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  1. When XPM search finds a client, you can click the arrow > to the right of a result to view the client's name, basic contact details, enter time, etc. For clients that have a linked Xero file, it would be great to be able to click "Go to Xero" from here as well.

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    Hey Chris, thanks for raising this Idea and we are excited to say that with the new PartnerHub release you will be able to click the Go to Xero option as XPM and XHQ come together in a new platform. You can find out more about the upcoming release here.

  2. When preparing 2025 financial statements in Xero, will Xero be implementing a system to allow for varying tax rates for Trust's?

    For example, 2024 Trustee tax rate at 33%, however the 2025 Trustee tax rate may be 39% or 33% depending on the Trustee Income, and if it is under $10,000.

    It would be great if Xero were to implement a system to allow for this.Otherwise, a manual work around will be required, which could create human error.

    I'm sure all tax practitioners across the country are hoping for an update from Xero.

    11 votes

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  3. Job Status - Updating to Lodged,
    Wouldn't it be great if when a return, activity statement etc connected to job is actually lodged, that the job automatically updates the status to lodged.

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    We've reviewed your idea to automatically update the job status when a tax return has been lodged 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.

    Thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you.

  4. Capability of amending CT600 forms for T-2 and T-3 years to take into account 3 year carry back on terminal loss.

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    Hi Francisca, thanks for your engagement and letting us know the changes that matter to you.

    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.🙂

  5. Currently, Practice Information (which contains key firm-wide settings, addresses, and details) appears to be missing a direct link in the main navigation menu (the left-hand sidebar).

    Issue: Users must navigate through multiple menus or settings screens to find and update core firm details.

    Request: Please add a clear, direct menu item for Practice Information to the main vertical menu bar for easy and immediate access.

    Implementing these changes would be a significant quality-of-life improvement for all XPM users. Thank you for considering this feature request!

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    Thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you. We appreciate you taking the time to highlight how important easy access to Practice Information is for managing your firm's settings and details.

    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.

  6. When inputting R&D figures for a period of account longer than 12 months (i.e. where 2x corporation tax returns are needed), we are unable to put specific R&D expenditures in a specific corporation tax periods. This is an issue with overseas workers where the periods are pre and post 1 April 2024, and where expenditure is only eligible in one of the periods. As currently, the expenditure is pro-rated, this means that non-qualifying expenditure is being brought into one of the periods.

    Is it possible to create a feature which allows for the expenditure to be split correctly between the…

    10 votes

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    Grateful for your detailed suggestion for this idea, Jemma.

    We've slightly adjusted the title of the idea to allow other community members to easily find and support this idea.

    Along with votes, others can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero. We'll keep an eye on the engagement here.

  7. When Settlor relationship exists for a client, this needs to flow through automatically to the IR6 in the same way that Beneficiary relationships do.

    36 votes

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  8. Document Pack - Allow time delay.
    For example I want to finish the work now but dont want it sent to the client for another 2 days so can set a time to be sent out.

    3 votes

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    Hi Alexandra, thanks for sharing your idea about being able to schedule the time to send a document pack.

    We can see how having more control over when document packs are sent would be useful in managing your client communications more effectively. While this idea is still new, it’s been reviewed by our community team and is now marked as Gaining Support.

    At this stage, we’re keeping the idea open to see how much interest it gathers—so if others would find this helpful too, please feel free to add your vote or leave a comment to share how it would benefit your workflow.

    We’ll continue to monitor this idea and will post any updates here if things change.

  9. For annual leave, sick leave and unpaid leave - have a link between practice payroll and XPM timesheets for practice staff.

    Be able to show booked and taken leave clearly in XPM on the dashboard.

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    Hi Sasha, thanks for your suggestion.

    We've reviewed your idea and can appreciate that this approach may provide greater visibility in regards to practice staff's annual leave. We'cw updated the status to gaining support so that other members can vote and share comments to lend their support to this idea. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know what's important to you and your business.

  10. Previously, checkbox options were all visible, without clicking.

    Now I have to click and see the options (extra clicks, I don't want extra clicks).

    Previously, I could click Opt Out and it would opt out... now I have to uncheck 3 x boxes (extra clicks, I don't want extra clicks). If I wanted to opt in, I could uncheck Opt Out and it would opt in... now I have to check 3 x boxes (extra clicks, I don't want extra clicks).

    What is it about making the product more efficient, not less efficient, do you not understand?

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    Thanks for sharing your feedback on the ATO Activity Statement settings.

    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.

  11. 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

    6 votes

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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.

  12. Allow a Column on your main page of transactions for mileage so you can add the mileage to the column for sales to be calculated

    I am a private hire driver and this I believe will benefit taxis and private hire drivers or people who do a lot of driving as a business.

    Can they not add another column on this page that we can add the mileage for each job that can then be calculated at the end of year as you do with what fairs come in or sales coming.

    Again, this would benefit greatly for small businesses…

    3 votes

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    Thanks Simon, it does appear that you're referring to the jobs related to workpapers directly that you'd record mileage for.

    This isn't something that we have plans for right now, but we'll track the interest and share if there are any changes to update you on.

  13. To stop the autocorrection for daylight saving in the Timer. I know only happens twice a year, but is very frustrating trying to enter time when the Timer keeps adding (or removing) an hour from the time entered. For example - when enter 09.00 in the Start time, jumps to 10.00; then when enter 10.00 in End time, both the Start and End time jump to 11.00.
    Please can have corrected so the time does not autocorrect.

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    Thank you for sharing your valuable suggestion and clearly outlining the specific changes that matter to you. We've reviewed your idea, and it's now officially open for the community to champion and support! To maximize its visibility and potential, please share it with your colleagues who would also benefit so they can add their vote. Beyond voting, other members can now comment to provide additional detail on how this improvement would enhance their experience with Xero.

  14. Hi there, could Xero please add a VAT reconciliation report to the reports section where we can reconcile each VAT period's VAT payable/receivable to the VAT control account. This would make the VAT reviews and VAT reconciliations at year end so much easier and faster.

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    Thanks for sharing this idea, about how this could be improved for you.

    Now, it's up to the community to get behind and support your idea. Make sure you share it with any colleagues it could also benefit, so they can add their votes and comments to the discussion too!

  15. It would be important to be able to edit the payment option available for a specific contact. Example: I have an international client that I would prefer if they did not get the option to pay their invoices with credit card. That would be useful to edit this within their contact settings so I don't have to manually change each of their invoices.

    4 votes

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    Hey Fanie, thanks for your engagement and for sharing this excellent idea for managing customer payment options.

    We've reviewed your suggestion to be able to set specific payment options within a contact's settings, and it's now open to gain support from other community members. We can definitely see how this would save time by removing the need to manually edit each invoice for certain clients, like your international customer example.

    Along with votes, others can now comment to share additional detail on how this feature would give them more control and improve their invoicing workflow. 🙂

  16. It would be lovely if a practice could acces every required platform from the Xero dashboard. Including where one can keep an eye on the practices status and points.

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    Thanks Ben, 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.

  17. We would like to be able to generate partnership and sole trader accounts in Xero without having to use Xero's fixed asset module. The fixed asset note generated in the accounts not is currently not fit for use without uploading all assets into the fixed asset module.

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    Hi Victoria, thank you for sharing this idea with is. We understand that while the Fixed Assets module is a core part of Xero, many practices use specialized external software or custom spreadsheets to manage their asset registers. Currently, the UK Tax and Accounts Production workflow is designed to pull directly from the Xero Fixed Asset module to ensure data integrity, but we recognize that being "forced" into this workflow can create extra manual work for those using external tools.

    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 using Xero Tax.

    In the meantime, you may want to raise a…

  18. To add to Receivable to search by account code so to know which clients have not paid e g membership invoices only

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    We're grateful for your engagement and letting us know the changes that matter to you.

    While there isn't a direct filter for account codes in Xero right now, you could potentially explore the option to use Contact groups or tracking categories to help sort clients in this report.

    We'll keep an eye on the interest on this idea here, and let you know if there are any updates.

  19. 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.

    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.

  20. 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.

    13 votes

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