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Invoices/Bills - Separate field for posting date and invoice date

Ability to have separate fields for posting date and invoice date.

Purpose: To make users can ensure the expense is recorded in the appropriate month (posting date), and the due date is properly calculated (invoice date).

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Not in pipeline  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded  · 

Hi community, we understand there are differing needs in this idea for why you’d like a separate posting date alongside the invoice or bill date. Whether it’s for reporting, compliance, or just a more accurate view of when things happened.

While this has been carefully considered, we want to be transparent with everyone here, that this is not something we have plans for developing in the near term.

We know given the interest in this that this is not the update you’re hoping for, and please know that we’ll continue to track votes this idea receives for future consideration. We’ll keep you posted if things change down the line.

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  • Adriana Salazar commented  ·   ·  Report

    Can the Xero team please advise if this critical change can be implemented and if so when?

    Thanks in advance
    Adriana

  • Kelly Nour commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is a critical standard accounting practice. A document date should never be altered and should be able to be posted to the general ledger, the day it is keyed into Xero, not by the document date. I find it hard to believe that Xero does not accommodate this.

  • Eric Rao commented  ·   ·  Report

    This feature is critical for us, hope it gets added soon.

  • Judy Tam commented  ·   ·  Report

    Has this feature been added? Just found out Xero doesnt have this, and I'm baffled for an accounting software

  • XinXiang Zhang commented  ·   ·  Report

    For the bill want 2 dates: one is the bill date, and one is the transaction date. we normally received the bills in the next month...if one date will affect the cost (as construction, use WIP), will be confused....

  • Holly Evans commented  ·   ·  Report

    Absolutely critical, feels like a basic function of a finance system.

  • Magda Zwiernik commented  ·   ·  Report

    I think it is crucial to have invoice date as it is on document.
    At the moment we have to manipulate invoice date when the invoice comes late. We do not allow changing result for already closed and reported periods.

  • Matthew Steere commented  ·   ·  Report

    We too are still waiting for this to be implemented as it's a critical addition

  • Anschen Viljoen commented  ·   ·  Report

    Vitally important to have this implemented! We need to be able to draft and send invoices prior to the invoice date. Our invoices are payable in advance and this will give the debtor some time to make payment. Administration of a large batch of invoices will be improved.

  • Helen Howie commented  ·   ·  Report

    Is this idea being considered? It was submitted back in April and seems to have a lot of support. What is required for it to be implemented?

  • Adriana Salazar commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hello, This is absolutely important. We close previous periods, distribute reports to management, shareholders and bank then when a new invoice comes we either have to re-open or post it in the open period with the wrong (current) date.
    This functionality is common in many other accounting systems.

    Thanks in advance
    Adriana

  • Sarah Orton commented  ·   ·  Report

    We are also in need of this function ASAP - we are running reports weekly by invoice date but have no way of knowing which invoices may have been added after the report was run.
    Critical need for us,

  • Pav Subramaniam commented  ·   ·  Report

    The option to add an additional date reference when inputting a bill to the system.

  • Helen Howie commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is absolutely critical - please add as soon as possible. It is not viable for reporting companies to go back and change prior period numbers. It is also disallowable to change the date of an invoice in order to prevent changing prior period numbers

  • Sarah Loh commented  ·   ·  Report

    this is a critical feature for companies that does proper month-end close reporting.

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