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# Milestone Payments Using a Xero Integration

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This covers Milestones that aren't tied to a Contract. If your Milestones are part of a signed Contract, see [Contract Execution & Milestone Payments](/knowledge-base/administrator-help-guides/contracts/contract-execution-and-milestone-payments.md) instead — Bills in that flow also apply the correct Xero Tracking Option automatically.
{% endhint %}

**Step 1 — Applicant submits milestone**\
The applicant completes their milestone and submits it for review via Tahua.

**Step 2 — Admin reviews milestone**\
An admin reviews the submission in Tahua to assess whether it meets the required criteria.

**Step 3 — Admin approves milestone**\
Once satisfied, the admin approves the milestone. This triggers two parallel tracks: the payment batch process and the Xero billing process.

**Step 4 — Payment Batch is created**\
A Payment Batch is created in Tahua and the approved milestone is assigned to it.

**Step 5 — Admin exports Batch Payment**\
The admin exports the Batch Payment file from Tahua, which is then imported by Finance and sent to the Bank for processing.

**Step 5b–5c — Bank processes payments**\
Finance imports the batch into the banking system. The Bank processes the individual payments to applicants.

**Step 6a — Contact created in Xero**\
In parallel with the batch process, a Contact record is created in Xero for the applicant (if one doesn't already exist).

**Step 6b — Bill created in Xero**\
A Bill is created in Xero for the milestone.

**Step 7 — Xero imports payment info from Bank Feeds**\
Once the Bank has processed the payment, Xero automatically pulls in the transaction data via Bank Feeds.

**Step 8 — Finance reconciles payment against Bill**\
Finance matches the incoming bank transaction to the open Bill in Xero, completing the reconciliation.

**Step 9 — Payment created against milestone in Tahua**\
Following reconciliation, a payment record is created against the milestone in Tahua.

**Step 10 — Applicant notified and milestone updated**\
The applicant receives a payment notification email and the milestone status is updated in Tahua. The process is complete.