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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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    Ying Ying commented  · 

    Suggestion: Additional Date Field for Bills (Invoice date vs Posting date)

    I recently started using Xero and I have been really enjoying the simplicity and usability of the platform so far.

    I wanted to share a suggestion regarding the "Date" field when entering bills. Currently, there appears to be only one date field, which can be interpreted either as the invoice date or the posting (accounting) date depending on internal company practice.
    From an accounting and reporting perspective, it would be very helpful to have two separate fields (Invoice and posting Date). Benefits are:
    1. Enable more accurate AP accruals by identifying invoices received/posted in a different period than the invoice date.
    2. Improve visibility over processing delays (cycle time between invoice and posting)
    3. Enhance reporting and audit clarity, especially for month-end close.

    At the moment, I may be missing an existing workaround or feature that addresses this, so I would really appreciate any guidance if this is already possible within Xero.

    Thank you

    Ying Ying supported this idea  ·