Xero Blog

Preparing workpapers in Xero just got easier, and 2019 promises more fine tuning so it’s a smooth ride to the finish line at tax time. Xero Workpapers gets heavy use at the busiest times of the year, so we expect these tweaks to help compliance tasks run sweetly.

Silly season is officially upon us – the crazy queues in malls, people frantically doing their Christmas shopping, Christmas carols being played everywhere, and the Christmas trees being put up at home.

This is a guest post by Lisa Kim, a Tax & Accounting Product Manager from Wolters Kluwer. We understand that each practice has different needs and when it comes to choosing software, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.

In December, we published “introducing a better way to invoice”, our first blog on the development of your new, better way to invoice – being more intuitive, reducing clutter, and saving time by automatically taking care of accounting information for you.

When you log in to Xero today, it’ll look a little bit different to what you’re used to. We’re really excited to roll out the new, improved navigation that we know is going to make your Xero experience more efficient and more intuitive than ever before.

We were excited to announce at Xerocon London the acquisition of Instafile. This accelerates our development of accounts preparation and tax filing within Xero, connecting the ‘last mile’ between our platform in the UK and HMRC.

If you’re a UK construction contractor or an accountant with construction clients, you’ll love what we announced at Xerocon London. You’ll no doubt know all about the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), which mandates a set of rules for payments made by contractors and subcontractors.

With Single Touch Payroll (STP) in Xero, you can meet the ATO requirements with a few simple clicks. In fact, simplicity in action is what Xero’s STP solution is all about – just ask Chris Hooper, CEO of Accodex.

Getting information from clients in a timely and efficient way should be as simple as asking. That’s why we built the query feature ‘Ask’ into Xero HQ to help you send questions to clients and get the answers you need easily.