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  1. Tronc pay item to be set up as PAYE applied only. Currently there are 2 options but one has PAYE and pension applied, the other has PAYE, NI and pension applied.
    The standard Tronc set up is PAYE only, yet there is not pay item for this.

    5 votes

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    Hey Kayleigh, thanks for raising this idea with us! We appreciate that you've found an opportunity to improve our default Tronc pay items.

    We've reviewed your idea and now it can gain support from other community members.

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  2. It would be useful to be able to deselect employees form completing time sheets and therefore not appear on the time sheet screen. We have admin staff that don't complete time sheets but I still have to submit nil time sheets to ensure all are up-to-date

    3 votes

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    We appreciate you taking the time to let us know your idea, as you can imagine our product is constantly evolving and we need your input to help us along the way.

    We've reviewed your idea and have made it available to other members to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.

  3. The ability to assign earnings rate to day of the week so a timesheet automatically uses the correct earnings rate and can't be changed by employee.

    Eg Saturday timesheet is pre- filled with the Saturday earnings rate.

    2 votes

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    We appreciate your suggestion, as you can imagine our product is constantly evolving and we need your input to help us along the way.

    We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it.

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  4. Option to submit total ordinary hours for week rather than each day. + Alam reminder to do hours just before payrun is done

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    We appreciate you sharing your ideas regarding timesheets.

    We've reviewed your idea and can see that the idea regarding notifications is an existing Xero Product Idea called Notification - Reminder to employee to enter Timesheet. This is currently in review with our product team.

    The ability to input weekly hours (rather than daily) has not yet been raised though. The idea is now available to the community to share their support. We'll keep you updated!

  5. STP reporting - Super for employees with OTE above the maximum contribution base. ATO STP guidance allows employers to report EITHER Super Type L (the YTD SUPER liability for each employee) OR Super Type O (The YTD OTE for each employee). For employees earning OTE above the maximum Contribution base the correct STP reporting category to use is Super Type L. I have not been able to find how to set up the Super Category Type L in Xero. This option needs to be available to correctly report YTD super for employees earning above the maximum contribution base. Unfortunately the…

    2 votes

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    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.

  6. It would be really helpful if a bill could be created from the pension filing figures on payroll once you have clicked on marked as filed. (such as it is an option when you do your vat return)

    4 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea, it's appreciated.


    It's a great idea and I can confirm it will now be put forward to the status of Gaining Support.


    It's now 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!


    Other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.

  7. It will be great to have meaningful payroll reports. E.g., the leave overview is a blunt tool, as it shows all employees, including those who have left. The same applies to the Auto Enrolment Summary Report - it is a basic on-screen report with no filters, etc. And, yes, includes historical employees. Where there are filters, these overlook some choices which should be present. E.g., wage type, which payroll runs are they- monthly, quarterly, weekly, etc

    8 votes

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    We're grateful for your engagement and letting us know the changes that matter to you.

    Our Community have reviewed your idea and now it can gain support from other community members.

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  8. In Xero Payroll, it would greatly improve efficiency if the "Save & Next" button appeared at the top of the employee pay details screen, not just at the bottom.

    For businesses with detailed pay setups (multiple earnings lines, deductions, reimbursements, etc.), scrolling to the bottom of every employee’s pay screen just to click "Save & Next" is time consuming and disruptive to workflow.

    Adding this button to the top would:

    • Streamline navigation during pay runs

    • Reduce unnecessary scrolling

    • Improve accessibility for users reviewing multiple employee pays in one session

    This small UI change would make a big difference for payroll…

    2 votes

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    Hi Liana, thanks for sharing your ideas for efficiency when processing pay runs, we love to hear your suggestions!

    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!

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  9. The "Details" tab lists the employee's age under the "Date of birth" field.

    Having "Employed for # Years & # Months" below the "Start date" field would be handy. It would give a quick, "at a glance" look at how long someone has been employed by a business for estimating notice periods and anticipating imminent entitlement to LSL.

    Attached is what the "Date of birth" currently looks like (I've used my own name and birth year) and a mock-up of what I'm suggesting might look like.

    Given that the "Details" tab already does almost exactly this, it should be a…

    3 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea to display the employment duration for employees, much appreciated!

    After reviewing your idea, we've now passed it to the wider community to get behind and support it.

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

  10. NZ Payroll - update minimum wage increases automatically

    There are other payroll system they do this, and with the minimum wage requirements changing every year, there should be an automatic update or prompt to change anyone who is affected by this, to avoid the error in not paying out correctly as per the legislation,

    1 vote

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    We've reviewed your idea and it's now out in the community so that others can share their support for your idea. We'll be in touch again along the way to let you know how it's going.

  11. Payroll - Auto calculate the leave entitlement on employee including the accrual from the current pay period to exhaust all leave before unpaid leave is applied.

    8 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea regarding paid and unpaid leave allocation, we love hearing the ideas that matter most for you.

    We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it.

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

  12. Currently the display name for payroll items doesn't extend to timesheets. So the employee sees the rate name. Really an employee should only see the display name and the rate name should be for/staff/admin/advisors. I would like to enter the default rate in the rate name as there is also no prompt in the employee file if you choose to use earnings rate to see what the rate is. You need to go back to payroll setting to check which is inefficient.

    2 votes

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  13. A staff member will be working in 2 different locations - I would like the cost of the salary to be split over the 2 (3 days in one location and 2 days in the other location)

    6 votes

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    It's great to hear your idea here, thanks for sharing it.


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  14. Integration of all employee leave taken with a shared calendar in outlook or calendar in Xero itself that everyone can view to see who is on leave and when.

    9 votes

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  15. Import complete payroll information including earnings, deductions, and overtime etc from an Excel/CSV file

    10 votes

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    We appreciate you taking the time to suggest this idea.

    We've reviewed your idea and is now live for community engagement. We look forward to receiving their feedback.

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  16. It is impossible to us the credit card bankfeed function and allow for the credit card user to account for these expenses in Xero Me.
    Solution: allow for credit card transactions to pull through into Xero Me via automatic sychronisation. This should provide a more streamline approach to recordinng individual company card expenditure, remove time in reconciling missing receipts and remove duplication.

    17 votes

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    Hi everyone, we wanted to provide a quick update on the idea to enable reconciliation of credit card expenses directly within Xero Me.

    This idea is currently classified as Gaining Support and has started to gain traction within the community. We appreciate those who have shared their interest and feedback so far.

    If this feature would help streamline your expense management, please continue to vote and share your thoughts. Your input is important in helping us prioritize future improvements.

  17. Add a timsheets widget to the dashboard. Can show number of timesheet awaiting approval.

    4 votes

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    Thank you for your idea to add a timesheets widget to the dashboard to show the number of timesheets awaiting approval.

    We've reviewed your idea and have opened it up to other members to vote and share any additional ideas about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero. We'll keep you updated!

  18. Xero should not get rid of global payrun it is a very useful feature that will make things more difficult for small businesses

    13 votes

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    Hi team, we appreciate our customers that have been using our Global Pay Run feature, however we cannot extend use of Global Pay Run past 23 July 2025.

    To make sure you have access to your pay run data after the product is removed from Xero on 28 April 2026 we must have enough time to archive and store it.

    We’ve been offering Pay Run to our Global Edition customers since 2011 to provide basic payroll functionality. However, over the years, we’ve focused our efforts on making solutions available which offer enhanced features and a deeper integration with the Xero platform, such as Xero payroll in AU, UK and NZ and other solutions available in the Xero App Store. These solutions allow you to complete your payroll and accounting all in one place. By transitioning to these enhanced solutions such as Xero payroll, you'll benefit from improved accuracy, compliance,…

  19. The status of invites to XeroMe to be easily displayed

    When an employee is invited to XeroMe, it would be good to be able to see the status including:
    - sent to employee
    - employee revoewed
    - employee accepted
    - employee rejected
    - etc

    3 votes

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    Thank you for sharing your idea! 😁

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  20. When adding second line items in super. If (I did this so I know it is easy) you add a second SGC line for a fixed amount as well as a statutory amount it would be great if xero asked a warning question 'are you sure you want to add a second SGC contribution. OR if just isn't allowed. My understanding is a employer additional contribution would be the correct line item if employer and salary sacrificing if employee (pre or post tax). This will avoid an accidental overpayment of SGC.

    1 vote

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    We appreciate you reaching out regarding adding a second SGC line on a pay template.

    We've reviewed your idea and have now made it available for other members to vote or add their support to the idea. We'll keep you updated on the idea's progress.

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