Repeating Bills Are Invisible for Cash‑Flow Planning
Xero treats repeating bills as templates, not real future obligations. As a result, they don’t appear in Bills to Pay, aged payables, or short‑term cash‑flow views until the bill is actually created. This hides genuine recurring expenses and breaks basic planning questions like: “What are my projected expenses and will my cash cover them?”
The only safe workaround today is to ignore repeating bills and always keep the next instance entered as a normal bill, so it shows in reports and cash‑flow. That defeats the purpose of automation.
Please allow repeating bills to surface as projected obligations in cash‑flow tools and reports (e.g., an option to “include projected repeating bills” over the next 30/60/90 days). This keeps automation while providing the real‑world visibility businesses need for cash‑flow management. Thank you.
Joel Lozon
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