Just a few of our coolest features

Now you can add opening balances for employees when switching from another payroll provider during the year.

Easily create quotes and send them directly to customers from the Android app.

Payroll customers who use NEST or TPP as providers can now send pension contributions information directly from Xero.

Mark invoices as paid, keep track of payments and view paid invoices from anywhere.

Set up direct feeds with Silicon Valley Bank online.

Bulk invoice reminders to improve the current workflow and save time when turning one or more invoice reminders on (or off).

Login is faster, simpler, and more beautiful with this update. Also includes an updated design.

Preview invoices before you send for payment and share a link to the online invoice to get paid easier.

Statutory rates for SSP, SMP, Student loans, NI, PAYE rates and thresholds are up-to-date for the 17/18 tax year.

View the value of your employees' leave liability as at a specific date.

Stripe online payments now available in Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore.

Added the qualifying rules, entitlement rules, and calculation of the pay for SSP and SMP.

2016 Federal and state payroll tax forms including W-2s for employees.

The account transactions running balance will let them know their cash position on the Account Transactions page.

Find a Xero certified advisor near you with the 'Hey Xero' Facebook Messenger bot

Pay invoices directly on your phone with Apple Pay.

View detailed quotes on Android for Xero

Businesses in Nebraska can now pay their employees with Xero.

Businesses in Alabama can now pay their employees with Xero.

Businesses in Arkansas can now pay their employees with Xero.

Businesses in Mississippi can now pay their employees with Xero.

New look and feel for the main Xero Dashboard making it faster to load and easier to read.

Report for a specific contact detailing all spend and receive money transactions.

Report for a specific contact detailing all receivable transactions. Option to include prepayments.

Report for a specific contact summarizing receivables, payables and cash transactions.

Report for a specific contact detailing all payable transactions. Option to display prepayments.

Reverse pay run simplifies the process of backing out US pay runs and eliminates manual data entry.

Small businesses in Kentucky can now pay their employees with Xero

New Commonwealth Bank business and corporate credit card accounts bank feed.

New mobile invoicing and support for contact and invoice defaults.

Small businesses in Oklahoma can now pay their employees with Xero

Small businesses in Louisiana can now pay their employees with Xero

Ability to add your own tracking columns to new financial reports using the layout editor

Small businesses in Wisconsin can now pay their employees with Xero

Small businesses in South Carolina can now pay their employees with Xero

Small businesses in Michigan can now pay their employees with Xero.

New direct bank feeds for Wells Fargo customers

search for organizations from the My Xero screen in Xero for Android

Manage PayPal and Stripe transaction fees automatically

Ability to show annual leave available to take in advance and auto calculation of annual leave entitlements.

New direct bank feeds for United Overseas Bank customers in Singapore.

Improved report editor with the ability to add custom date, budget and formula columns.

Ability to search, favorite new reports and save multiple custom versions of a report to the new Custom tab.

File GST and provisional income tax return online directly with the IRD.

CBA customers with a NetBank login can now set up their direct feeds online.

New reports: Employee remuneration, employee contact details, annual earnings certificates, leave balances and requests.

Search across the key fields and results appear quickly.

Employment allowances now automatically update to the general ledger.

Get past faster with online invoicing and Braintree

Fingerprint login for Xero for Android to keep your information more secure.

Small businesses in Arizona can now pay their employees with Xero.

Report filters are great for small business owners who need to monitor and focus on specific areas in their growing business.

Small businesses in Ohio can now pay their employees with Xero.

Direct bank feeds added ANZ credit card accounts

Small businesses in Ohio can now pay their employees with Xero.

Allows advisors to monitor the integrity of financial data in Xero.

Payroll automatically updates W1 and W2 fields in Activity Statements.

See live email from Office 365 in Xero, giving a full view of your relationship.

Timesheets on your mobile, with our latest update within Xero Me (payroll App).

Mobile app for contractors and freelancers to track business expenses.

BAS enhanced in Xero Tax, plus businesses can now sign off their BAS electronically.

Automatically assess your employees, enroll into the scheme and calculate contributions.

Mobile app for payroll for leave/time off requests and viewing pay history.

One click set up and more payment options allow businesses to get paid faster.

Xero is registered with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore

Helping small businesses better connect with their customers to help drive decision-making.

See live email in Xero to keep on top of your relationships.

Helping small businesses understand the cash flowing in and out of their business.

Automates the process of paying out unused leave balances when an employee leaves your business.

Xero uses two-step authentication to provide an additional level of security when logging in.

Get to the information you want in Xero with powerful search and rapid navigation.

Get updated when your bank accounts change and see transaction details - all from your wrist.

Xero reminds your customers if invoices are overdue so you don't have to.

Fixed asset management is easier to use, with more depreciation options and bulk asset management.

Integrating with Avalara to take the pain away from calculating and filing sales tax in the US.

Makes it easy to record and invoice costs that need to be passed on to your customers.

Direct bank feed added for Metro Bank.

Save time by copying invoices or merging invoices into a single invoice.

Request and manage leave and view payslips when on the move.

Taking advantage of Google's Material Design standards to deliver beautiful mobile accounting.

Provides a list of all your inventory items to help with managing stock.

Providing a fast way to reconcile transactions in bulk while helping to increase accuracy.

Four reports added to help with managing accounts receivable and accounts payable.

Makes it easy to how your business is performing or to collaborate with your advisor.

The no effort way of being notified about bank feed updates on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch.

Making it easy for advisors to find and recode transaction items for year-end clean up.

Track the value of your inventory and improve stock control.

Helps small businesses send quotes online, driving faster, more timely decision-making.

Makes entering transactions easy: see your files on-screen alongside the record you want to update.

Use our native iPad app to manage your business while you’re on the move.

Calculate the payroll, pay staff and report your payroll information to the Inland Revenue.

Calculate the payroll, pay staff and complete RTI submissions.

Businesses in Canada can now account for check payments.

Makes it easy to stay on top of what's new, what's important and what you need to know.

Quotes helps small businesses streamline their sales processes.

Quickly find address information for your contacts and your own organization.

Dashboard updated with cleaner look, new cash flow panel and ability to customize.

Redesign of Xero Business and Practice Studio Help Centers to make them easier to use.

Save time by setting up repeating journals that are created automatically based on the schedule you specify.

Updated Movements in Equity report shows the change in your organization's net worth over the financial year.

You have the option to invite Xero into your organization or practice when you ask for help from within Xero.

Xero Touch for iOS now supports Touch ID to login using your fingerprint.

Balance Sheet Report now more flexible, using new reporting framework.

You can now add files to an inventory item to store additional information about it.

Electronically pay Federal taxes directly to the IRS.

Core Profit & Loss report updated to use new reporting framework delivering greater flexibility.

Time saver: Ideal for customers paying by check/check or paying multiple invoices at once.

Displays your organization's capital gains, depreciation recovered and losses on disposal of fixed assets.

Transactions from payroll seamlessly flow through to, and impact the general ledger immediately.

Store notes against each employee to record important information.

Store notes against each employee to record important information.

Direct bank feeds added for Natwest and RBS.

Creation and electronically filing of Federal payroll tax forms.

Unlock your Xero data to drive customer communications.

First reports using the new reporting engine in Xero.

New direct bank feeds for Santander Corporate and Commercial customers.

Integration of banking services and data with Xero.

Signature ready tax forms available to download for supported states.

US Payroll now works in Texas for employees based there.

Automatically syncs Square transaction data with Xero.

Ability to add to, and access, Files from your iOS device.

Native version of Xero Touch for Android, with improved performance and familiar user interface.

Calculate the payroll, pay staff, e-file tax documents and make payments electronically.

Associate up to five email addresses with a contact.

Create purchase orders, send them to suppliers, and raise them as bills or invoices.

Updated GST return with a new interface and better workflow.

First US Direct Bank Feed – City National Bank.

Attach files to transactions so all your financial information is in one place.

Native version of Xero Touch for iPhone, improving speed and using more inbuilt functionality.

Enter calculations into data entry fields and let the inbuilt calculator work out the answer.

Lodge tax file number declaration forms online from Payroll anytime and from anywhere. Includes full audit history.

Invoice-only role can enter just sales or just purchases.

Run a report that shows all history and notes.

Create, amend and print employee payment summaries including amendments.

Report the total payments made to each contractor for building and construction services each year.

Added new payment services, giving users' customers more ways to pay online invoices.

7 new reports. Transaction Listing Summary, Timesheet Summary, Leave Requests and more.

File VAT returns direct to the HMRC.

Export your trial balance to CCH ProSystem fx for tax filing.

Export your trial balance to Lacerte Tax for tax filing.

Do bank reconciliation from anywhere with Xero Touch.

New dashboards for Sales and Purchases to improve cash flow visibility.

Create customized email templates to send invoices out faster.

Produce and send a statement that shows all outstanding activity for a customer.

Set default payment terms in Settings then customize them when creating invoices.

Change an organization's subscriber from within Xero.

Employees can create, submit for approval, and delete their own timesheet. Employees can also create a template for their timesheet.

Share invoices online with customers so they can pay you immediately through payment services.

Send remittances to your customers, including previous history of payments and credit notes.

Create multiple budgets for different scenarios and by tracking category.

Give Payroll-only access to the new Payroll Admin role so they can get the wages done without seeing the rest of the financials.

View individual bank transactions in Xero Touch.

Full payroll inside Xero. Leave management, superannuation processing, tax calculations and employee self-service.

Create, print and manage checks in Xero with full audit history, voiding and styling.

Add discounts to Sales invoices by line item or set default discount rates for specific contacts.

Account for and manage likely refunds, as well as payments received ahead of invoices being created.

Xero applies current transactions that apply to a previous VAT period where they belong and updates your latest VAT return.

Start typing an address and Xero auto-completes for you.

Annual Accounts in Xero aligned with the Special Purpose Financial Report framework for Australia.

US version of Xero split off from the global version.

Integration with Highrise CRM.

Multi Factor Authentication support added for more than 1500+ new Yodlee feeds.

Xero on your smartphone.

Documents, like scanned images and PDFs, can be attached to any AP invoice or expense claim receipt.

Start typing an address and Xero looks it up and finishes it for you.

Basic functionality to allow users to account for payroll data.

2000+ new Yodlee feeds introduced all over the world.

Control the layout of your invoices, statements and credit notes with Microsoft Word templates in Xero.

Yodlee feeds introduced for Australia and the UK.

Track inventory movement in your business by selecting Inventory Items on AP invoices and credit notes.

Flat rate VAT scheme for UK businesses.

Customize invoices and statements.

Create customized rules so Xero can categorize bank transactions for you.

Create an internet banking payment file to batch pay Accounts Payable invoices.

Cash Coding lets you quickly code and reconcile big groups of transactions at once.

Automatic import of invoices and payments from FreshBooks into Xero.

Transactions can be downloaded automatically into Xero from PayPal.

Raise invoices and do banking in any of the 160 currencies supported in Xero.

Manage and account for depreciation for fixed assets.

Xero for everyone without a country-specific edition.

Receive online payments from your customers via PayPal.

NAB is the first direct bank feed for Australia.

Xero arrives in Australia.

Contact Groups allow you to group together of customers and suppliers for invoicing.

All major direct feeds implemented for NZ – Kiwibank, ANZ, Westpac, BNZ, National Bank, and TSB.

Control how accounts are displayed and grouped on Balance Sheet and P&L reports.

Provisional tax payments on your GST Return.

Export reports to Google Docs.

View a list of all customers who owe money and create statements for them.

Enter comparative balances to include in reports.

Connect to online services to send and receive data, saving you time by avoiding the need for data entry.

Track the performance of specific areas in your business on your P & L.

Xero arrives in the UK.

Add a credit note to reverse all or part of an unpaid invoice.

Match transactions from your bank statement with matching transactions in Xero.

List of all expense claims that are ready for payment and when they need to be paid.

Repeating transactions for invoices you receive or send on a regular basis.

Look at all your Xero organizations and manage your billing from one place.

Setup, edit and view billing details.

Enter your budget information. Budget Variance report makes it possible to perform regular variance reporting against actuals.

Generate and view interactive reports based on real-time information.

ASB is the first direct bank feed for NZ.