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  1. Currently in Xero Tax, non-depreciable assets entered into the rental schedule do not roll forward into future income tax returns (ITRs), creating unnecessary manual data entry and inconsistency.

    Suggested improvement: Add support to roll forward non-depreciable assets (such as land) within the rental schedule when generating the next year’s return to maintain asset continuity and save time.

    24 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea in the forums here, Subegh and to those that have already shown support.

    We are keen to get a better sense of the wider interest from the community in this, here.

    Along with votes, others can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.

  2. Currently the productivity pie chart on the home page only reports on a weekly basis. It would be great if the home page can add a 2nd productivity pie chart which is set to report on a monthly basis. Most accounting firms/staff have monthly productivity targets, so this is why it would be a wonderful way to track MTD productivity results instead of only weekly.

    22 votes

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    Thanks for submitting your idea, Warren.

    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.

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

    8 votes

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    1 comment  ·  Clients  ·  Admin →
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    Thanks for sharing your feedback on how jobs open in XPM. We appreciate you taking the time to let us know how this impacts your workflow.

    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.

  4. It would be good if the "Mark as Approved" and "Mark as Signed" buttons in XPM were different colours rather than the same green. It is very easy to click on Mark as Signed in error.

    6 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea relating to changing the colour of the buttons in XPM, 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!

    Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.

  5. It would be helpful if Partner Subscription Datafiles could be included in the Partner Hub so Insights etc could be accessed for the business. Perhaps it could be an "Opt In" option as some Partners may not wish their Insights to be included for others to view? But would be very good for sole Practitioners. Perhaps "Opt In" from the Partner Hub list in the overflow choices on far right column of Business name?

    1 vote

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    Thanks for taking the time to suggest this. Having partner subscription information available in the Partner Hub client list could make managing practice and client organisations more consistent.

    We’ve moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest. If this could improve your workflow, add your vote and share which practice insights or information you’d find most useful to access from the client list.

  6. Allow for more details in the "contact an advisor" that the person must fill out. The referral information we receive is extremely limited, the amount of spammers out trying to scam us or hack our information is insane. I've got 9 inquiries in the past 10 days and they all appear to be spammers, but I can only make that assumption off of an email address and a couple of check boxes. I've turned off the directory rather than deal with this. I realize Xero can't control the spammers and this can be a helpful feature for people needing real…

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    Appreciate you raising this idea. We understand the request to include more detailed required fields and a custom message on the Advisor Directory inquiry form. Having more context about an enquiry could make it easier for advisors to understand the prospective client's needs and identify genuine enquiries.

    I’ve updated the status to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. If this could improve your workflow, add your vote and let us know what information you’d find most useful to collect from prospective clients.

  7. 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

    8 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea. We appreciate you explaining how adding a job state dropdown to the quick time entry interface could support your workflow.

    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.

  8. The Client Name used to be clear and in the centre of the page before the new update. Now, I forget which client I am in, and it is easy to get it mixed up with the Referral Source.

    8 votes

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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 to make changes to the layout of the client page 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.

  9. It would be nice if client that need to sign the report were able to be send an electronic copy and are able to sign electronically via the ask function. Instead of needing to use a third-party application. It would greatly assist with record keeping and making sure all the imported items are stored withing one app.

    3 votes

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  10. Why will the IR3 Tax return not let you claim the IETC for the number of months a client is entitled to, before Best Start payments start. It will calculate the IETC for the 9 months in the return but as soon as the Working for Families schedule is added with the Best Start Payments boxed ticked it changes the calculation to NIL.

    You would think that the IETC calculation would remain or could be manually over-ridden so all calculated amounts would show on the tax summary for the client. This could be flagged when an audit of the tax…

    2 votes

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    Hi Joanne, appreciate you raising the idea with us here.

    Just to confirm how this currently works - in the Xero Tax IR3 form, IETC is tied to the income amount entered in the return. The question that asks whether they're eligible is part of the form logic, and will determine if your income or status is non-qualifying. If this is the case it'll mark IETC as unavailable.

    While we'll get a sense of the wider interest in a change for this here, we want to be upfront that we don't have any short term plans for changing this forms logic.

  11. It would be really helpful if invoice templates could adjust automatically based on client type, instead of having to create and assign multiple templates manually.

    For example:
    1. Individuals and Partnerships would include the 'Attention' field, but not include the 'Contact Name' field
    2. Company invoices would include the 'Attention' field, but not the 'Contact Name' field
    3. Trusts, SMSFs, and Charities would include both the 'Attention' field and the 'Contact Name' field

    This would save time, reduce errors, and ensure invoices are always addressing the legal entity correctly for each client type.

    Thanks for considering this improvement!

    16 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea about how you'd like to have different email templates for different types of client.

    Please share this page with any colleagues that this could benefit, so they can add their votes and comments about how they'd also like to see this, so they can support your idea too!

  12. We'd love to be able to have the option to send an SMS to a client for BAS signing

    11 votes

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    Thank you for sharing your valuable idea and letting us know which changes matter most to you.

    We have successfully reviewed your submission! Your idea is now available for the community to support.

    The next step: Please share your idea with colleagues who would benefit from this change. Their votes and comments are essential for building momentum and demonstrating the impact this improvement could have on their experience with Xero.

  13. When data is imported from Xero HQ or a client’s Xero ledger into Xero Tax, the system automatically appends the Chart of Accounts code to the account name e.g. “Sales (400), even when the underlying Chart of Accounts name field does not contain the code.

    While this improves traceability, it creates unnecessary clutter in the tax return view and workpapers, especially where codes are not relevant for presentation to clients.

    Users also cannot rename or hide the codes within the Xero Tax interface.

    I request that a feature be included where you can add an option (checkbox or setting) within…

    11 votes

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    Thanks for submitting your idea and highlighting the changes that matter to you. It’s now live for the community to vote on and discuss. Encourage colleagues to support it and share how it could improve their Xero experience.

  14. Enable Rollover of Dividend and Interest Schedules for Non-Client Shareholders in Xero Tax

    19 votes

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    Hi everyone 👋 thanks for your continued feedback and for sharing your thoughts on this idea. While this idea is not currently on our development roadmap, we are always reviewing feedback to help us shape our product priorities. As a workaround for now, you can use the existing data roll-over function for client shareholders and then manually adjust the details for non-client shareholders. We'll be in touch with another update if there is any change to the status of this idea.

  15. Please can we have automatic spaces for mobile numbers in XPM eg xxxx xxx xxx

    (Edited by Community Manager to remove personal data)

    11 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea about phone number formatting in XPM. We understand that this change could improve number readability.

    Your idea has been moved to Gaining support, which means the community can now vote and comment. If this is something you’d like to see, joining the conversation and adding your support helps bring it to the right people in product.

    We’ll keep an eye on any updates and share progress here.

  16. Staff Permission Filter In XPM/HQ

    A filter that allows admin user to be able to select a certain XPM permission and see which staff in the business have access to it.

    Also, being able to update staff permission in bulk or by group/team

    6 votes

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    Thanks for sharing this idea about staff permission filtering in Xero Practice tools, 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!

    Along with votes, other members can now comment to share additional detail about how your idea could improve their experience with Xero.

  17. It would be useful to filter by staff teams when allocating access to a client in Xero.

    We already have the ability to group staff into teams within Xero HQ, and it would speed up assigning access to large groups of staff members if we could use these teams when assigning access to a client in Xero HQ. This could be added to the 'Filter' option.

    4 votes

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    Thanks so much for bringing this idea to our attention and taking the time to share it here 😊

    We have moved this to Gaining Support as we can see the benefit of this.

    This feels like a really practical improvement to the current workflow, and I can see how adding teams as part of the Filter options would make client access management much more efficient 🙌

    The next step is to share this idea so more people can view it and add their comments too

  18. It's so annoying, when I'm on the To sign screen, and someone has signed (Returned) a tax return (or multiple) I select it (or them) and have to click Sign, then I have to click To file and wait for the page to load, then I have to click File.

    On the To sign screen there should be a Sign & File button, so that I can (if I want) select the Returned tax returns (once) and click Sign & File, the same warning screen before I "sign" can show, and when I click OK, it signs it AND submits…

    1 vote

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    Appreciate you bringing this to the community, Sam. Having a combined Sign & File action in the To sign screen could reduce the steps involved in lodging multiple completed returns.

    I’ve updated the status to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. If this would be useful, add your vote and share your preferred workflow.

  19. This may not gain much traction with established partners, but for those of us who are new to Xero and are working to establish a business, the requirement to sign on a client within 60 days is a problem. At one time, the requirement was 90 days but was shortened to 60 in 2017.

    It should, however, not exist at all.
    Note that your closest competitor has no such requirement.

    What management may not realize is that it comes across as a threat from the beginning, which frankly stopped me from signing up for the program for a while. Now…

    3 votes

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    Thanks for sharing your idea, and letting us know the changes that matter most for you David. We'll open this idea up to the community so they can share their thoughts and add votes. Make sure to share this with your friends and colleagues who might also benefit from the implementation of this idea.

  20. When preparing AIM returns in XPM it would be good if we could overwrite the boxes in "Other Balance Sheet Information", in particular box 54 & box 55. There is an issue presently when an asset is traded in and a new asset purchased on the same transaction in Xero, the AIM return in Xero Practice Manager incorrectly adds both the purchase and disposal values together as an addition. It would be great to correct this, and an overwrite function would be a great option.

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    Thanks for raising this idea, Laurie! 👋

    We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback about being able to overwrite AIM return boxes 54 and 55 in Xero Practice Manager.

    This is now open to others to vote, comment on, and share. We will post any updates here.

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