NXT Standard Donation forms for Recurring Gifts all have the option for the donor to define the 'Next Payment on' date - and this can be set up to 52 weeks in advance.
There is currently NO option in Standard Donation forms for Recurring Gifts to simply be processed relative to the date of sign-up and with no ability to change the 'Next payment on' date, but this is not consistent with industry practice.

In short, it would be incredibly helpful if there was an option for the 'Next payment on' field to be removed

Many thanks