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New Manual Journals - Increase width of Title field
In the new Manual Journal screen, please widen the Journal Title field. It is currently so narrow that longer, descriptive titles cannot be viewed while they are being entered.
Screenshot 1 shows the limited visible space in the field. Because I cannot see the full title as I type, my current workaround is to draft it in Notepad and paste it into Xero. The full title then appears in the page heading, as shown in Screenshot 2, but it still cannot be reviewed properly within the actual field.
There is a substantial amount of unused horizontal space in the new…
4 votesThanks for sharing here, Julie. Our product team are monitoring feedback on the new manual journals experience closely.
For now, we'll get a sense of the wider interest in your idea and I'll make sure to let you know if there are any updates.
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Budget Variance Report - Dynamic Actuals YTD plus remaining Budget forecast comparison
The ability to compare two budgets is available but I want to be able to compare a full year forecast that is comprised of actuals YTD Plus budget for the remaining periods with the full year overall budget , this doesn't appear to be possible. Comparisons actual month v month budget, actual YTD v Budget YTD and Actual YTD+Budget v Full Year Budget are a standard requirement and currently not possible in XERO.
1 voteThanks for sharing this idea, Lorna. We understand the request to add a full-year forecast column to the Budget Variance report that automatically combines actuals year-to-date with the remaining budget for the year.
This would allow users to compare their projected full-year result against the original full-year budget directly in the report, without manually combining actuals and remaining budget figures.
I’ve updated the status to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. If this would improve your forecasting workflow, add your vote and share your use case.
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UK VAT - Flag foreign suppliers for UK Reverse Charge reporting
For the purposes of calculating UK reverse charge, it would be useful if foreign suppliers could be 'flagged', allowing a report to be run that would show all payments to foreign suppliers within the quarter. Using currency to search for foreign suppliers is not sufficient, as sometimes the payment is via credit card, and sometimes the payment is in sterling (such as to Guernsey).
3 votesThanks for sharing this idea 💡 We’re moving it to Gaining support so we can gauge community interest and understand how broadly this capability would benefit Xero customers, particularly those who need to identify payments to overseas suppliers for UK reverse-charge reporting. Please continue to vote and share any additional examples or use cases in the comments. Your feedback will help us better understand the need and level of support for this request.
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Reports - Cash basis income and accrual basis expenses on Profit and Loss report
For clients needing income tax done on a cash basis, the expenses needs to still be on an incurred basis. A Profit & Loss report is need to reflect this situation.
1 voteThanks for putting this forward. A Profit and Loss report that combines cash-basis income with accrual-basis expenses could be useful where the reporting treatment differs between income and expenses.
I’ve moved this post to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering feedback. If you use this type of reporting, let us know why or when such report is required.
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FIxed Assets - Manually adjust depreciation dates/periods
At present, fixed asset depreciation in Xero follows standard monthly periods, which can make it difficult to align depreciation expense with businesses that report on a 4-4-5 calendar. Allowing users to override depreciation period dates would improve accuracy, reduce manual journal adjustments, and make the module more practical for retail, hospitality, and other businesses that use non-standard reporting cycles.
2 votesThanks for sharing this idea ⭐ We’re moving it to Gathering Support so we can gauge the level of interest from the wider Xero community in supporting custom depreciation periods, including 4-4-5 reporting calendars.
Feedback and votes will help us understand how broadly this functionality is needed, as well as the impact it has on businesses that use non-standard reporting periods. Please continue to vote and share any additional details about how this would help your business.
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AU Tax - Fix BAS amendment rejections caused by CMN.ATO.AS.EM058 validation error
Hi Xero,
Please resolve or better handle the CMN.ATO.AS.EM058 validation error when lodging BAS amendments through Xero Tax.
We are encountering situations where a BAS amendment is rejected with a PAYG-W related validation error despite:
-No PAYG-W labels being completed in the BAS
-No PAYG withholding amounts being reportedXero Support has advised that this is caused by an ATO validation check incorrectly triggering for PAYG withholding obligations and that the current workaround is to either:
- Skip pre-lodgement and lodge directly to the ATO, or
- Lodge the BAS amendment through the ATO Portal instead of Xero Tax.
Please fix the…
19 votesThanks for raising this, and we appreciate everyone's engagement so far.
We understand the request to have this error resolved rather than needing to use a workaround when lodging. This error typically occurs when the ATO's system incorrectly triggers a validation check for PAYG withholding tax obligations. To be upfront, because the validation is triggered by the ATO's system, there’s limited action we can take within Xero Tax to prevent it from occurring.
We've updated the status of this idea to Not in Pipeline, and will continue to monitor this as we learn more about the issue.
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Payroll AU: Employee Remuneration report tally to exclude header in total count
Summary items tally at the bottom of the report page incorrectly includes the header - meaning the tally is always one to many. For example the Payroll employee summary report, or any report, for 3 staff in total will say 4 items at the bottom. A quirk that means your quick view of a report is always out by one. A quirk that can be removed as the tally is wrong and therefore no value.
1 voteThanks for sharing your idea, I can see how relying on the report's line tally could result in an additional employee included in the count.
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.
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GST Reconciliation report - Cash v accrual option directly in report
Hi,
Most softwares have included on the GST reconciliation report page a toggle button to switch between cash vs accrual reporting on the GST reconciliation report page which makes it a lot easier for accountants to run the reports on either a cash or accruals basis.
It is very time consuming having to switch it in the financial settings each and everytime and also means that if it does not get switched back to applicable setting if the client lodges a BAS they may inadvertently lodge on the incorrect basis, meaning more time for accounts to identify and correct.
Thanks
26 votesThanks for taking the time to suggest this, Kimberley.
We understand the request for more flexibility when reviewing the GST Reconciliation report. A Cash or Accrual option on the report could reduce the extra steps involved to change the reporting basis.
We've updated this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue collecting feedback and votes. If this would make your GST reviews easier, share your use case with us.
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AU Tax - Report Builder filter by sign status
Create a report that includes Sign Status. However, when I try to set it up, the only option available in the dropdown is Client Status.
I would like Sign Status to be added as a selectable field in the report filters to make the report more useful and easier to manage.
9 votesThanks for sharing this idea, Anjellyn. We understand the request to filter reports by e-signature status. Having these statuses available as report filters could make it easier to track outstanding signatures across client tax returns without checking each return individually.
We've updated the status to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. If this would help your workflow, add your vote and let us know how you'd use it.
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AU Tax - Automatic Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge schedule updates
I would like an advance schedule for medicare levy to check through whether they were full time in the defence force or foreign person etc.
and a schedule for medicare levy surcharge to input the date periods + to confirm if spouse/dependents had private health insurance
1 voteThanks for sharing this idea. We understand the request for automated Medicare Levy exemption and Medicare Levy Surcharge schedules in Xero Tax.
We've updated the status to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking community interest. If this could help your workflow, add your vote and let us know which Medicare Levy or surcharge calculations you'd find most useful to have automated.
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Budget Manager - Add a calculator button in cells
Could we add a calculator button in the budget manager cell to do a calculation?
2 votesHi Rowena, thanks so much for taking the time to share your feedback on adding a calculator button within Budget Manager cells.
We understand how this could make it easier to perform calculations while working on your budgets. After reviewing this idea, we’ve updated its status to Not in the Pipeline. This means the product team has considered it, but it isn’t currently on the foreseeable roadmap.
The idea will remain open for votes, and we’ll continue to monitor the feedback and support for it. We really value your input and appreciate you helping us shape the future of Xero.
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MTD ITSA Allow manual entry of Property Income
It would be extremely helpful if Xero allowed UK Property Income to be entered manually within the MTD ITSA return, rather than requiring transactions to be entered into the ledger or quarterly journals to be posted.
A common scenario is where a sole trader already uses Xero for their business but also has separate UK property income. Whilst it's possible to separate the figures using tracking categories, this still mixes business and property transactions within the same accounting records.
Allowing manual entry of the quarterly property income and expenses for MTD ITSA would:
- Keep business and property records completely separate.
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3 votesThanks for sharing this idea. We can see how allowing manual entry of UK property income for MTD for Income Tax would be desirable.
We’ve updated this idea to Gaining Support so we can better understand how many customers this would help and the different scenarios people need it for. If this is important to you, please add your vote and share any additional detail in the comments, especially how you currently manage property income outside Xero and where the current workflow creates extra work.
We’ll continue to review the feedback and keep this idea updated here as it progresses.
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MTD for IT - Income and Expense Report with Clients name
I am sure this is a design flaw that will be corrected shortly as its astonishing to see, the quarterly income and expenses PDF report needs an identifying name on the report. Once saved not in Xero it does not have anything on it to identify it.
This needs rectifying with haste.1 voteThanks for sharing this idea. We understand how useful it would be for exported MTD for IT Income and Expenses reports to clearly identify the relevant client or business, particularly when reports are saved or shared outside Xero.
We’re moving this idea to Gaining Support so we can gauge interest across the Xero community. If this would improve your workflow, please vote for the idea and share more detail about how you use the report and what information you’d like to see included in its title or header.
Community feedback will help us understand the impact of this request and inform our review. We’ll share updates here as the idea progresses.
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Cash Flow Manager - Filter Projected Cash In/Out and subtotals
In the Cash Flow Manager overview, include the option to filter based on the AI projection for 'cash in' including the overdue receivables. The AI projection is available on the 'cash in' tab, however, that tab doesn't include subtotals (like the overview tab does and this is very helpful) and also doesn't include the ability to filter by the AI projection. Both would be very helpful.
2 votesThanks for raising this idea and explaining how the Cash In view could be more useful.
Some of what you’ve suggested is already available. You can use the Type column to filter the Cash In transactions and deselect Predicted items. Overdue invoices are also shown in the invoice section, separately from predicted recurring cash in.
The part we’ll move forward to Gathering Support is the request for clearer subtotals in the Cash In view, particularly a breakdown that makes it easier to distinguish predicted cash in from invoice-based cash in, including overdue invoices.
To help us assess this further, it would be useful to understand exactly which subtotals you’d find most helpful and where you’d like them displayed. 🌟
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Reporting - Display Accounting Basis (Cash/Accrual) options prominently instead of under More options
Hi Xero Team,
I'd like to suggest a small user interface improvement that would significantly improve the reporting experience.
The Accounting Basis (Cash vs Accrual) fundamentally changes the meaning of reports such as the General Ledger, Trial Balance and GST reports, yet it's currently hidden under the "More" menu.
As a business that reports GST on a cash basis, I recently spent several hours reconciling my BAS, General Ledger and Trial Balance because I unknowingly compared reports prepared on different accounting bases. Once I discovered the hidden setting and changed the report to Cash, every figure reconciled immediately.
The Accounting…
1 voteThanks for bringing this idea to the community. We understand the request to make the Cash or Accrual basis option more visible when viewing financial reports. A prominent indicator could help reduce confusion when reviewing or sharing reports with clients.
We've moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering votes and feedback. If this would be useful, share how you'd use it.
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Reports - Remove gridlines from financial statements
We have been given a set of financial statements for sole traders and farmers but within the reports, the P&L and Balance sheet are showing the lines under each transaction. We would like the ability to remove these lines as it gives a more professional look.
17 votesThanks for getting the conversation started, Brian. An option to remove row lines could help create cleaner financial statements for client-facing reports.
I’ve moved this post to Gaining Support so we can continue tracking interest. We'd encourage the community to pipe in and share your thoughts.
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NZ Tax - Change colour of 'Finalised' and 'Filed with IR' pills
Both the 'Finalised' and 'Filed with IR' boxes are the same colour, and both pieces of text start with 'F'. Twice, I have experienced glitches where I file the return with IR, it appears to have been submitted, but the status simply changes to 'Finalised'. Would it be possible to change the colour of one to a different colour, to help highlight the different states? Or change the text from Finalised to something like 'Approved/Ready to Submit'. I understand this is minor, and partly user-based, but I do think it could be helpful. Thanks!
1 voteAppreciate wanting colour differentiators for these two states, Nicola.
We'll start to get a wider sense of the interest around this here, and I'll make sure to share if there's any plans made.
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Report - Combined contact statement showing both receivables and payables outstanding
Contact statement showing payables and receivables outstanding with detail of outstanding items. Currently have to run 2 separate reports where a customer is also a supplier.
1 voteHi Sam, thanks for sharing this suggestion. A combined statement showing both receivables and payables could help to review the overall position for contacts who are both customers and suppliers.
I’ve moved this post to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering feedback.
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NZ Tax - Exclude Non-tax clients appearing on the tax payment report
Need to be able to exclude non-tax clients from the tax payments report when they are only included because they have a beneficiary schedule in their family trust. Many beneficiaries of trusts are not tax-clients.
1 voteThanks for sharing here, Shelley.
At this stage, we don’t have plans to change the report’s behaviour, however an option here could be to customise the report criteria to show Payment Amount greater than $0.00.
This removes taxpayers with no amount owing while retaining those with payments due.
We'll keep an eye on the interest this idea builds in the community from other practices, and I'll share if there are any updates.
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New Manual Journals - Improve tab key behavior when entering lines
The new manual journal has added more tabbing which takes more time and has started hurting my hand. We went from a whatever it was to 7 tabs to get to the same spot in each line. It is nice to have an option to copy the line to the next line and select with a space. That seems to have added one tab. I could take it or leave it as a tab. I don't need that as often. But do we really need to tab to the trash column. Are we going to use that enough to need…
2 votesAppreciate your suggestion here. We can see how more streamlined tabbing through fields in Manual Journals could support faster keyboard-driven data entry and a more consistent workflow.
We've moved this idea to Gaining Support so we can continue gathering interest from the community.
If there are specific parts of the tab sequence you'd like to see improved, please continue to share them here. That context is valuable for the team as they review this idea.
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