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  1. Batch payments of Foreign Currency Bills.

    Dear Xero,
    Please consider the feature of being able to batch up foreign currency Bills. We often pay multiple invoices in one go, having to reconcile and mark as paid 10 invoices is extremely time consuming.

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    Hi team, appreciate wanting an update - I'm pleased to share the beta went well and we've now launched international bill payments for our UK customers, making it easier to pay overseas suppliers.

    Using open banking, UK businesses can now securely send money to 180+ countries including Europe (EUR), America (USD) and Australia (AUD). So you don't have to juggle multiple platforms or hidden fees. Whether you're paying a single bill or multiple bills at once, you can authorise payments prepared by your team and easily track which suppliers have been paid.

    We’re committed to new ways to expand our bill payments feature for small businesses and their advisors in other regions by leveraging new technologies, where available. I'll keep you updated of any further developments for this, here.

  2. Please revert back to the original format of the Purchase Orders, I have no idea why you felt this needed to be improved and has caused more issues

    The viewing of the PO is far too big and makes my head hurt, can't save a PO without putting every detail in which we don't always have until later

    Not saving projects in the draft PO unless all details entered, which we could do before on the old format

    Can't just approve and copy to Invoice anymore need to go back into the PO for a second time which is unnecessary

    17 votes

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    Hi Kim, thanks for your feedback here.

    I want to be open that we don't have any intentions of reverting back to the old experience - new purchase orders are built on updated technology and allow us to better maintain and release further developments to this feature.

    Our product team have been listening closely and are making iterative changes taking on board feedback from our customers.

    An examples of this is that, since released we have updated purchase orders to reduce the max width and pixels making it slightly smaller.

    We also have plans to reduce this further, so I will keep you updated on this here.

    We've also made an update so now when you Approve a purchase order you will remain on the same page where you can then take other actions as needed. We hope these changes help improve your use of purchase orders.

  3. Improve xero invoice (accounts payable) scaning function so that it is as good as Dext, thereby saving money for Xero customers (or maybe Xero just buys the Dext app in makes it the default scanning tool)

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  4. A more streamlined document upload process for supplier invoices and bills would be a valuable addition.

    Useful features could include:

    • A dedicated “Uploads” section accessible from the main header
    • The ability to upload and preview PDF supplier invoices before bills are created or synced
    • A simple “Link to Existing Bill” function directly from the uploaded document
    • Visibility of key invoice details within the uploads screen, such as supplier invoice number, issue date and total amount

    This would significantly improve efficiency for businesses that sync bills from external job management or accounting systems, while also making accounts payable processing more streamlined.

    2 votes

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    Hi Sianan, thanks for your feedback here. Great to hear you're forward thinking and how more control within the automation would be helpful for you.

    You may have seen on our website that we're in the process of releasing a new feature 'Smart Document capture' that will achieve most of what you've asked here.

    The Files inbox will hold files that have recently been uploaded which will move to archived once attached to a transactions.

    While you'll be able to first review files, you can then use Smart Document Capture to create or match to transactions in your organisation 😊

  5. On the mobile App for Android.

    When you enter a bill and want to take a photo of it, the 'take photo' button has recently become a black camera Icon.

    This is alomost impossible to see if you're taking the photo on a dark coloured background like your black car seat or dark desk.

    Please change to a black and white icon or even better a normal red button.

    Definitely a case where a designer has had too much input to make it look pretty, I'm afraid.

    Functionality first please.

    1 vote

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    Thanks again for sharing with us, Paul. Having connected with our product team I'd like to update that this is something they're currently working on an improvement for - I'l round back to let you know as soon as an up[dates been released and what this looks like 😁

  6. Can the new Data Capture function for Files be extended to Bills forwarded by email.

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    Thanks for your feedback and great to hear you're liking the smart capture with Xero Files, Tim.

    Pleased to share that this is something our product team are working on at present and I'll keep you updated when this is released in the product.

  7. The option to view the product descriptions when in the Product and Services list should already be a feature.

    Many of our products have an abbreviated item name, with the description containing the expanded product information. Opening individual products to view the description takes a significant amount of time as we have over 1,500 items.

    It is also the product description, not the product item name, that appears on invoices to customers, so it only makes sense to be able to view the descriptions from the P&S list.

    6 votes

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    2 comments  ·  Inventory  ·  Admin →
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    Hi Community! 👋

    Thank you for sharing your feedback. I’m happy to share that this is now in development.

    With this update, you’ll be able to choose whether to show or hide the sell and purchase description column on the Products and services list page.

    I’ll circle back here again once the change has rolled out. 🙂🙏

  8. Purchase Orders Send Email Features.
    This is to request the Product team to please also update the Send Email settings for the Purchase Order to make work efficient and clear to multiple recipients if they are only on CC.
    Attached the screenshot of the latest update Xero had made for Invoice Send Email in which the CC and BCC is in the sending option. It is very helpful for the multiple receiver where in the business communication, we need to CC multiple emails than putting every email in the sending to space.

    2 votes

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    Hi team, as part of the work we're doing in the new Purchase orders experience the team will be bringing the same send experience from invoicing into the purchase orders send.

    This means features like the ability to CC and BCC when sending a Purchase order will soon be possible 😁

    I'll swin back to confirm once this is delivered so you can start making use.

  9. When sending invoices from Xero to Xero it doesn't attach the actual invoice in the draft bill as an attached so we don't have this invoice for record keeping purposes and can't even see if there's VAT or No VAT charged on the invoice as it is not attached to the bill. This needs to be added.

    12 votes

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    5 comments  ·  Bills  ·  Admin →
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    Hi team, apologies as we have jumped the gun a little - While it's currently possible to include a PDF of the invoice when sending via the Xero network, including attached files is not available just yet.

    However, I want to confirm this is something the team are currently working on and we will share as soon as there is another update on this.

  10. To have an option to set up e-mail notifications to receive a report when an invoice payable becomes due

    Purpose: To easily be reminded when invoices/bills due through email.

    245 votes

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    Thanks for your valuable feedback and for sharing the idea of "Bill payment reminder alerts or emails." It's clear this feature would be a significant improvement. As a current workaround, you can use the existing due date field in Xero to sort your bills and set a separate calendar reminder in your preferred app. While we work on assessing this idea, I want to share that we're exploring bill payment reminders for users with multiple initiatives in progress. We appreciate all your feedback and votes, as they help us better understand the impact and benefits of this feature, and we'll be sure to update this page with any new developments.

  11. Ability to allow negative stock in Xero.

    Purpose: Users that take orders and receive payments from their contacts before placing inventory can easily do it in Xero.

    130 votes

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    54 comments  ·  Inventory  ·  Admin →
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    Hi team, we're pleased to provide an update as work for backorders in Xero has continued to move along. Our team are now in a position where we'd love to test our solution with a small group of users. 😊

    If you'd be interested in being a part of our beta group please fill in this form📝

    Just to note - space is limited and we may not be able to include everyone.

    We appreciate your time and inputs and will be sure to keep everyone here updated of further progress.

  12. Currently, if you change the address of a contact, old invoices and bills will show the new address and not the old address.

    It would it be good if the old documents can keep the old address. It is because having the old address is a piece of evidence to show where the goods have been delivered to. It is important to show that to the tax authority and auditors where the goods are delivered to determine the GST/VAT type, etc.

    pls look into this. thank you.

    92 votes

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    17 comments  ·  Bills  ·  Admin →
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    Thanks for continuing to raise the importance of this idea with us here.

    We appreciate why invoices and bills need to reflect the address details that were true at the time the document was created, and recognise the importance of this for record-keeping and audit purposes.

    As part of the work we’re progressing for multiple addresses per contact, we want to highlight that preserving historical invoice details within Sales invoices is something we’ll be solving.

    With multiple product teams working across different features we want to be upfront that work is not currently roadmapped for the Bills side, however we’ll keep this top of mind as that area of product continues to be developed.

    I’ll be back to share further updates as this progresses.

  13. Ability to use backorders in the Purchase Orders.

    Purpose: Users can easily know which purchase orders have backorders.

    87 votes

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    Hi team, work for negative inventory is well in development and we really value all of your inputs here as we've picked into how we solve the needs of backorders in both the purchase and sales flows.

    We look forward to being able to share more updates soon with detail of how this works within your Xero organisation. Thanks!

  14. Is it possible to add GST and Account columns to the draft bills screen in Xero to check the account and GST total before approving?

    16 votes

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