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AU Payroll - Personalise onboarding invite email
Would be good if an Employer could add/send a personal welcome/info note when sending a Xero Onboarding invite request via email to a Contractor or PAYG Employee
1 voteHi Natasha, thanks for sharing your idea. Employee onboarding is something we're working on, so we'll update this idea to graining support to see what input the community bring.
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UK Payroll: Add Download P45 link in the Employee list
Add the P45 link in the Employee row, like P60.
If you have selected one or more employees to download the P45 you then have to scroll back up to the top of the page to find P45 Download button.
I had to use the Help resource to find it, rather than it be obvious.
3 votesThanks for sharing your idea about a quick link to download individual P45s directly from the employee list.
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AU Payroll - Other payment options for Auto super
I currently process payroll in other systems for clients such as Beam and MYOB and they are not forced to set up their super payment via direct debit as Xero have done, they can pay via EFT or BPAY. A lot of small businesses are not comfortable with a direct debit process.
3 votesThanks for sharing your idea. The current integration we have with our clearing house accepts direct debits.
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UK Payroll - Display number of employees in the payrun
It would be very useful to have a feature in the pay run screen that displays the total number of employees selected for payment once employees are ticked off for processing.
This would be particularly helpful for advisors, accountants, and payroll bureaus when calculating payroll billing for clients. In many cases, not all employees listed in the payroll are paid in every pay run, as some employees may be inactive temporarily, unpaid, or excluded from that specific pay cycle.
Currently, users may need to manually count the selected employees, which can be time-consuming and increases the chance of errors. Having…
3 votesHi Hiruni. Thanks for raising this idea with us!
We can see how quickly seeing the number of employees in a pay run will assist with payroll billing. We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it.
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AU Payroll - Multiple bank accounts in self-onboarding
Using the new Xero Onboarding can we introduce that and employee can nominate multiple bank accounts and an amount allocated so it automatically set this up for the employee
4 votesHi Kelly, thanks for sharing your idea. Employee onboarding is something we're actively working on, so we'll update this idea to Gaining Support to see what input the community brings.
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UK Payroll - Add approver for wage payments.
To be able to send payment request to an approver for the payroll payments when using the Make Payment option within a payrun
4 votesThanks for sharing your idea about having a approval workflow before submitting wage payments via Xero.
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AU Payroll - Payslips message - remove character limit
The character limit for the "Individual message for [employeefirstname]" input box on the payrun appears to be 300 characters. Please remove that limit so that I can list the titles of the jobs that the employee is being paid for at the rates shown in the Earning Rates section.
2 votesThanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.
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UK Payroll - Easily view which employees don't have a Timesheet in a pay period
Timesheets - In the old timesheet menu we were able to select which payroll the timesheets related to so I could ensure all timesheets have been completed and see who had not even created a timesheet yet. I have been unable to do this in the new experience. Is this something that will be brought in the filter option please.
1 voteHi Samantha. Thanks for letting us know the features of Xero that matter most for you.
We can see how gaining an overview of the timesheets completed and not completed can streamline payroll processes, so have moved your idea to Gaining Support. It's now up to the community to get behind it.
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UK Payroll - Ability to edit the Leave approval notification email to employeese is approved.
I am looking to change the automatic text that is contained in the emails that my employees receive when their Payroll Admin approves their leave. Is there a way to access the template for these emails like there is for invoicing and purchase orders?
1 voteHi Stephen, we appreciate you reaching out to share your idea, and letting us know that the ability to send a personalised message to your employees when approving leave is something you'd like to see.
We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it.
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Classic Expense Claims widget - reinstate it
It is a nonsense that Xero has removed the Classic Expense Claims widget from the homepage. I have been using it for 11 years and it is unacceptable that this has just been taken away - now we have to pay more for the new Expenses module if we want it to feature on our homepages. This is the type of product deterioration under the guise of “improvement” which brings tech companies into disrepute. Just put it back please :(
6 votesWe appreciate there are some customers that are still using Classic expenses. There are no plans to develop a widget in the new Homepage for Classic expenses.
However, you can access Classic Expenses by clicking Purchases > Expenses, where organisations that are using Classic expenses will see a banner and can select to go to Classic Expenses.
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UK Payroll - Add tracking to NI, PAYE & pension
I would like to be able to allocate a team tracking category to each employee on our payroll, this way when the payroll journal pulls through, each employees salary, Er NI, pension costs and any benefits will automatically be allocated to their team.
I do quarterly reporting for our client and as it currently is, each quarter I will have to manual journal all the above accounts from an unassigned 'team', back into the same account but allocated to their correct team. I will have to work out the amounts to credit out looking at the detailed report and manually…
2 votesThanks for sharing your idea to have group tracking apply to liabilities such as NI, PAYE and pension contributions.
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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UK Payroll > Gross pay opening balance for non-taxable elements
the current opening balance figure are only taxable pay , i need gross pay. My client has salary sacrifice and the taxable pay is less than gross so on the payslip the YTD gross is wrong. its shows the YTD figure less the deduction.
1 voteHi Julia, thanks for sharing your idea about having non-taxable figures entered on the opening balances so that YTD figures reflect accurately on payslips.
From an HMRC compliance standpoint, Xero does calculate the correct tax because it captures the accurate "Taxable Pay" opening balance. However, we completely understand how the lack of a "Total Gross" field can cause confusing presentation issues on payslips after a mid-year migration.
We've reviewed your idea, and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it! Make sure to share this with colleagues who would benefit from this change so they can add their vote, too.
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AU Payroll - Timesheet Notes More Visible
The new drop down buttons for notes only allow to view 1 day at a time rather than all notes for the working week. The (previous) classic version had the notes as regular text, just like the start and end hours, and therefore all the days notes were visible and printable for the week. I need the employees notes of their work activities for compliance and legal reasons
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1) remove the drop down notes and go back to displaying them all as regular text, or
2) have a tickbox to display all notes at once or
3) Include notes…7 votesThanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know how valuable you find timesheet notes.
We've reviewed your idea for boosting the visibility of notes in the timesheet experience and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it.
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AU Payroll - SMS code for super to include amount of the batch as well
When codes are sent for payday super there needs to be a reference in the code for which batch it relates too. As if you are paying multiple batches you will receive multiple codes in a short period of time. How do you know which code relates to which batch?
6 votesThanks for raising this with us, Tracy. We can see how adding the batch amount to the SMS would stream line approving multiple payment batches and help approvers quickly review cashflow too.
We've updated the status to "Gaining Support" and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it.
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AU Payroll - Allowance to contribute to leave rate in final pay
Have the option to select what all-purpose allowances are included in the final termination pay rate. This will ensure the correct leave loading is calculated on the full pay rate on the final termination payout.
1 voteThanks for sharing your idea. While allowances don't currently contribute to the final pay, you can manually adjust the rate on the payslip.
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AU Payroll - Employee personal information - have editable field for information like Allergies, etc
More and more clients are collecting information on what allergies employees might have, it would be nice to have a field to keep this information on in Xero. It's is becoming a health and safety issue
3 votesHi Jenni, thanks for letting us know you'd like to add additional information about employees in Xero. We can see how this would be useful for you!
You might like to take a look at a similar idea - Payroll | Employees - Upload/attach files in notes section which is currently in development.
Our product team will be keeping an eye on this idea and we'll keep you updated on the way.
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AU Payroll - Filter Super payables by employee group
Add Super payment sort function
Could you add a feature that allows sorting by location? Since our employees are spread across multiple locations, this would help us group and process payments more efficiently by location.8 votesHi Cilla, thanks for sharing this idea. There are a number of changes coming to Xero as part of the Payday Super updates ahead of 1 July 2026. We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it.
If this is something that would make a difference for your business, we’d also encourage you to share the idea with your colleagues so they can add their support and feedback on the Product Ideas page.
Thanks again for taking the time to let us know what would help.
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Payroll AU: Timesheets: Toggle pay items which can be seen in timesheets.
There is a recent feature where all pay items in employees pay templates can now be seen in employee timesheets, however employees can only enter data in the format HH:MM (max 23:59) when doing timesheets via mobile app. Many pay items don't use HH:MM format (e.g. allowances for car, meals). I would like to see 2 things:
1. The data format changed so that you have have other data entered, especially numbers as many pay items need this format.
2. I would like a toggle on each pay item in employees pay templates, which allows you to turn on/off whether…6 votesThanks for sharing your idea about limiting which pay items from the Pay Template appear in timesheets.
Regarding adding other units for allowances to timesheets, I'd suggest heading over and showing some support these existing ideas:
- AU Payroll | Timesheet - Ability to add allowances of other unit types
- Xero Me - Add Unit option to Timesheets
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UK Payroll: Timesheets to include start and finish times
It would be super helpful if an employee could enter start and finish times, plus any unpaid breaks, into their timesheet and Xero would calculate the number of hours worked. That way it would be easier for the employer to check what they are approving.
12 votesThanks for sharing your idea. There's a lot going on in the Xero timesheet world right now, so it's great to see so many great ideas shared.
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AU Payroll: super payment status
With Payday super approaching, it would be good to have a progress indicator on the super submission page, or somewhere. i have submitted super for a period but the submission page is still showing as unpaid, whereas it should say submitted to avoid double processing.
21 votesHey everyone! Thanks for supporting the idea of getting greater visibility into your super payment tracking.
With the ATO's PayDay Super changes rolling out in July 2026, superannuation is firmly on our product team's roadmap. Keep an eye out for updates from the payroll team in the coming months!
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