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This is a vital function, and I'm not sure why it's still classed as "Submitted" when there are other ideas on here that only have 40 votes that have been classed as "Gaining Support".

This idea clearly has support, and is essential for larger businesses and to help with cover as usually only the person making the payments regularly will know which suppliers are paid by direct debit/standing order/credit card.

This is a vital function, and I'm not sure why it's still classed as "Submitted" when there are other ideas on here that only have 40 votes that have been classed as "Gaining Support".

This idea clearly has support, and is essential for larger businesses and to help with cover as usually only the person making the payments regularly will know which suppliers are paid by direct debit/standing order/credit card.

Adding DD either on the contact name or invoice number is fine however, if we have an invoice that is then paid over many months there is no way to put the different planned date to then use for cashflow purposes. This would be VERY helpful to project cash better

I usually enter DD after the invoice no so they are easier to track.

Hi, my workaround for this is to add BPAY or DD to the end of the supplier's contact name, ie SUPPLIER NAME (BPAY) or SUPLIER NAME (DD), so I know to skip these in the list of bills awaiting payment when I create a batch. As they don't need a remittance, it doesn't matter.

the current offered work around for this is to enter "Autopay" in the reference field but that can lead to bill duplications . An extra reference field or showing the "Contact Group" in the Awaiting payment screen would be a a good option. (Making a Contact group for Autopay)

This is a really critical item that can save a lot of time and mistakes and is arguably a very basic fuincction

This feature would save me a ton of time. I currently use the reference line to distinguish between payment methods. For instance, if I need to remember to write a check to a vendor, the reference will say "Check - Invoice #"; if the bill is on autopay, it will say Autopay - Invoice #". So on and so forth for bills that have to be paid online but cannot be on autopay, bills paid via bank transfer, etc.

Seems like a basic feature is missing here. Super easy to fix. Come on Xero!!!

This is an absolute must have - its OK for myself when running payments as I personally know which suppliers are DD - but for someone to cover me, they would not know and its highly likely that they could make a BACS payment in error. Creating more work.

Or use colour code linked to supplier details?

That would be really useful to avoid double paying suppliers

I also support this, it would be extremely useful to mark a Supplier as a Direct debit to avoid the invoice being paid twice, this would be an added feature for any AP run.

I agree it would be great to have some sort of icon or colour code for direct debits and bills to pay. When there are lots of bills on the waiting for payment tab you need to be able to see at a glance which ones are payable, it would make life so much easier and prevent paying suppliers twice.

Hi, my workaround for this is to add BPAY or DD to the end of the supplier's contact name, ie SUPPLIER NAME (BPAY), so I know to skip these in the list of bills awaiting payment. As they don't need a remittance, it doesn't matter.

I support this. We need a "Payment Method" column on the Awaiting Payment screen to see if a bill is Direct Debit, Card, or Bank Transfer at a glance.

Currently, it is too easy to make mistakes or double-pay because this information isn't visible in the main list. Adding this field would make managing payments much faster and more accurate. This is a basic requirement for any professional accounting workflow.

Yes this would be highly useful to our organization to eliminate double payment errors, in a big company it's almost impossible to memorise every company we pay via direct debit & bpay instead of eft.

I second this, it would be a time saver and reduce duplicate payments.

It would be helpful to have an additional tab on the bills function (add to All Drafts, awaiting payments etc) where a supplier that is paid on direct debit can be flagged and included in a separate list. This means that only bills requiring a batch payment appear on the awaiting payment tab.

Adding my support to this idea - having a DD flag against a bill would be incredibly useful to avoid double-payments. Like the idea of bringing through a default value from the supplier record, but would want the option to amend it for a specific bill as we have some suppliers where we mainly pay by DD, but have ad hoc invoices which are not paid by the DD and must be paid manually.