How purchase orders push to Xero

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Who can use this?
Platform
Web
Plan
All plans
Permissions
Purchasing

Topic

You can send purchase orders to Xero either as a draft bill (ready to pay) or as a native Xero purchase order — whichever fits how you work. You choose once and it applies to all POs.

Instructions

  1. 1
    Set your PO target in Integrations → Xero.

    Pick 'draft bill' or 'purchase order' as the destination in Xero.

  2. 2
    Raise a purchase order as normal.

    Add the supplier and lines; a supplier is required before it can push.

  3. 3
    Push it to Xero.

    The PO is created in Xero in the form you chose, using your mapped purchase account and GST rate.

  4. 4
    Receive stock when it arrives.

    Marking the PO received updates your stock levels in WorkshopMax.

Additional Information

As with invoices, a PO synced to Xero is locked for editing here to keep the two systems aligned.

Purchase orders and bills both fall under Xero's accounting permissions, so no extra connection scope is needed.

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