Contact - Business Number (ABN) verification check
Ability to search details of an ABN against the ABN register, from within Xero.
Purpose: To see if the contact within Xero has valid ABN or not.
AdminXero Team
(Admin, Xero)
shared this idea
Hi everyone, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on ABN verification. We really appreciate you explaining how this could make it easier to stay compliant and simplify your daily workflows.
Right now, you can use the quick link on the Contacts page in Xero to open the official ABN Lookup site and check details manually. We understand this isn’t the fully integrated solution you’d prefer, but it’s the option currently available for verifying contact information.
Our product team has continued to review this idea, however it’s not something we’re planning in the near future. The idea will stay open for votes, and we’ll keep tracking interest here. If anything changes, we’ll post an update in this thread.
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Tanya Flintoff
commented
MYOB has been doing this for YEARS! Would be nice for Xero to catch up. Of course, they will probably put it across three screens that you will need to scroll next through to complete the task.
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Geoff Schmidt
commented
This is a great idea. The search should return the registered company name, any registered trading names and GST registration status. This can be checked against the customer's invoice.
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Tony Greaves
commented
Expand this idea to include similar functionality for the NZBN (using the NZ Companies API ?)