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  1. Make the reactivate process easier. Currently you need to change the selection to "All" under myxero. Hidden in the filter icon, could be more obvious with a visible drop down when you click subscription tab.

    Current process
    Select the Subscriptions tab.
    Click the filter icon next to the search bar, select All, and search by the organisation name.

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    Hi Hunter, thanks for sharing your idea here.

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  2. Have Xero collect and pay the tax directly to the IRD on clients behalf. A little bit like Hnry, but do it better. Would be great for small business/contractors etc. IRD have really struggled to collect tax/gst in specific industries like construction and hospo

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    Thanks for sharing this idea. We appreciate you explaining how direct tax collection and payment could support small businesses and contractors, especially in industries where tax compliance can be challenging.

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  3. When a subscription is transferred to manage from one entity to another, there should be some sort of indication of what subscription package they are on. Currently we have to go back to the past accountant / client and ask.

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    Hi Lisa, thanks for sharing this here. We can appreciate that having an indication of a subscription would be a good addition to avoid back and forth. We're moving this idea to gain more support so that other users such as yourself who would like to see this change implemented can also add their vote. You can now share this idea with your peers to get them to vote as well! :)

  4. NZ Tax - Can we get the ability to create a future period tax return using the current years format. We would still need to submit the return manually through the IRD. It would be much simpler to create a draft in Xero instead of using the PDF versions from the IRD.

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  5. When adding a staff member to a client Xero file with advisor access, previously I was able to notify the staff member. That wasn't an option which meant I needed to go and manually tell the team member that I've added them.

    I like being able to choose if I want to notify them or not because if it's something holding up workflow I want them to know so they can continue working but if I'm just adding them to the team they'll expect to have access so I won't want to notify them in that scenario.

    2 votes

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    Appreciate your feedback on the beta experience, Sarah. We'll start to get a sense of the interest from the idea here and I'll be sure to share if there are any updates planned for notification of permission changes.

  6. We should be able to customise this invoice date order as a default setting, it opens in no order and having to click on the Due Date twice every time to get the invoices in order of latest to oldest to check before billing on every client is a real pain and waste of time when we have to do it so often.
    We would appreciate you looking at making this a customisable setting very soon, thank you

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    We appreciate you sharing your valuable idea and identifying the changes that matter most to you. Your suggestion has been reviewed and is now open for community support. The next step is getting votes! Be sure to share this with colleagues who would benefit so they can add their vote. The community can also comment to provide further insight on how your idea could enhance their Xero experience.

  7. It would be good to have the ability to amend account headings through the new company accounts via Xero blue. This could be linked to the reporting name or as an iXBRL heading. The main issue we are trying to address is including brackets around the word profit when there has been a disposal of a fixed asset (or loss if it is showing in the income section). just for clarity on the accounts.

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    Thanks for sharing in the forums here, Becky. Appreciate the understanding of the pain point currently faced and how this could improve clarity. For now, we'll start to get a sense of the community interest in this here and I'll let you know if there are any updates.

  8. Keep the Salutation where it was before.
    and be able to upload client photo in their Profile.

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    Hi Arnie, thanks for your feedback as part of the Xero Partner Hub beta.

    I can see you're already joined in this idea for the Salutation when adding a new contact and we'll keep you updated on that through the idea there.

    I've slightly adjusted the title of your idea here to focus on the 2nd point you've raised for adding a logo so we can get a view of the interest in this too. 🙂

  9. On the Contacts information page you should be able to associate the Contact with a Client and manage associated Clients from the Contacts information page also.

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    Appreciate there are different flows for when and how you might update this sort of information, Christopher. Thanks for sharing how we could improve this association for you.

    We'll keep an eye on the interest of your idea here, and I'll let you know if there are any plans made to accommodate.

  10. On the client screen please add the facility to show the client reference and be a field that we can search on. Otherwise what is the point of the field.

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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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  11. In APS you have the ability to live synch the tax ledger. As an example a transfer to 2025 from 2024 income tax made today won't show until the next day in the tax return summary.
    A synch button to do this would be helpful and save time from stopping the job until the next day to print/save

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  12. Similarly to iFirm, would be great to be able to make amendments to the return in Xero, mark it as an amendment, and then file from Xero rather than having to make the amendment in MyIR, then make the same amendment to the already filed tax return in Xero. Makes it harder to keep track of what has been done.

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  13. Provide a cancellation date on cancelled subscriptions. Just like it currently has "The organisation '' was originally created [DATE], it would be great to also have "The organisation '' was cancelled on [DATE].

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  14. I have many clients with distributions from 'family trusts' as well as managed funds.
    In an individual return the details are entered or prefilled as required, but the worksheet for Item 13 Partnerships and Trusts doesn't include managed fund distribution amounts. This leads to much confusion when clients see the worksheet at Item 13 and the amounts don't match. In this case the worksheet for Item 13 needed to be added to a separate managed fund worksheet six page later - and this was a simple return.
    The worksheet at each question should show the amounts totalling the amounts reported.

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    We've Published Your Idea – Now It Needs Community Votes!

    We appreciate you submitting your suggestion and outlining the key improvements you'd like to see.

    It's now live! It's time for the community to weigh in and show support.

    We encourage you to share this widely. In addition to upvotes, other members can now leave comments to provide further details on how this change would enhance their daily use of Xero. Every vote and insight helps us prioritise!

  15. Setting option to ensure that Invoices created via Xero tax automatically default to GST Inclusive.

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    Thanks for sharing your idea to set the default tax treatment for invoices exported from XPM to Xero.

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  16. Companies House sync - Client Onboarding

    Would like to see a Companies House sync for this. Our current PM system has this facility and it saves so much time (and is accurate). Also used as a check when submitting annual CS01 forms. We are considering moving to XPM and this would seal the deal

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    Hey Kath, thanks for sharing your idea with us. We’ve had a proper look at it and just wanted to give you an update.

    We’ve marked this idea as Gaining Support, which means it’s now open for others to view, vote on, and add their thoughts. The more interest it gets, the more it helps our product team see the value and consider it for future updates. Really appreciate you taking the time to contribute.

  17. For the capital gain worksheet, it can't enter the number of the shares sold and bought. Most of time, the shares sold and bought will operate in different time during the year, it is more efficient to have the number shares match between sold and bought figures.

    And also can transfer the worksheet to another partner is they are 50%, reduce time to enter again.

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    Hi all, we can see how improving the capital gains worksheet in Xero Tax could really streamline things.

    At the moment, there's no way to enter the number of shares bought and sold separately, even though these often happen at different times. Being able to match share quantities across transactions would make reporting more accurate and reduce manual checking.

    We've also heard similar feedback around shared ownership. A suggestion to allow copying or transferring the worksheet to another return has already been raised and is gaining support. We've added your vote to that idea to help show how useful it would be.

    This idea is now in Gaining Support. If this would help in your workflow, feel free to vote or share your thoughts in the comments.

  18. Would be ideal when filtering tax returns this also applies to the "Archived" tab too.

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    Thanks for the idea Steven.

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  19. We enter company number, company UTR number, director name when setting up client but why does this not get processed when preparing the company accounts and tax. We need to enter the company number, Company UTR number, Companies House authorisation code and director signing the return every time we want to use XERO tax. Surely there must be a way to simplify this so entering this information every time is a thing of the past.

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    Thanks for sharing your thoughts on auto-populating statutory company details. We appreciate you explaining how this could streamline your tax preparation workflow.

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  20. The Chart of Accounts interface within the client's Xero organisation displays a limitation of 200 accounts per page. This necessitates frequent clicks of the 'Next' button, which can be inefficient. It is believed that the Xero Product Team could enhance this feature to allow the display of an unlimited number of accounts on a single page, mirroring the functionality currently available in the Chart of Accounts template within Xero HQ.

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    Thanks for sharing in the community here. While we appreciate there are some organisation's that have a large number of accounts, the current 200 limit per page is sufficient for majority of organisations to see their full list of accounts and we don't have plans for extending this.

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