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  1. Workpapers - Ability to use Custom Excel Templates

    It's been mentioned previously but seems to have fallen off Xero's radar - the ability to use our own Excel workpapers within Xero workpapers would be fantastic.

    163 votes

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    3 comments  ·  Classic Workpapers  ·  Admin →
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    Accepted  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    Thanks for the feedback here, everyone. We get how being able to use custom Excel templates for Workpapers could save you time and power up your use of Xero Workpapers.

    Currently, you can export Workpapers data to Excel and then copy info into your preferred template. Allowing you to continue using your custom templates for now.

    The good news is we're delivering a new Workpapers solution, and our team are exploring how to enable this functionality within this.

    We'll post an update as soon as we have any news to share.

  2. Workpapers - Integration of bank statement request portal

    Integrate a bank statement generator into bank feeds so accountants and bookkeepers can send a request directly to the clients bank for a bank statement for quarterly bank reconciliation. Pre-approved by client when bank feed integration is setup. Alternatively, automated bank statements per quarter generated and uploaded to Xero via bank automation.

    112 votes

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    Accepted  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    Hi everyone, thanks so much for your engagement here. Your insights are essential as we look to improve Xero. We understand the value of a more streamlined way of working.

    Right now, your current options are to request documents and information from your clients using the existing queries feature in Workpapers. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback.

    While we don't have this feature on our current roadmap, we'll continue to monitor this request, and make sure to keep you updated if there's any progress.

  3. Workpapers - Ability to edit to meet compliance needs

    Quite a few firms are using business fitness/their own custom workpapers in conjunction with Xero workpapers to meet their compliance needs. This is because some existing Xero workpapers e.g I2 - Finance Lease, S - Home Office, K - GST etc are not sufficient to meet our compliance needs. For example the home office workpaper does not contain the square metre rate method and there is no last year comparison for analytical review. No workpapers have been added to allow for new tax developments such as rental interest deductibility, rental loss limitation rules, mixed use assets to name a few.…

    44 votes

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    Accepted  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    Hi everyone, we appreciate the interest we've received in being able to edit Workpapers from our community.

    As we continue to develop and release our new Workpapers solution to practices across the globe, this is something we know could benefit some practices (especially in NZ) and have it high on our radar as the team continue to plan their roadmap.

    While this isn't in the pipeline yet we'l share if there are any updates for this, here.

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