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  1. Sales Invoices - Ability to specify a % of invoice held on retention

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    12 comments  ·  For small businesses » Accounting features  ·  Admin →
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    submitted  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    Hi community, in lieu of having a direct feature for this I wanted to highlight the option shared earlier on in this thread (Thanks Peter!) for those it may help.

    As mentioned, currently you could enter a separate line on the invoice, with a negative amount for the retention value, and code this to a 'customer retentions' account in the Balance Sheet. You could also add a comment in the Description field, indicating the cumulative retention value.

    The Account Transactions Report can then be used to manage the values being carried forward. 

    Being open, this isn't something we have planned for development at this time, however we'll continue to gather the interest here, and if there's any changes we'll let you know. 

    Kay Lee supported this idea  · 

  2. Sales Invoices - Issue progress payments on invoices for project/instalment

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    In development  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    Thanks for all your feedback around being able to issue progress payments on sales invoices.

    Right now as noted by others in the idea, one option for processing progress payments in Xero could be to use a draft invoice to keep track of the total amount, and using Copy to create new invoices for each progress payment, linking them back to the original project or quote in the description. It’s not a perfect solution, but may help manage the process.

    We've been listening to your feedback and know there are multiple ways businesses operate - and we're exploring solutions for these workflows such as progress payments, and additionally, the ability to accept a deposit from a single invoice.

    While we're unable to provide timeframes around this just yet, please know that this is a priority to us and we'll keep you updated on the progress through this idea.

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    Kay Lee commented  · 

    Please add payment schedules for the sale invoice and bill.

    Kay Lee supported this idea  ·