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@Reda, AutoReceipts is a Xero add-on, and honestly this is best handled by an external service and not natively in Xero, because it lets you configure receipts, set email settings, and it keeps a history of receipts that were sent. These are beyond the scope of Xero itself.

Definitely a step in the right direction. I tested it and it worked but still needs some tidying up and formatting.
It doesn't include the customers full name and address
And with the formatting its looks like it is addressed to the supplier and sent from the customer (opposite formatting to the actual (correct) Xero receipts).
And the sent date is incorrect. It says sent 24th which is the date of the cash receipt but I sent it today (27th).
Am eagerly awaiting the next updated version and/or Xero coming to their senses and adding it in natively.

I want to check if the link for the automated receipts is legitimate and can be used.

AutoReceipts now emails the receipt as a PDF attachment!

https://autoreceipts.app

It is a no brainer to have a note next to each transaction 'receipt sent', or bulk receipt option. I am spending far too much time sending receipts or going back to check if sent.

I tried auto receipts. Whereas it does work, it is only a basic acknowledgment in the body of an email.

My customers require an official pdf receipt i.e. the payment receipts that xero produces manually now, as they can claim 85% of their costs back from HMRC and need to send an official and properly formatted receipt as proof of their payment.

And with over a hundred customers paying in each month, it is rather onerous using xero to have to manually send the receipts each week.

It remains an outstanding mystery to me why xero won't update their software to include this. It is not a change that will affect users who don't need this feature and will immeasurably enhance the Xero experience and save masses of time got those Xero users who do need this feature.

Perhaps Xero have become to big and pompously don't care anymore about small users requests. And not even to at least explain why they won't incorporate this feature, rather than a flat out no.

I use AutoReceipts for this, it sends receipts automatically when a payment is recorded.

https://autoreceipts.app

Guys, how are you so slow at responding to customer requests? You have premium pricing but extremely poor response to customer feedback. FreeAgent has it and it works extremely well and provides valuable confirmation for clients. So shocked at how slow Xero is.

This should be looked at ASAP, a simple automation that saves time for all. Xero are really missing out on customer satisfaction by kicking this down the development list

How is this still not a option. Xero is one of the most expensive platforms on the market and cant even send a simple automated email

Hello Xero Support Team

I am concerned as to why Xero still has ignored the cries from its community of users to implement Automated Payment Receipts.

Given that there are other platforms that provide this and much more. It seems odd that Xero is risking the loss of users over such a simple task.

I say this because today I am moving from another software platform to a competitor due to a similar behaviour. It does take a long time to gain good customers but it only takes a simple error to loose them forever.

Please consider carefully your decisions on how you treat your users.

Why can't xero add in the ability to automate receipts to customers. It is vital in my business and i have to waste time doing it manually every day.
A very simple way to keep loads of users happy and to help retain them.

I would challenge Xero to respond as to why they are refusing to add this faciliy.

Basic functionality that's missing from Xero but is available from cheaper competitors. Very sad that this has been requested for so long and nothing has been done. Another nail in the coffin...

Would love to be able to send a receipt from the reconciliation page
i.e as part of reconciliation process it asks send receipt and if yes it goes straight to payment transaction pop out to send receipt.
This saves, manually noting the invoice number, searching the invoice number, opening the invoice, clicking on the payment hyperlink, selecting options, selecting send receipt the clicking to send receipt.

Invoices - check box and Automatic sales receipts sent to customer on reconciliation of funds received.

Once an incoming payment item has been reconciled, please have a button on that screen with an option to send a receipt for that payment. Currently you need to have another window open with transactions to send a receipt or you need to come out of reconciling and go into bank transactions, its time consuming when you have lots of payments to reconcile a button on the screen would be quick and easy.

Wondering why this is "not in the pipeline at present"? This is a basic key feature. Surely if Freeagent can do it, Xero should be able to do this easily.

I could get this done in twenty minute with some coding from Lovable, a joke it's not done yet.

Just wondering whether 'automating the sending of receipts when a transaction is reconciled' is still on the radar for 2026?

This is a basic bookkeeping feature. Not everyone development needs to be a heavily invested release. The tweaks usually go further with the client.