Invoices/Bills - Separate field for posting date and invoice date
Dear Team,
I'm a new user to Xero and realized that the posting date for bills entered is default linked to the invoice date.
This cannot be the case as there will be instances where invoices only come in much later than the financial month closing (i.e. Invoice dated in Jan 2026 only reaches us in Mar 2026, 2 months after the financial month is already closed). The correct method would be to accrue for it in Jan 2026, and key in the actual invoice in Mar 2026.
Please review this as it's a critical aspect of accounting.
Aside to other users, how do you all tackle this? Amend invoice date to reflect the accurate month for posting purposes and record the actual invoice date in another column?
Alex Chew
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