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  1. CPA005 compliant so that a payment file can be uploaded to a Canadian bank instead of having to manually input payments.

    10 votes

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  2. When bills have had payments added on incorrectly from a non-bank account (i.e. enabled payments to account)
    enable a function to remove payments in a bulk action

    9 votes

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  3. Converse of the ability to copy multiple bills into one invoice.

    9 votes

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  4. Bank Accounts Cash Coding problems:
    xero auto enters "unknown" if payee not used
    No Quantity column for shares or livestock transactions
    Posted entries disappear which does not allow easy scroll up and down scrutiny of work done
    account code does not show for coded entries
    bank account description/particulars does not show as per bank statement
    ie simply make the bank statements screen like Banklink so I can move my practice.

    9 votes

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    2 comments  ·  Bills  ·  Admin →
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    Hi Brian, appreciate your feedback here. However, in order for others in community to understand the specific idea they're supporting and to also share back with the right teams here at Xero we ask to keep one idea per thread. 

    We have an idea started that you can support for livestock calculations 

    I've adjusted your idea here specifically for showing the account code in the cash coding screen, and you're welcome to support others cash coding ideas or start others for ideas that are represented. 

    If you're having any trouble with conversions, I'd recommend coming directly into our team at Support for 1-on-1 help from our specialists. 🙂

  5. Ability to have a copy of billable expenses to the sales invoice.

    Purpose: Save them time from having to send another email of copies of the expenses.

    237 votes

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  6. Ability to duplicate a line item for invoices/bills.

    Purpose: To make users easily enter similar line items when creating invoices/bills.

    64 votes

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    Hi everyone, we appreciate all contributions and votes this idea has received overtime.

    There are a few different features we'd like to highlight that can aid in the entry of a lot of transaction entry and solve for many of the needs here.

    • Non tracked inventory can be used as a means to save details for items you regularly purchase or sell and reduce the need to repetitively enter information such as Description, Price and Account
    • Contact defaults can additionally save time from having to enter or update account, and tracking options of your lines
    • Add contacts last items from the previous transaction you entered for them if you have contacts you regularly purchase or sell the same items
    • NEW drag & drop contents of a field up or down the column - hovering over a field you can click and drag from the dot in the bottom right corner…
  7. Ability to add a mark-up in the billable expense.

    Purpose: Because some clients will ask additional expenses to users’, this will help them easily add mark-up price in their expenses.

    73 votes

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    Hi team, appreciate your interest of this idea. While we don't have direct development for this planned right now we wanted to share a workaround that may help you here. 

    When adding the billable expenses to an invoice, you can override the unit price. Using Xero's inbuilt calculator, you include margin/mark-up by multiplying the unit price by the percentage you wish to mark up. 

    We understand this doesn't cover all situations of needs expressed. We will continue to monitor this idea and share if there's any progress. 

  8. Ability to allocate credit notes to a customer.

    Purpose: To save users’ time rather than having to manually go into the Billable Expenses, outstanding report, find the original invoice and edit it to remove from recharging the client.

    65 votes

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  9. Ability to change the date of paid bill.

    Purpose: To make it easier for users rather than going through the process of unreconcile the transaction, change the date and reconcile the bill again.

    15 votes

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  10. Ability to merge multiple bills from one supplier into one bill.

    Purpose: To combine bills related to a single source or event, and show a link between. Also saves time from having to recreate lines from an existing bill in another.

    45 votes

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    Hey community, thanks for your sharing and supporting this idea.

    We wanted to share for those that may not already know - right now you can combine multiple bills to mark them as paid in a single batch payment? Bills display separately in Xero, but bills for the same supplier are combined in the payment file, so each supplier receives a single payment and reference.  Appreciate that this may not help for all workflows of those who voted for this idea so we'll continue to monitor interest and feedback on the idea.

  11. Ability to approve bills by more than one user in Xero.

    Purpose: Because some companies have more than 1 directors/managers, so this feature will improve users’ workflow in approving the bills within Xero.

    143 votes

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  12. 77 votes

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    Hi everyone, we understand why people would want to be able to apply a credit note within a locked period however we wanted to provide more context on the purpose of lock dates and reasons for the way they work at present.

    Basically put lock dates prevent users making changes to the accounting records prior to the lock date. Their role is to prevent unintended changes which would alter reporting outcomes be they financial reports, VAT/GST/Sales Tax reports etc. Lock dates ensure financial data is accurate and trustworthy.

    When a credit note is allocated to an invoice the allocation date is dated the later of the two documents, the first day where both exist. Credit note allocations require creating journals on both a cash and accrual basis, which is why if both the invoice and the credit note are in a locked period, the allocation can’t be done. Those journals…

  13. Ability to automatically create a sequential numbering.

    Purpose: To make filing invoices quicker.

    38 votes

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  14. Ability to set up a default bank account for bills payments and invoice receipts.

    Purpose: To save time from having to select a bank account.

    55 votes

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  15. Ability to add a second reference field.

    Purpose: Because when importing invoices from another system, it generates a unique invoice number, and the actual supplier's invoice number is used as the second reference.

    241 votes

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  16. Ability to add all contact details needed when creating a contact from a bill

    Purpose: Ease of use being able to create, and send invoices all within the transactions screen

    23 votes

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    Hi team, returning to the idea here there are some updates we'd like to share that may accommodate some users needs here.

    You can now Upload bills to your organisation where Xero will read and capture key details of your file to create a draft bill. Saving you manual entry. Once your draft bill is created you can quick view (click the eye icon) and edit details of the Bill before approving including the ability to edit and add details of your contact on the fly.

    When editing a contact you'll be able to add or edit details including Contact name, Email, Phone, Delivery and Billing address.

    This isn't currently possible when manually entering bills and we'll leave this idea open to continue tracking and updating you through.

    I've also created a new idea to get a sense of interest in being able to add supplier bank details on the…

  17. To see deferring expenses of bills that’s spread out over time.

    Purpose: To save time posting manual reversal journals and users’ can get the ‘economic value’ figure easily.

    28 votes

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  18. Applying discount on account payables invoices.

    Purpose: User doesn’t need to manually recalculate the cost of each item

    112 votes

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    Thank you everyone for engaging about the need for a discount column in Bills with us here.

    While there isn’t a direct column for adding a discount atm, there are a few ways you could look to reflect this in your bills right now;

    • Use Xero’s inbuilt calculator in the Price field, and add a note to the description of that line e.g $5 item at a 20% discount you would enter 5 x 0.8 in the quantity field and could add a description “including 20% discount”
    • Reduce the Quantity field to reflect the discount e.g 20% discount enter 0.8 in the Quantity and use a descriptor as above
    • Use a separate line of the bill to enter a whole amount discount with a negative Price amount
    • If you use Purchase orders, when you copy the Purchase order to a Bill though the discount column will not show the Subtotal…
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