Sage 50 Accounts

Easy to get up and running

• Download and get started today when you buy through the Sage Store

• Quick online registration and activation

• Video demos & practice data to help you get to grips with 50 Accounts

• Simple walk-throughs of key processes like Year End and VAT returns

• 45 days free telephone support if you need help setting up or moving data

• In-built support page contains all the important information you need

• Import Microsoft Excel (.xls & .xlsx) and .csv files

Take the hassle out of VAT

• Dedicated section to VAT walks you through all you need to do

• Complete your VAT returns in four easy steps in the VAT wizard

• Calculate & reconcile VAT returns easily

• Submit your VAT returns to HMRC directly from 50 Accounts (now a legal requirement)

• Set up different tax codes and rates to suit your business

• Manage standard VAT, VAT Cash Accounting, Flat Rate VAT & Irish VAT Cash Accounting

• Record and manage EC Sales List charges

Tailor to fit your business

• Single user and single company licence included as standard

• Up to 2 concurrent users & install over a network (2 user licence required - additional £250)

• Manage the accounts of an unlimited number of companies (£250 per additional company)

• Preferences and access levels for different users

• Manage your time and meet important deadlines with integrated diary

• Tailor bespoke reports to suit your business

• At-a-glance overview of your finances, customers, suppliers and products

• Check your data for errors and keep your data safe by regularly using our backup feature

• Sage Pay - send and receive online payments

• Sage 50 CIS - keep up with CIS legislation

Manage your cash flow

• Record money going in and out of your business

• Manage multiple payment methods: cash, cheque, card, direct debits and discounts

• See Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Reports

• Easily set up a Chart of Accounts that's suited to your business

• Control budgets for key areas of your business & forecast cash flow

• Share your data and information electronically with your accountant

• See your credit position & reconcile with your bank account for up to date figures

• Easily correct mistakes and set 'lock dates' to close-off financial periods

• Process Year End and Month End easily with helpful step-by-step guide

Acquire and retain customers

• Store and quick search your customer addresses, contacts and bank details

• Dashboard highlights outstanding debts

• Create professional quotations and invoices

• Send invoices, quotes and statements by email

• Add Sage Pay 'Pay now' buttons to invoices for quick payment

• Check the profit of quotes before committing

• Save and view a complete history of customer communication and activity

• Apply flexible discounts & easily process refunds

• Record transactions from your website

• Easily generate insightful reports to analyse customer activity, debt and your best customers

Keep your suppliers happy

• Store supplier addresses, contacts and credit information

• See a simple breakdown of outstanding invoices & who you owe money to

• Identify urgent outstanding payments & set tasks to complete for the day

• Record purchase invoices in batches to save time

• Save and view a history of all supplier activity and communications

• Pay invoices promptly from 50 Accounts to your keep suppliers happy

• Use a variety of reports to analyse your supplier debt, activity and performance

• Search supplier records instantly with the 'Quick search' feature

Manage your products and stock

• See your top and bottom performing products on the handy dashboard

• View the quantity and value of products you have in stock

• Set up product stock codes, descriptions, categories and prices

• Automatically update stock levels when invoices are posted

• See the profitability of different products you offer

• Keep your records up to date with a stock take

• Add barcodes and QR codes to products to speed up processing

• View sales broken down by different customers

• Generate insightful reports about product performance

Sage 50 Accounts Mobile

• Access your financial information wherever you are from your mobile phone or tablet

• Free to download and free to use for as many people as you like

• Available for iPhone, iPad or Blackberry. Android coming soon!

• Synchronise to your live accounts data for accurate on-the-spot figures

• Add new customers and contacts on the move

• Create quotes and invoices from your mobile

• Check sales histories and product performance instantly

• Access multiple data sets from one mobile phone

• 128 bit encryption keeps your data 100% secure

Technical information

• Take a look at technical requirements and licence information for Sage 50 Accounts.

Apple Mac compatibility

• Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple's Boot Camp utility.

Key Health Solutions
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire

David Storrs, Director at Key Health Solutions, talks to us about how Sage 50 Accounts makes his business life easier every day.

They needed a simple way to take care of their finances and get an insight into how their business was doing every day - from invoicing customers to preparing VAT returns.

They found Sage 50 Accounts straightforward and intuitive from day one, and they were up and running in no time.

Tamworth Heat Treatment
Tamworth, Staffordshire

Amanda Crilly, Director at Tamworth Heat Treatment, talks to us about how Sage 50 Accounts helps them manage their finances.

Tamworth Heat Treatment used to employ a third party to manage their accounts. Tired of wasting time and money, they decided to cut out the middle man and turned to Sage 50 Accounts to help manage their finances in-house.

Since choosing Sage 50 Accounts they haven't looked back. It saves them valuable time and money and helps them run their accounts every day from their office - from paying their suppliers on time to automatically calculating their VAT.