Xero Update: New Email To Bills Functionality | A simple version of Hubdoc ... |
Posted by Alison Mead on 17/08/2020 @ 8:00AM Most businesses these days email their invoices in a PDF format. It is just the modern way and not many of my clients these days send out paper copies of invoices. So when you receive an invoice from a supplier as a PDF how do you add it to your Xero accounts? The new Email to Bills functionality helps you to get PDF invoices into Xero! copyright: xero / silicon bullet There is no need to print out the invoices and keep paper copies as HMRC are happy with electronic copies and Xero have just added a brand new way to upload these straight into your Draft Bills called Email to Bills.
"If you go to Business->Bills to Pay you will see
a new option, Create Bill from Email!"
When you click on the ? you can copy a new email address which is unique to your company. Xero advise that you keep this email address private and don't share this outside of your organisation. Copy this address and create a new contact in your email package called Xero Email to Bills.
When you receive a new PDF invoice via email you can forward this email to this private email address, but one tip I have found is make sure you only leave the PDF invoice attached to the Email.
One of my suppliers includes multiple documents with the invoice and Xero tried to convert them all to Bills when really there was only one bill I needed. Strip out the extra attachments before sending this email. The bills must be an email attachment, and not embedded in the body of the email.
"HTML bills and e-invoices in the body of the email won't be accepted!"
Once the email is sent wait a few minutes and then click on the draft tab in Bills and you will see the bills appear with a comment after the name of the company saying 'forwarded bill' so you can identify which bills you have uploaded this way.
When you edit the bill you will find that some of the fields have been filled out for you and these are marked with a lightening bolt, so you can just add the rest of the information or edit anything which has been put in incorrectly.
This is like a simplified version of Hubdoc, but one where Xero intelligently fills out some of the information for you and attaches the bill to the transaction in Xero!
I would say that if you find you have a high volume of bills to import, you may be better looking at using Hubdoc which is a more sophisticated version of this functionality. You can have a free Hubdoc subscription if you already pay for a Xero Business edition. Until next time ...
ALISON MEAD
Would you like to know more? If anything I've written in this blog post resonates with you and you'd like to discover more, it may be a great idea to give me a call on 01604 217365 and let's see how I can help you. About Alison Mead ... |  | | Alison loves bookkeeping and supporting bookkeepers. She has been helping clients to be better bookkeepers in Sage 50 for over 24 years and has been Xero Accredited in accounts and payroll for a number of years too.
She specialises in a very unique hand-holding method of training, helping bookkeepers and business owners to use their accounts software as and when they need support in setting up and producing their invoices, reports and financial information.
Alison combines her role at Silicon Bullet with her Forever Living network marketing businesses and is often to be seen at business networking meetings as she likes to keep busy.
You know what they say: if you want something done well ask a busy person!
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