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  1. Ability to set a specific account for Salary Sacrifice amounts to go into instead of a default gross wages account.

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    Hi Gemma, we took a closer look at your idea and can see we misunderstood your idea, our sincere apology for the mistake.

    We've now updated your idea to Gaining Support so that the community can show their support for it.

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

  2. Include Super in payroll .aba export.
    Why does Super need to be treated differently to the other bank transfers included in a payroll .aba export? Include the transfer to the Super clearinghouse with the other transfers so we can skip the extra steps and external authorisation process (which is just weird and disconnected from everything else Xero).

    2 votes

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    Thanks for sharing this idea. We want to be transparent that adding superannuation payments into the payroll .aba export isn’t in our product team's pipeline.

    This is because super payments need extra information that an .aba file can’t carry, such as a member number, USI, TFN etc.

    .aba files are designed for standard electronic bank payments, so they can't upload this complex data in the file format required for super contributions.

    For more detail on the changes coming with Payday Super from 1 July 2026, I’d recommend our Xero Central article. We’re also rolling out improvements to Auto Super and streamlining the payment workflow in Xero, so paying super after each pay run will be faster, easier and remain SuperStream compliant.

  3. Will it be possible to have "description field" in the Deduction field of the Pay template? That can be changed or updated directly on the pay template. For example, to add the ending date for staff loan deductions.

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    Hi Denise, thanks so much for your suggestion about adding a description field to pay template deductions. We're grateful for your engagement and for sharing an idea that will make a difference for you and other Xero customers.

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

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

    We'll be keeping an eye on the support it gains and appreciate you taking the time to let us know what matters to you.

  4. Please allow mapping to any NL code currently it restricts Earnings to P&L and Deductions to Balance Sheet, we have to do negative earnings for unpaid sick/absence and a manual journal for paying Tips to our staff.

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    Hi Ali, thanks for reaching out to let us know how useful you would find mapping earnings/deductions to both the P & L and Balance sheet codes.

    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.

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

  5. When entering hours and locations into the timesheet, if a day is selected incorrectly (for example, selecting Thursday instead of Friday), it would be very helpful to be able to drag and drop the hours to the correct day rather than having to delete and re-enter the time in the correct day.

    3 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your suggestion on how we can improve the timesheet editing process.

    We’ve reviewed your idea, and it’s now up to the community to get behind it! Be sure to share the link with any colleagues who would benefit from this feature so they can add their votes.

    In addition to voting, other members can now comment to share more detail on how this change would improve their experience with Xero.

  6. Payroll Activity Summary to show per employee, not just as a total for all employees. Currently you have to select each employee to generate the totals for 1 employee and if you have 100 employees, that's 100 reports instead of just 1.
    Exactly like MYOB does it, sample MYOB report attached.

    13 votes

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    Thanks for submitting your idea, Tom.

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

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

  7. Automatic superannuation>Payment batch details>Payment processing

    Would you be able to add a print option to this screen?

    After processing the Superannuation payment, this is the final screen that shows that the Superannuation payments are queued up for payment with Xero.
    I would like to save this record in my Payroll batch for the Accountant.
    This shows the Accountant that I have processed the Superannuation payment.

    1 vote

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    Hi Rachel, thanks for sharing this idea!

    Currently it's possible to generate reports for paid and unpaid superannuation accruals by using the Superannuation Accruals or Superannuation Payment report.

    However, we can definitely see the benefit and convenience of having a bespoke report that's downloadable directly from an approved batch.

    We’ve reviewed your idea, and now it’s up to the community to get behind and support it! Make sure you share this idea with any colleagues or peers whom this could benefit so they can add their vote too.

  8. It would be great for employees to have an option to save a copy of their Submitted timesheet, for their records. This means they would have proof of their Submitted timesheet to then compare to their timesheet once Approved.

    Often employers may make edits to the entered hours or earnings types before Approving an employee's timesheet, and the employee having the option to save a copy of their timesheet before it is Submitted would mean they could directly compare the two, and check any edits made are correct.

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    Thanks for highlighting this opportunity. We understand the request for employees to be able to download or save a copy of a submitted timesheet before it's approved or edited. Having access to the original submission could help employees keep their own records and refer back to what was submitted.

    We've updated this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest from the community. If this would improve your workflow, add your vote and share how you'd like this to work.

  9. Every time I process a payroll (hundreds every year), I produce the Payroll reports to send to the client.

    The Payroll Activity Details Report AND THE Payroll Employee Summary shows the INCORRECT details in the heading. For example The report reads: "For the period 17 November 2025 to 17 November 2025". THIS IS NOT CORRECT, and it wastes HOURS having to change it every single time.

    The Report is for the Processed Pay Period just completed!!!
    Can we have this corrected to the pay period when this report is directly created from a payroll run??? the date for Example SHOULD…

    6 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea about including the pay period in payroll reports downloaded from posted pay runs. Agree, it makes sense for the pay period to be shown rather than the payment date ("For the period 17 November 2025 to 17 November 2025").

    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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  10. Contactor income type for performers
    Given the changes to the entitlement to Super for performing artists and a flat rate of 20% PAYG on the payment amount in the last few years, I'd like to see an income type for performers under Contractors. It would also be useful if there is pay item to include GST (being that they are ABN contractors who could be registered for GST - I believe NZ has something along these lines).

    1 vote

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    Hi Natalie. Thanks for sharing your idea for a preconfigured contractor type for Performing Artists.

    In regards to applying GST for contractors, this is actually an existing Product Idea. I've added your vote to it so we can keep you updated :)

    On this idea, we will focus just on the Performing Artist contractor type.

    It's now up to the community to let us know how an additional contractor type would improve their Xero experience.

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

  11. Ability to enter fortnight Work Patterns would be a massive help. It would assist with stat days and ensuring entitlements calculated correctly.

    4 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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  12. Ability to delete old employees to keep in line with Data Protection and be able to delete details after 7 years of leaving employment

    14 votes

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    Hey Samantha, thanks for raising this idea with us. We appreciate how being able to eventually delete employees after their employment ended would improve your experience with Xero Payroll.

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

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

  13. 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.

    12 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.

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

  14. Payroll reports - it will be good to have a COMPARISION field on payroll reports just like the P&L - to compare with previous n number of months / periods.

    While the grouping / summarizing features are good - they are limited to just reporting on a particular period.

    Hence any Comparisions are tedious to run / export and consolidate on excel.

    For. eg. I'd like to run a report to display :
    Afternoon Shift Loading & Overtime work for a month OR the full FY with monthly columns.
    Is this something we can get to without having to export…

    27 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.

  15. Xero needs to have preservation age calculate when paying ETP's due varying PAYG rates depending on age.

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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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  16. It would be good to see deductions being set up for a fixed amount to deduct each pay until a total amount is reached with the option of paying the deduction to a third party bank account. Having to complete this manually and keep track is archaic!

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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.

  17. I wanted to set up email notifications when Xero receives a tax code change that it can't auto update.

    As I am not logged in everyday I missed the effective dates of some employee tax code changes and then cannot effect the change on the correct date, as it doesn't back date far enough when manually changing the date.

    I received a tax code change that Xero couldn't auto update 5 days, however I never saw the notification and now cannot back date the effective date to the correct date. I am unable to find where to have these pop…

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    Thanks for sharing your idea about receiving emails for employee tax code notifications.

    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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  18. When a final pay is created the Annual Leave is automatically paid out. However, if that pay run is posted and then reverted to draft, the Annual Leave for that final pay gets zeroed without warning.
    Not expecting or being aware of this behaviour from the software, an alert message should be given when reverting a pay run with a final pay included in it, so that the Annual Leave hours can be re-added to that employees pay, or the hours should not be zeroed at all.

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    Thanks for sharing your idea. Currently it's only possible to revert a pay run if it's the most recent and hasn't been filed. There is no notification when reverting a final pay.

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

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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,…

  20. Please remove the requirement to have a date of birth for an employee.
    We have been asking for this to be removed for years, Xero recently told us it was an IRD requirement. We contacted our account manager at Inland Revenue and they said it is not an IRD requirement and that they have been in contact with Xero Payroll to make the field non-compulsory.

    The workaround that Xero gives of adding a made up date does not work and causes issues where IRD send letters that the date of birth does not match that client.
    It is not a…

    10 votes

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    Thanks Raelene, for submitting your idea!

    We've reviewed your idea, and it's now open for the community to support.

    Other Xero users can now vote for your idea and add comments to share how it could enhance their own Xero experience.

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