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It is more important to have this on bills to be paid than on sales invoices, once a disputed bill is paid it is harder to get a resolution on the query/problem, come on xero!!

LOL - good to see Xero sponsoring football tournaments but not sorting out business critical issues.

"We're still interested to get a clearer understanding of users that'd like to see this developed for bills, and will continue to track this through the conversation here. If there's any change we will let you know on the thread here. Thanks "

Well that was Nov 22 - so if they can't get a handle on what is needed by so many by now - there is no hope.

This is a vital part of accounts. Please add this feature asap.

how important is this notification?

I emailed ceo@xero.com on 31 May and got a call back about this, with a promise that they would get the AP team to respond but nothing to date.
A post was made to this forum but it seems to have disappeared.
Need to do the same with the twin thread for dispute flags on sale invoices.

Hi Debbie,

It was in both, when the comments got to about 300, Xero splt it with some **** and bull excuse as a way to remove the comments and start all over again. both thread have similar numbers of votes again. they are just ignoring it and have no intention of ever implementing this if you ask me

7 months on since admin post! - Have you a clearer picture yet? - What is taking so long! Why do this in sales and not in bills? - it really doesn't make sense.

Ability to flag approved bills/purchase invoices so that you can keep an eye on specific ones that may need further review, without having to have them sit in awaiting approval getting lost or repeatedly reviewed as the client adds more to Xero. Ie. you approve an invoice but need to check the VAT treatment so you flag it to review later

I agree this is business critical , there needs to be a flag to mark a purchase invoice in dispute so it doesn't come up on an automated payment run . The risk here of making a disputed payment is high . Our ability of being able to control this within Xero is low . Very surprised that this basic functionality isn't available.

It's an oddity that this isn't possible - we're trying to keep the Finance Team on board with things that are going on - we currently have to dispute in our ApprovalMax rather than allowing it into Xero - as on regular schedules "approved" bill sget paid, and then all leverage is lost with the supplier. This is a business fundamental, not just an accounting fundamental.

Hi Sharon,

I agree with Will - this and many other missing functions are so basic that they should have been included as core requirements in the absolute first basic spec before a line of code was written. Xero are charging a rate now that should include them.

I accept that modules such as Projects and Expenses, to which I subscribe and use, are not needed by all and are reasonable functions to provide as chargeable add-ons.

But 'in dispute' flags for bills and invoices - amongst many others - are absolutely fundamental IMHO and should be included for what we pay now.

Spot on Will Broome!

Hi Sharon,

Sorry to disagree - I would NOT rather pay more - as this and about 100 other things everyone keeps bang ing on about - should be basic features for any accounting package worth it's salt.

The fact they are not - means we're already being fleeced for the dev team to sit with coffee changing things they think could 'look' better.

I agree with all the comments raise today. I'd rather pay a little more and get the these functions included in the base package. You could even have 2 or 3 packages.

Julia - yes, you've hit the nail on the head.

Arnis - 👍

Totally agree, there are too many basic functions that Xero refuses to add. They seem to be obsessed with cosmetic changes that are totally unnecessary and look dreadful. Xero, please add the essential accounting functions and stop buggering up the aesthetics

Christopher,

I totally agree.
We are actively exploring options to move to a different solution

@JimAlexander I agree totally with @ArnisVeisbergs and @WillBroome that, however good your add-in is, this functionality is so fundamental to any competent accounting system that it should be provided within the Xero basic subscription.

Someone elsewhere has pushed their addin (Statey) for getting aged totals in statements - another fundamental feature, and another I'm not prepared to pay money to get. At this rate if we buy all the addins needed to make Xero competent, we'd end up with a bill that'd make a fully fledged Microsoft Dynamics implementation look cheap!!

I don't know what add-in developers get charged by Xero as commission for selling their products, to provide functionality Xero can't be bothered to include?

I'm increasingly believing Xero have changed their model from selling a competent accounting product for a monthly subscrtiption, to selling a basic framework and making money from developers by taking commission for all the other bits Xero doesn't provide. Shameful and an approach that won't wash.

Our year end is coming up in a few months and I'm likely to decamp - I've had enough of the abuse we're being delivered from Xero.

Xero - Xero competence for non-Xero cost!

Hi Jim,

Thanks but no - thanks!
This is a basic functionality and should not require a 3rd party add-in.

Hi Jim

Great though your 'tool' maybe (and I am sure it is) I do notice that you have to pay https://inbill.com.au/#pricing

Why should we have to then pay for yet another piece of software - when actually this functionality is something the existing software should have built in years ago and is not, dev-wise, that difficult.

Just Xero taking the ****

I wouldn't offer my services to help bail Xero out of their self-made position.