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I’m a developer looking into this. For those using the DD/BPAY-suffix workaround: roughly how many bills a month does this cover, and what happened when it broke (e.g. a direct-debit bill paid twice)? Has anyone tried an add-on for it?

Appreciate all the workaround suggestions, but if you use the import functionality from another system it relies on the supplier name matching the other system 100% which means adding DD to the end of the supplier name in the other system which can cause other issues. It's just ridiculous at this point that 2 years later, given the number of comments, there isn't a fix for this very common issue.

The issue with adding DD etc to the supplier name is as we automate the system and have the various portals send the bills they come through as the company name and bypass the account I have already loaded with the DD etc on it, so they still get tangled in the bills I need to schedule.
It is ridiculous that we have to find work-arounds and/or risk double paying bills all because Xero are apparently incapable of producing a fix to a very common issue.
I have resorted to having a notebook listing the suppliers on DD and BPAY etc and every time I am allocating dates I have this open to cross check against, a massive waste of time, but better than paying someone twice.

Xero won't fix this anytime soon so my workaround for this is to add BPAY or DD to the end of the supplier's contact name, ie SUPPLIER NAME (BPAY) or SUPPLIER 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.

This has been asked for for years!!!! Yet Xero don't seem to think it's a priority. Very frustrating. One way to get around it is to suffix the customer name or invoice number with DD. Which will work until Payee verification is introduced by the banking system for businesses.

Not sure how this isn't out of the box. We have had suppliers paid twice because they were included in a batch payment. Tags visible in the column view, colour coding of the bills or due date or planned date set to do not pay, would all be better options.

An option to flag or remove bills in the to be paid list that have a direct debit set up on them so it is more obvious which bills need paying manually.

Colour coding function or and extra check box for autopay/Direct Debit would be an easy fix for this, not sure why its not already a function, as this is a vital part of the payments process, come on XERO do somethiung about this please

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