Xero outage, 30 August 2026

Australia: Xero Tax - customers are experiencing issues with prefilling and lodging tax returns to the ATO

Started
Resolved
31 Aug 2026, 01:37 UTC (after 1 h 46 min)
Impact
Major
Affected
Xero Tax (AU)

Last update from Xero

Our team has resolved the issue impacting Australian customers trying to lodge tax returns in Xero Tax. This issue was due to an underlying product dependency with Xero Tax and our team worked to restore service. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.

31 Aug 2026, 01:37 UTC

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