Sage 50 Accounts Plus

Easy to get up and running

• Download, install and get started today when you buy online

• Register and activate your software online in minutes

• Video demos & practice mode to get started

• Walk-throughs of tasks like Year End and VAT

• 45 days free telephone to help you set up and import your data

• Support page shows you all your important product information

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

Take the hassle out of VAT

• VAT wizard walks you through all you need to do to manage your VAT

• Complete your VAT returns in four simple steps

• Calculate & reconcile VAT returns at the touch of a button

• Submit your VAT returns to online HMRC (now a legal requirement)

• Set up different tax codes and rates

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

• Record and manage EC Sales List charges

A perfect fit with your business

• Single user and single company licence included

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

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

• Set different user preferences and access levels

• Integrated diary helps you manage your time and hit deadlines

• Create bespoke reports to suit your business

• Analyse your finances, customers, suppliers and stock in one place

• Keep your data safe by regularly backing up

• Sage Pay - send and receive online payments

• Sage 50 CIS - keep up with CIS legislation

Complete control of your finances

• Record money going in and out of your business

• Accept different kinds of payment: cash, cheque, card, direct debits and discounts

• Set up Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Reports for your business

• Create a Chart of Accounts for your business

• Control your costs in detail at a project, customer, supplier or product level

• Share data with your accountant electronically

• View your credit position & reconcile with your bank account

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

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

Keep your customers happy

• Store and search customer addresses, contacts and bank details

• Simple dashboard shows outstanding debts and tasks for the day

• Create quotes and invoices instantly, and accept pre-payments

• Set up flexible pricing models for different customers

• Send invoices, quotes and statements by email

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

• Check the profit of quotes & invoices before committing

• Highlight disputed invoices

• View a complete history of customer activity

• Apply flexible discounts & easily process refunds

• Integrate with your website to record online transactions

• See insightful reports to analyse customer activity, debt and best customers

Manage products, stock and materials

• View top and bottom performing products at a glance

• See quantity and value of products and materials you have in stock

• Create product stock codes, descriptions, categories and prices

• Set up a Bill of Materials to keep a close eye on different components

• See when you need to order more materials from your suppliers

• Update stock and material levels automatically when invoices and returns are posted

• Quickly perform stock checks to keep your records up to date

• Check the profitability of different products you offer

• Apply flexible discounts and pricing for different customers and quantities bought

• Speed up processing by adding barcodes and QR codes to products and documents

Pay your suppliers on time

• Store supplier addresses, contacts and credit information

• Highlight outstanding invoices & see who you owe money to

• Set tasks for the day in the built-n diary

• Batch process invoices and quotes to save time, and manage accruals

• Store and access a history of all supplier activity

• Easily issues refunds easily to keep suppliers happy

• Choose from variety of reports to get insight your supplier debt, activity and performance

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

Sage 50 Acounts Mobile

• Access your finances from your mobile phone or tablet

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

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

• Synchronise to your live data for accurate figures

• Set up new customers and contacts on the move

• Generate quotes and invoices on the spot from your mobile

• Instantly check sales histories and product performance

• 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 Plus.

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.