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  1. Problem: Standard users can only archive clients from "All Clients" and "Groups", but can no longer archive from the actual Client record, even though Admin users can.

    Impact: This is inconsistent and adds extra steps. Standard users need to leave the client, go back to a list or group, then archive. This wastes time and the feature already exists for Admins and used to exist prior to all these changes recently implemented.

    Request: Add "Archive" back to the 3-dot menu on the Client record for Standard users, so archiving is available wherever client actions are shown.

    24 votes

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  2. When using Xero Practice Manager (XPM) for job management, it’s incredibly difficult to maintain visibility because there’s no audit trail or history log for key actions like:

    • When a job was created or reassigned
    • Who changed the job’s due date or status
    • When a job’s responsibility moved from one team member to another

    This lack of transparency makes it almost impossible to track accountability or performance accurately.

    Why is this so important?
    As a firm, we track job completion and lodgement performance, but without a history log, we can’t see whether a job was reassigned after the due date or…

    16 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your feedback on introducing audit trail functionality to XPM. We appreciate you explaining how important visibility and accountability are for managing teams and tracking job performance.

    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.

  3. XPM Notes - Restore date and time details.

    With the new changes to notes in XPM it now shows an approximate timeframe ie- a month ago, 2 months ago.

    It no longer shows an actual time stamp on the note to know when it was created or when it was edited...

    We use the notes section to record ATO interactions and being able to give them an exact date is much more effective than to say about 2 months ago. Especially when they haven't met their requirements with solving issues.

    5 votes

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  4. XPM syncing with Xero blue when an email address has been updated, currently need to manually update both systems.

    4 votes

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  5. Allow space in Director's ID for easy reading.

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  6. Revert the DISPLAY name to be larger again.

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  7. In XPM have on the Clients tab the ability to save a filter and it does not reset when switching tabs. E.g. Client list using a filter that equals a "Partner", so the relevant Partner can see only their clients in the list. If this is difficult because of the multiple filters that may have been setup, then make it so the last filter used applies until you change the filter. It works on the Jobs tab where you can select a Partner filter which appears to be setup a different way. If you can get it to do the…

    2 votes

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  8. The current fixed order of fields within the Client Information screen (Client tab) is leading to inefficient data entry and potential oversight of critical details. We request an improvement to the field ordering logic, ideally through admin-level customization.

    1. The Need for Re-ordering (Current Issues) The current arrangement does not prioritize fields based on operational importance or logical grouping:

    Operational Priority: Critical identification fields, such as the Partner and Client Code, are often placed illogically far down the page, sometimes below less essential fields like the Website URL. This forces staff to constantly scroll to capture essential details.

    Logical/Compliance Grouping: Sensitive…

    1 vote

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  9. Discontinue to automation of opening a new tab each time you click on a job

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  10. JOBS - keep current and archived on one page, like it previously was is PM

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  11. Incorrect Bulk Update and Suggested Notification Process

    Example Scenario:
    On Job Manager, a staff member accidentally selected all active jobs and changed their status from “In Progress” to “Completed” using the bulk update feature.
    Impact:

    Over 150 jobs were marked as completed.
    Workflow visibility was disrupted, and deadlines were missed because jobs disappeared from active lists.

    Root Cause:

    Bulk update permissions were too broad.
    No audit trail or alert triggered when job states changed.

    Recommended Controls:

    Trigger Email Notifications for Job Status Changes/Setting up email alerts
    Detecting incorrect bulk updates
    Reverting changes quickly Options
    Require confirmation before applying changes to…

    1 vote

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  12. In XPM when adding time through the clock, you can add the client, the job and the task that you are working on as well as add notes and mark as billable.

    It would be really useful to have a drop down for the job state as well so that this could be updated once you have worked on the job. The ability for quick job state update already exists on the Jobs Overview table so would be good to have here as well from a workflow point of view

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  13. Create a merge option for the new place of birth to merge existing Place of Birth custom field.

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  14. There is currently no option in XPM to build a report that shows the GST returns that have not been created yet. Whilst this is possible using the [Client] Tax Return Status field for Financial year end returns, it is not possible for GST returns.

    For practices needing to file 100s of GST returns for various clients each month. Having the ability to see, for a given period, whether any GST filings were missed would be extremely helpful.

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    Hi David, we appreciate your idea about GST return tracking in XPM. Being able to create a custom report to view GST returns that haven’t been done yet would be really helpful, especially for practices managing high volumes of returns.

    We’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support, so it’s now open for votes and comments. The more feedback and use cases shared here, the better our product team can understand how valuable this would be.

    We’d love to hear how others currently manage GST return tracking and whether this report would support your workflow. Thanks again for starting the conversation!

  15. When creating the New Xero Workpapers, we need to have the option to restrict the access to the file. This way, we can restrict staff access to the workpapers the same way we restrict staff access to tax returns for specific clients.

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    Thank you for your interest in having multicurrency available on Xero’s Ledger plans.

    We’ve carefully considered this idea as part of our ongoing product reviews. At this stage, enabling multicurrency for Ledger plans is not in our development pipeline, and there are no plans or timelines to introduce this feature for Ledger.

    We appreciate your feedback and will continue to review our product roadmap based on customer needs and market demand. If the status of this idea changes in the future, we’ll be sure to provide an update.

    Thank you again for your suggestion and for helping us shape the future of Xero. 🙂


  17. It would be beneficial for the Bank Reconciliation Status to return positive insights as well. I have attached a rough adjustment for the 'Up to date' flag, and I feel the slight CSS value adjustment here makes it more visible that the Bank Reconciliation is in fact up to date.

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    Thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. We appreciate you highlighting how visual improvements to the 'Up to date' status in Xero HQ Insights could make positive reconciliation statuses easier to spot.

    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. i would like to add a user with same profile to a number of organisations at the same time rather than individually access each company in Xero

    9 votes

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  19. When entering a cost create a dropdown selection menu of standard costs that are setup in settings. Current system requires a prompt to type in the correct cost to appear and fill out preset cost and charge figures.

    Also include a drop down to select staff member entering the cost. This would be a time saver for mileage and expense claims so you could filter a disbursement report quickly and submit to save double working.

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  20. I'd like a dashboard showing all clients listed under our organization with all banking details as well as in the moment bank feed status (ie: is the bank feed active, does it needs to be refreshed, has it dropped). This would enable those that have many clients under their organization to work smarter to fix bank feeds as soon as they're down without delays.

    95 votes

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    Hi team, thanks for engaging us on the idea here. We appreciate more visibility of client bank feeds would help when managing and serving your clients day-to-day.

    With the new Xero Partner Hub homepage we are designing and developing a range of widgets to help partners manage their practices. Right now, we're developing a Bank feed disruptions widget that'll help you identify any disruptions to bank feeds that affect your clients feeds, helping you to fix bank feeds as soon as they're down without delays.

    This is in development atm, and I'll share an update when this becomes available within Xero Partner Hub.

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