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  1. Would be great for team members to be able to enter timesheet credits for flexitime hours over their standard daily hours, without having to enable the Financial privileges option in Staff settings (as this then provides visibility to all timesheets, ability to lock/unlock timesheets, ability to enter time for other team members, along with various practice financial report features etc).

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  2. Change the order of lines entered into worksheets. Either by drag and drop to re-order or having the ability to sort alphabetically.

    5 votes

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  3. Make it so that when the document is closed, it returns to the same page with the same selection conditions that were before working in this document?

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    Hi all, we've been listening to your feedback and have worked many highly anticipated enhancements into new Xero Workpapers. This includes one of the most requested features - a smarter navigation experience.

    With the new solution, after you close a document you'll automatically be returned to the prior page with all your original filters and conditions intact. Our aim is to deliver a seamless, context-preserving experience for our users. We're actively working on this and plan to roll it out in phases, starting in Australia. You can read more about this in the Xero blog, and I'll be back with more news as rollout continues.

  4. To have the ability for the Cover Letter box ticked permanently when preparing tax return and activity statements

    23 votes

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  5. Ability to edit review point, internal query and client query responses.

    Currently once you click reply to an Internal Query or review point or client query in workpapers there is no option to edit. This is frustrating if you make a spelling error or accidentally respond to the wrong query. It would be great to have the ability to be able to edit these responses if necessary.

    18 votes

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    We appreciate the interest and attention around this idea, team. As you might've heard, at Xerocon we announced our new Xero Workpapers.

    Taking on board feedback from our community to develop this, new Workpapers provides the ability to edit internal queries in Workpapers. We're excited for you to try this new experience and have just begun rollout to Australian partners, with other regions soon to come in 2026. Thanks for sharing how this feature could benefit your practice. We'll return to share once rolled out to 100%.

  6. It is not really Xero HQ, it is in MyXero dashboard and in subscriptions where you can input a client code. This is the code that then shows on the CSV file attached to the monthly Xero bill for client subscriptions. At the moment this client code can only be input manually. We really need the ability to export client subscription list and re-import with a client code so that it would make allocating client Xero files for billing easier each month. At the moment this is a manual task that can only be done by someone that knows which…

    13 votes

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  7. Please create a worksheet specifically for capital works deductions in the company tax return, where assets can be added and the total deduction amount integrated to label 7I.

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  8. When will we have an option to update all client emails/phone numbers at the same time?
    It would be really helpful if the system would search for all 'same' emails or phone numbers and allow for these all to be updated/amended.

    31 votes

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  9. I have noticed that Xero rounds the HELP repayment to the nearest dollar when estimating the tax outcome for individual tax returns however the ATO does not round the HELP repayment when issuing the notice of assessment.

    Can Xero update the HELP repayment calculation to include cents instead of rounding to the nearest dollar?

    15 votes

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  10. 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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    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.

  11. As we have in XPM for unsigned documents, can we please have automated reminders for unsigned document packs?

    35 votes

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    Hi everyone, you can now send multiple reminders at once - you can find out more about it 👉 here. This'll reduce the time spent sending reminders for document packs.

    We aren’t ruling out automated reminders in future though, so give it a go and let us know your thoughts!

  12. Pre-populate W1 and W2 fields in the Activity Statement when using an outside payroll program. This would save time and reduce errors.

    21 votes

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    Hi community, thanks for engaging with us on how the prepopulation of W1 and W2 fields would improve efficiencies when preparing and filing tax with Xero.

    We're currently working on prepopulation of these fields where these would be generated from the ATO prefill.

    I'll be back to share another updates when this rolls out to partners on Xero Tax (AU).

  13. Would be good if there was an option to reorder the pages in a tax return, primarily to be able to bring the tax estimate to the front page of the tax return as that tends to be the key information the client wants to see and it is buried at page 3 or 4 of the tax return when printed.

    27 votes

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  14. Currently notes need to be updated manually on the financial statements (as far as I am aware). New accounts need to be added to the respective notes otherwise the figure in the notes will not match the figures in the financial statements.
    I feel that this is inviting error as inevitably there will be times where this process is overlooked.

    it would significantly simplify the process if Xero recognises where a note is connected to a financial statement line item, and then automatically fills in the notes with the same accounts grouped in the financials.
    at the very least, there…

    5 votes

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    Thanks again for your feedback, and to those that connected with our teams to help with their research surrounding this.

    Our reporting product team have developed changes to help keep notes aligned with the related financial statements, including improving how report templates behave so report code mapping updates and new accounts flow through more reliably.

    You'll soon be able to create synced notes from report groups, with those notes staying connected to the source report and respecting switch rules.

    The intention is to make notes easier to maintain and the figures across the report pack easier to trust.

    These updates are already live for AU and NZ customers and will soon be available in all other regions. I'll be back to confirm when rollouts complete 🙂

  15. Needed: an option button in Xero Tax which switches the Accounts between FRS 102 and FRS 105.

    The majority of our Clients only require FRS105 Accounts to be submitted to Companies House but they all ask for FRS 102 Accounts to provide to their Bank or for applying for mortgages etc.

    We also want them to sign FRS102 Accounts since they have much more disclosure and if Clients simply see the FRS105 version of Accounts, they question the fee we charge them for such a small output (not realising the amount of work behind preparing them).

    TaxCalc (which we came…

    33 votes

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  16. Being able to style pdf versions of Taxation Returns like you can with Financial Statements in Xero (i.e., custom watermarks, print with/without branding etc.)

    16 votes

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  17. There is the option of adding Groups as a taxable group, however if the option is not selected client members of that group still pull through as related parties when adding a new return. The ability to use multiple Groups would be a great driver for "advisory" automations in 3rd party software if it didn't have that adverse outcome. Enhancement request - adding a tax return the related clients should only pull through members of the taxable group and exclude members of the "advisory" group.

    9 votes

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  18. When uploading a set of annual accounts to Xero Sign, the only option available is to add a signature field.

    For company and trust annual accounts, we typically also include a minute and sometimes other resolutions (created from a Xero report pack). It would be great to able to insert a date field in the minute, like you can with other e-signing platforms.

    The current workaround is to use another e-signing service to send the annual accounts, and use Xero Sign for the tax returns - which adds confusion for our clients and we're often having to chase them up…

    12 votes

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  19. The Ability to Apportion the "Motor Vehicle Schedule" to different item labels in the tax return. It would be really handy if we have that option.

    30 votes

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  20. As some workpapers do not change from period to period and would keep the account breakdown of accounts

    9 votes

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    Thanks for your engagement with this idea, team. Your feedback on how this feature would improve your efficiency and workflow has been invaluable. We're excited to share that we're actively working on a new Xero Workpapers with the ability to roll over workpaper packs including notes and documents, providing the breakdown of accounts sought after here. Release has begun to Australian partners and we'll be sure to provide more information here as this rolls out further.

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