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

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    submitted  ·  AdminHannah G (Admin, Xero) responded

    Hi community, we appreciate this idea has collected a fair amount of interest which has all been shared with and reviewed by the product team.

    While this isn't currently being worked on there are other ideas this team are working on right now, including a bulk void feature and highlighting rows when selected. Although these features are still under development process and we don't have confirmed release dates yet.

    With regards to having a separate field for the posting date and invoice date, our team is interested in better understanding this idea as it may be something they look to develop down the track. They really appreciate and encourage you to continue to share your experiences, pain points and insights. This will help them understand how this feature can benefit you and other customers, as well as gauge demand for it.

    As always, if there's any change we will…

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    Stephen Cockshott commented  · 

    As an SME with no bookkeeper, this has recently caused me a few (!) problems.

    The current date field has no legend associated with it. I, wrongly, assumed that this must be provided for the invoice date. Well, surely the system knows when the bill was paid and imported to Xero, so why would there be a changeable date field if it wasn't for the invoice date - the 'unknown' missing bit of vital information associated with an invoice!!

    I was stunned to discover that it was for the posting date. This has to be fixed, but I see that it was first raised over 2 years ago!

    I'm not an accountant, but recording the invoice date is surely accounting 101. Yes, there are lengthy workarounds for this - but this isn't what I would call beautiful business.

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