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  1. 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…

    8 votes

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    Thanks 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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  2. 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 votes

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    Hi 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.

  3. I’d like to submit a feature request for an enhancement to Xero Expenses, specifically around team meal and group expense submissions.

    Current Challenge
    When employees submit expenses such as team meals, client lunches, or group events, there is currently no built-in way to select the attendees from within the organisation.

    At the moment, users can only enter attendee details manually (e.g., typing names into the description), which leads to:

    -inconsistent formatting
    -missing attendee information
    -difficulty auditing expenses
    -additional work for finance teams during review and P11D/PSA reporting

    Requested Feature
    We would like Xero Expenses to include an attendee field that…

    8 votes

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  4. When approving timesheets it would be ideal to have separate lines underneath Ordinary Hours with Leave requested, on which days and hour amounts and to be able to approve there instead of having to go to a different screen.

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    Thanks for reaching out with your idea about automatically recording leave days in employee's timesheet.

    We've reviewed your idea and have moved it to gaining support. Now it's up to the community to get behind and support it.

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  5. For mileage expenses a way to have a total amount of miles used so that I can track once I reach 10,000 miles and adjust the rate from 45p to 25p. Or have this set to automatically.

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    Thanks for the idea ✨ and for explaining the need to be alerted at a mileage threshold so the rate can be updated. We’ve reviewed this and, at this stage, we’re not planning to progress it. The approach needed here would rely on a GPS component for automated tracking, and this isn’t something we’re exploring right now. In the meantime, you can continue recording mileage manually and adjust the rate when you reach your threshold. We’ll keep monitoring interest in this space, and if our direction changes, we’ll update here. Thanks again for sharing your use case and helping us understand your needs 🙏

  6. Feature Request: Streamlined User Re-invitation & Access Request Process for Organisations. To the Xero Product Team,

    Firstly, thank you for continuously developing a fantastic platform. We rely on Xero daily for our core business operations.

    We are writing to highlight a significant administrative challenge we face and to propose a feature that would drastically improve efficiency for organisations with a large number of employees, such as ours with 200 staff.

    1. The Problem: Inefficient Invite Management & Access Issues

    Currently, we experience a high volume of access-related issues that are incredibly time-consuming to resolve manually. We estimate receiving ~50 requests per…

    8 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!

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  7. I hope Xero will soon introduce the feature for ABN exemption for non-employee contractors, as there are cases that they are ABN exempt. I'm sharing the ATO link with you for your reference, https://www.ato.gov.au/forms-and-instructions/statement-by-supplier-not-quoting-an-abn?

    8 votes

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    Thanks for sharing, Michelle. Appreciate why you'd like this functionality.

    We've reviewed your idea and now it's up to the community to get behind and support it. We'll let you know if there are any updates here.

  8. Allow users to put in mileage claims at a nil rate per mile.
    This would allow the invoicing team to pick up mileage to charge to clients that is not claimed by operational staff: for example, where operational staff have a vehicle provided by the company.

    8 votes

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  9. When an employee onboards and doesn't have a Tax File Number (TFN) either because they are new to Australia and have just applied for one or they are under 18 and exempt. Xero should have a feature that warns you when they either turn 18 or they have passed the 28 days allowed to work without a TFN and it should automatically change their tax declaration to no TFN provided and change the tax withheld rate, until a TFN is provided. There also needs to be a constant warning in each pay run, 'this person is over 18 and does…

    8 votes

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  10. Can you please add a link to Payroll Reports under the Payroll Section. It's a simple change that would make Payroll a true one-stop shop.

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    Thanks for sharing your idea about linking the payroll reports under the payroll menu.

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

    It's also useful to note that you can view payroll reports specific to a particular posted pay run by clicking the View Reports button.


  11. SSP EXTENSION; There needs to be a way of extending SSP
    Most people who are off sick are not aware of when they will return, it is often necessary to be able to extend SSP. It is not acceptable to have a process that requires reverting payroll. I am still trying to get almost £5000 back from HMRC because Xero reported the variance in April as an additional payroll & the YTD figures have not corrected the issue. Reverting payroll should be the very last resort & not used for something as standard as stat sick leave.

    8 votes

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  12. Can we please add a company logo on the payslip email?

    At the moment it just has the 'Xero me' background saying "your payslip is attached" ect. It would be nice to be able to swap that image with our company logo thanks.

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    Thanks for your patience, it’s been a little while since you raised this idea, so we wanted to check in. We've now reviewed this idea and have moved it to Gaining Support status. Our product team are keeping an eye on this idea and we will continue to share updates as things evolve.

  13. LSL liability calculations are currently handled externally to Xero.

    It would be nice to have a system which could automatically track LSL on staff, similar to asset depreciation.

    8 votes

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    Thanks for your patience, it’s been a little while since you raised this idea, so we wanted to check in. We've now reviewed this idea and have moved it to Gaining Support status. Our product team are keeping an eye on this idea and we will continue to share updates as things evolve.

  14. Sometime in the last week, the order in which data is presented in the Payroll Activity Summary report has changed from
    - Earnings
    - Tax
    - Super
    - Net payable
    - Actual paid
    to
    - Earnings
    - Net payable
    - Actual paid
    - Super
    - Tax

    Put it back, please, it makes no sense to have something other than Wages less Tax equals Payable. Also reinstate the highlighted total lines in this report and in the Payroll Employee Summary, I'm ashamed to send this to my client with their IAS, it's not readable enough.

    The two screenshots I've attached are…

    8 votes

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  15. Why can't Xero make editing a timesheet easier by automatically showing bank holidays and any days off that have been entered as holiday?

    If the timesheet showed bank holidays or days where time-off has been allocated in a different colour or with an asterisk by the date then checking timesheets against time-cards would be much more straight forward.

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    Thanks for your patience, it’s been a little while since you raised this idea, so we wanted to check in. We've now reviewed this idea and have moved it to Gaining Support status.

    To help your idea gain traction, please share it with colleagues so they can vote for it too. The comment section is also open for all members to share how this feature would improve their Xero experience.

  16. Show the "Timesheets to Approve" section in Payroll Overview (NZ).
    We already have this in Xero AU.

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    Thanks for your patience, it’s been a little while since you raised this idea, so we wanted to check in. We've now reviewed this idea and have moved it to Gaining Support status.

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  17. leave tracking report for requests that have not been completed, it could fall in previous payroll periods or current or future. This could offer more functionalities for payroll officer to track leaves in a larger payroll.

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    Hi there, we appreciate you raised this a little while ago. This isn't something we have plans for in the near term.

    Not getting a lot of support from other members we’ll soon remove this from Product ideas. If it’s still highly valuable to you, welcome to start it again and see if it gets renewed interest.

  18. I had a situation recently where we increased an employees salary but they wanted to reduce their working hours by 80%. The salary is based on 1 FTE. There is no way to actually do this in Xero Payroll. If I put the FTE salary in (to recognise the actual approved salary increase) and set working hours to 8 hours a day 4 days per week the 1 FTE salary is paid out in full over the year. But it should only be 80% of that. So I had to enter 80% of FTE and reduce the actual work hours…

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    Oops, looks like this might have accidentally been moved to the wrong status, thanks for letting us know. We've now moved it to Gaining Support status. Our product team are keeping an eye on this idea and we will continue to share updates as things evolve.

  19. Payroll - Leave Liability Report to include Time in Lieu or Time Banked. For Companies that choose to offer Time in Lieu to their employees, this will be extremely helpful for reporting purposes. Also if it was available in Excel would be great. Thanks.

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    Thanks for sharing your idea on having all paid leave types populate the Leave Liability report.

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

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  20. I have noticed across all my clients' Xero books, that when changes are made to employee's profiles (either their Earnings Rate Name or Leave Balances) that this change is then reflected across all their PREVIOUS payslips. I find that concerning because when audits are done or simply references are made to previous pay runs, that the incorrect Earnings Rate Name is shown (although the pay rate of course, remains the same) or that the Leave Balances are capturing the change made later, in earlier payslips. I realise that Leave Transaction Reports can be run, however, a running balance is not…

    7 votes

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    Hi 👋 your idea is being looked into by our Community team. We'll be in touch soon to update you once your idea has been reviewed.

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