days that customer pays in – so I know if it’s time to start chasing them.
Purpose: There’s no point in chasing an overdue invoice if I can see that it’ll likely be paid tomorrow. As it is, it takes 3 clicks to find that stat.
2 votesThanks for sharing this idea 😊. We can see why having the average number of days a customer usually takes to pay visible directly in the Awaiting Payment list would be helpful.
At the moment, this information is available on an individual contact record rather than in the invoice list view. We’re moving this idea to Gaining Support so we can better understand how many customers would like to see this surfaced more directly in the invoicing workflow.
We’ll continue to keep an eye on the feedback and update you here if there’s any news to share.
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Bills - Ability to add Posting Period to manage late bills
Serious limitation in Xero is TB period control. Currently the TB is created using transaction date, so late bills effect prior period instead of falling into the current account period. This is a key feature of any accounting system and a major limitation of Xero for SMEs.
To make this work it feels like a very simple change is required:
- ability to select period when entering a bill, sales invoice or journal (drop down field)
- ability to produce TB by either date (current set up) or period (field referenced above)
This seems like such a simple alteration and would open…
2 votesHi Ben, thanks for sharing this idea. We can see how having separate document and posting dates could provide more flexibility when recording late supplier bills, while helping preserve reporting for closed periods.
I've updated the status of this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. If you use this workflow, it'd be helpful to know whether you're mainly looking to improve month-end reporting, audit requirements, or both.
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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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