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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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    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.

    Stephen Cockshott supported this idea  ·