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  1. Invoices/Bills - Separate field for posting date and invoice date

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    106 comments  ·  Purchase orders, bills & inventory » Bills  ·  Admin →
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    Not in pipeline  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    Hi community, we understand there are differing needs in this idea for why you’d like a separate posting date alongside the invoice or bill date. Whether it’s for reporting, compliance, or just a more accurate view of when things happened.

    While this has been carefully considered, we want to be transparent with everyone here, that this is not something we have plans for developing in the near term.

    We know given the interest in this that this is not the update you’re hoping for, and please know that we’ll continue to track votes this idea receives for future consideration. We’ll keep you posted if things change down the line.

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    Sarah Bijoy commented  · 

    I am in agreement with most of the previous commenters. Being able to post invoices in the appropriate period with the actual date listed on invoice is necessary to have accurate info for GAAP reporting and when being audited. Once a period is closed (12/2024 for example), an invoice with a date from December 2024 should not be able to post to the December period but should be posted in January 2025 but with the December invoice date, the actual invoice date needs to be listed to matching requirements for internal controls and audits. All other accounting systems I have used have a "post period" separate from the entry/invoice date; please reference other accounting systems or speak with partners at a reputable audit firm.