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Sage 50 2008 Range

The Sage 50 range of accounting solutions includes three products, which all offer core accounting functions. Accounts, Accounts Plus and Professional, which are available as single user, 2 user for Accounts and Accounts Plus and up to 10 users for Professional. They are also available as single company and multi-company licenses. Version 14 includes additional features such as credit control, project costing and document management and a new VAT ledger. Transaction email, and e-banking now included in the price saving £99 per year each.

Sage 50 Accounts

Customer & supplier ledgers & records
Comprehensive records of customers/suppliers available at the click of a button
Full address & contact information for invoices, statements and mail shots Account history, identifying which invoices were paid and when, and any outstanding amounts
Turnover and transaction history, complete with drill down facility and graphical analysis, to help identify the best or most loyal customers
Print statements
Invoicing with multiple styles & formats
Record invoices and credit notes sent or received
Nominal ledger
Lets you see where your money is, where it's come from, and where it's going.
NEW! VAT ledger one place to manage all aspects of VAT
NEW! Complete VAT Management – including on-line submissions
NEW! VAT adjustments facility to alter VAT return figures prior to submission Instant VAT computations saving hours of calculations
Full recording of EEC VAT Sales & Purchase
Everything needed to help produce the VAT return provided in the Help system, including trouble-shooting information
VAT Transfer wizard automatically transfers VAT from your control accounts to your liability account, so you can make a simple bank payment to the VAT office. VAT ledger manages the entire process so you know where you are, including the payment and then archives the VAT return.
NEW! ebanking module at no additional charge – saving £99 per year
Bank, credit card and cash accounts – links to all major banks software Record deposits, payments & transfers between accounts
Make adjustments for charges paid and interest received.
Easy reconciliation of your statement against transactions linked into all major banks software
Reporting
Create and output reports in HTML format for easy Web publishing and sending via any e-mail system
E-mail merge facility allows you to set up a single report and then automatically e-mail it to all your suppliers or customers
Financial Reporting
Trial balance, P&L Accounts, Balance Sheet, Budget and prior year reports and full audit trail listing.
Reports can be produced at any time
Report Designer lets you create your own reports, layouts, letters and labels Does all calculations to provide instant business profit and growth figures Answer queries from the VAT office by printing predefined reports in one click Password/security access
Set passwords and restrict which areas of the program individual users have access to
Task manager
Helps you to run your business efficiently by reminding you of actions you need to take and bills you need to pay, how much you are owed, and the status of your accounts
Demo data company
Use the demonstration company to practice entering information into Sage 50
Credit control
For each customer record, create credit control details tailored to that customer
Make various restrictions on the account and be warned of these when using various options
Check aged balances at a glance by calendar month, date of invoice or any predetermined number of days.
Management accounts
Late payment charges
Charge interest to large businesses who have not settled invoices within the agreed period using the credit charges for Late Payments Wizard
Multi-company capability
Licences can be purchased for additional companies
Each set of company data can be run independently or merged into a parent company report to represent the whole group
Euro Calculator and foreign currency wizard
Active search
Makes it quicker and easier to find customers and suppliers
E-mail and Web access
Hold customer and supplier e-mail addresses and website details. A single click can then establish contact through the default web browser or e-mail client.
Wizards to save time and reduce errors
Microsoft Office Integration
Offers two straightforward options on the 'File' menu: 'Send contents to Microsoft Word' & 'Send contents to Microsoft Excel'. Can also link customer and supplier details from Sage 50 v7 onwards with Microsoft Outlook. ebanking module – at no annual charge.
Including making electronic payments, requesting statements for reconciliation, and requesting balances at any time of the day or night. The precise nature of e-banking will vary according to the different software used by banks.
Links to Sage Financial Forecasting: Easy-to-use program that requires no previous knowledge of the forecasting process. Makes financial planning much simpler and up to 10 times quicker than using traditional spreadsheets. By using the program, you will be able to control your future more effectively and demonstrate managerial professionalism to banks and other advisers.
Links to Sage Payroll, Sage Job Costing, Sage Web Trader, plus Third Party Sage Additions
2 user version available.

Sage 50 Accounts Plus

All Sage 50 Accounts functionality plus

Facility to produce both product and service invoices, quotes and proformas No need to re-enter information - one-stop accounting ensures that all accounts are updated
NEW! Net discounts facility
Real life business forms make it easy to use
Full stock management
Euro invoicing
Ability to check your profit at invoice level
Customer specific price lists and discounts
Create an infinite number of price lists for different individuals or groups. On each price list, a discount matrix can still be applied - for example, additional discounts for prompt payment or bulk purchasing. Saves time, makes it easy to check exactly how much you should charge in every situation.
Multiple delivery addresses: Store multiple addresses for the same organisation so that particular addresses can be selected from a list. Save time, make it easier to deal with large organisations with multiple sites.
Save time & prevent mistakes by producing your cheques and printing associated remittance advices automatically, or sending the money via the Bill of materials
Automatically informs you how many products you could make with your component stock levels, and at what price.

Sage 50 Professional

All Sage 50 Accounts Plus functionality plus
Sales & purchase order processing
Create and print orders
Allocate and despatch stock
Mix and match invoicing
Sales order fulfilment
Identifies any out-of-stocks that prevent the fulfilment of current orders and, at the touch of a button, can generate a Purchase Order to make up the shortfall. Improved foreign currency
Provides seamless links to other business software e.g. Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visual Basic.
Contact management
You can record details of the conversations you with your customers within the customer record. If you charge for tour time, you can even create an invoice to charge for telephone calls.
Record batch purchase payments
Pay all transactions in full; individual transactions in full, or part pay transactions

Sage 50 Professional Network

All Sage 50 Professional functionality plus multi-user capability up to 10 concurrent users.

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