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  1. Timesheet approval process

    1. Give payroll admins the ability to move the status from "draft" to "pending approval" as is possible in NZ and UK or
    2. Give permissions to users with approval power to see the timesheet in the "draft" status through "Xero me" or
    3. Permit users with approval power to see the "timesheet" module in addition to "Xero me"
    20 votes

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    4 comments  ·  Payroll  ·  Admin →
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    Hi team, knowing that managing and reviewing timesheets is a big part of your work, we're working to make this easier for you in Xero Payroll.

    We’re updating the timesheet admin experience, including a new timesheet list and a redesigned details view to help you find what you need faster.

    We’d love your help to shape these improvements. We’re looking for customers who manage or approve employee timesheets to join an early access program. You’ll try the new interface and give feedback directly to our team.

    If you'd like to help us build a better experience 📝 fill in our recruitment survey.

    It only takes a few minutes, and we’ll be in touch soon with next steps. Thanks for your help!

  2. When approving expenses in Xero Expenses, list the 'Assigned to: Project; show up next to the date and category for easy approval instead of having to click into the expense to ensure its been assigned to a project before approving the expense.

    4 votes

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    Hi Kim! You might've seen we just released an improved expenses list that entails a few enhancements our customers have been asking for.

    We have more planned for this space including surfacing the ability to view tracking and the customer or project an expense has been assigned to.

    I'll come back to share once the teams start work on this 😊

  3. In Payroll --> Timesheet --> entering hours for employees, there is no option to 'Approve & Next' employee, which would make entering hours easier. It would mean one doesn't have to keep going back to the main Timesheet menu when they are working through a roster of staff.

    54 votes

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    8 comments  ·  Payroll  ·  Admin →
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    Hi community 🙂 We appreciate that managing and reviewing employee timesheets is a big part of your week.

    Our product teams are working to make this easier for you in Xero Payroll - We’re updating the timesheet admin experience, including a new timesheet list and a redesigned details view to help you find what you need faster.

    Join our early access program

    We’d love your help to shape these improvements. We’re looking for customers who manage or approve employee timesheets to join an early access program, where you'll try the new interface and give feedback directly to our team.

    What you can expect:

    • Easier admin tasks: Navigate your list and details views faster (this only impacts admins, so there’s no change for employees)
    • Early access: Try these updates before they’re available to everyone
    • Quick feedback: Help us fine-tune the final product by taking short surveys within the…
  4. We want to be able to open and complete the employees draft timesheet, if it has already been started. We have enough to do without starting again from scratch what the employee may have already done but just not clicked the submit button.

    It is idiotic that, as the owner and payroll manager, that we cannot see an employee's draft timesheets.

    As the business owner and Payroll Admin, we should:

    • not have compromise our recordkeeping by putting hours directly into the pay slip.
    • not have to rely on our employees being available to correct the timesheet at any point in…
    178 votes

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    36 comments  ·  Payroll  ·  Admin →
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    Hi everyone, these are the sort of updates I like sharing! This idea has remained top of mind for our product teams - We appreciate all your feedback and how we could improve managing and reviewing employee timesheets in Xero Payroll.

    With that I'd like to let you know that we're updating the timesheet admin experience, including a new timesheet list and a redesigned details view to help you find what you need faster.

    Join our early access program ✨

    We’d love your help to shape these improvements. We’re looking for customers who manage or approve employee timesheets to join an early access program. You’ll try the new interface and give feedback directly to our team.

    What you can expect:

    • Easier admin tasks: Navigate your list and details views faster (this only impacts admins, so there’s no change for employees)
    • Early access: Try these updates before they’re available…
  5. Payroll admin create timesheets with start/end/break times on web.

    16 votes

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    7 comments  ·  Payroll  ·  Admin →
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    Hi everyone 👋 we know managing and reviewing employee timesheets is a big part of your week. We’re working to make this easier for you in Xero Payroll.

    We’re updating the timesheet admin experience, including a new timesheet list and a redesigned details view to help you find what you need faster.

    Join our early access program

    We’d love your help to shape these improvements. We’re looking for customers who manage or approve employee timesheets to join an early access program. You’ll try the new interface and give feedback directly to our team.

    What you can expect:

    • Easier admin tasks: Navigate your list and details views faster (this only impacts admins, so there’s no change for employees)
    • Early access: Try these updates before they’re available to everyone
    • Quick feedback: Help us fine-tune the final product by taking short surveys within the new screens

    Help us build a

  6. For permanent employees, all XERO business customers should be able to calculate their future leave balances. This will allow a business owner to know if they can approve the leave or not, or what conversation to have with a team member.

    I hope this idea is backed and implemented.

    209 votes

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    50 comments  ·  Employees  ·  Admin →
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    Hey team, 👋 "Can I take this holiday?" - Now, we know this is one of the most common questions employees ask, and it's one we'd like to be able to help you solve with Xero Payroll.

    We'd love your help in shaping the future of Leave projections in Xero - As a start, please share any detail about;

    • What information you normally need for calculating future leave balances currently?
    • What would you need to see or understand to trust that the projected balance is accurate?

    We're also looking to set up a research session to dive deeper into your current process and explore options wth us - If you'd be willing to give some time, take a few minutes to fill in our survey📝 and we'll be in touch in the coming days. Thanks!

  7. The upgrade allowing start and end times and breaks to be entered into timesheets looks fantastic. Please can you let NZ users have access to it too.

    103 votes

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    70 comments  ·  Payroll  ·  Admin →
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    Thanks for your strong feedback on logging start and end times in NZ Payroll timesheets. We understand some of you are currently using workarounds or additional softwares to track start and end times.

    I'm pleased to let you know we're moving this idea to In discovery, which means the product team is now reviewing the viability of this feature. This is an important step as we explore what it would take to bring this functionality to NZ Payroll and how it could best serve your needs.

    We'll keep you updated as we learn more.

  8. To be able to enter and start and finish times on the time sheets on Xero me and login for staff, save miscaluculation on hours.

    77 votes

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    29 comments  ·  Payroll  ·  Admin →
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    Hey team, we’re grateful for all of the engagement this idea has received. We understand that adding start and end times to timesheets would greatly improve payroll accuracy and record-keeping.

    As noted by many of you, this feature is available in the AU version of Payroll, but there is no direct workaround for this in UK Payroll.

    I'm pleased to let you know we're moving this idea to In discovery, which means our product team is reviewing the viability of this feature. This is an important step as we explore what it would take to bring this functionality to UK Payroll.

    We'll keep you updated on any developments.

  9. Currently Xero Expenses creates a single expense claim for each individual item.
    Normal practice for an expense claim is it contains multiple lines (different expenses), such as parking, a restaurant bill and a hotel.

    I would like to have the ability to group individual expense lines into one expense claim.

    I would then have a single bill to pay (an expense claim with multiple lines) appear in my Bills to pay, rather than one for each line.

    126 votes

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    Hey community, thanks for your detailed feedback on combining expenses into a single claim.

    We recognise the value in creating a more streamlined process for submitting and approving multiple expenses, especially for events like business travel.

    Our product team are currently reviewing this functionality and are in an initial discovery phase, but it isn’t set in their product roadmap yet. We’ve moved the status to In Discovery to reflect this.

    We’re continuing to monitor feedback on this idea and will keep you updated.

  10. Be able to take more than one photo on the phone app and combine to one receipt, to be used for multiple page receipts or long receipts that do not fit into the one photo

    84 votes

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    Hi everyone, thanks for your detailed feedback on combining multiple images to a single receipt.

    We are changing the status of this idea to In Discovery.

    This means our Product team has recognised that combining multiple images for a receipt will be a more streamlined process for expenses, especially for events like business travel and is the initial scoping phase, but haven’t got to the point where it’s on their road map.

    We will continue to track your votes and comments as we progress, and we will update you all once we know more.

  11. It would be great for those Approving Leave, to also be able to View the Leave Calendar that is currently available to Payroll Admin users in the Overview Window. Those approving leave need to know who else is on leave for the requested period, which we currently replicate in our Email Calendars, however it would be great to take this step out, it will reduce time and eliminate errors.

    61 votes

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    Hi everyone, thanks for sharing your feedback on the needs for leave approvers to view upcoming leave for their team. We appreciate you highlighting how important it is to have better oversight of team leave without needing full payroll access.

    Our product team is looking into how this idea may fit into a wider review of team management in AU payroll. This is in the early stages of review so not currently on the team’s roadmap, but we'll keep you updated as we learn more.

  12. 56 votes

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    Hi team, we'd like to share an update as we work toward making managing and reviewing employee timesheets easier for you in Xero Payroll.

    We’re updating the timesheet admin experience, including a new timesheet list and a redesigned details view to help you find what you need faster.

    We’d like to engage you all here for help in shaping these improvements.

    We’re looking for customers who manage or approve employee timesheets to join an early access program, where you’ll try the new interface and give feedback directly to our team.

    What you can expect:

    • Easier admin tasks: Navigate your list and details views faster (this only impacts admins, so there’s no change for employees)
    • Early access: Try these updates before they’re available to everyone
    • Quick feedback: Help us fine-tune the final product by taking short surveys within the new screens

    If you'd like to give some time…

  13. Add a template another file option for payroll. HSBCnet allows file uploads with a SUN however as Xero does not have this template it means only options is to apply for a SUN and increase costs of paying our payroll. We need a file that accommodates ACH CR BACs (non-SUN) files. Requirement is Xero payroll ERP configure the file without a SUN then please ask them to do so, as it should be identical to the one we have tested for supplier payments, meaning the word ‘HSBC’ should be quoted on the VOL1 line and the areas where the SUN…

    10 votes

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    Hi everyone, thanks for providing your thoughts on this idea. We appreciate you sharing how important different payment files are as some banks don't accept the file exported from Xero.

    You might have seen from a related idea that our product team is currently testing a new feature to allow direct wage payments from Xero payroll.

    While this is not exactly what you’re suggesting, an integrated payment feature would defeat the need for manual payment file exports. We'll be back to share more updates on this.

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