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Is Instant Accounts right for me?

Sage Instant Accounts doesn't require any accountancy experience, and is ideal for new and small businesses. It lets you:

• Easy to set up and use:
  Video demos, practice mode, e-Learning training and practice data will help you get up and running, and you can easily correct any mistakes
• Manage your finances:
  Track money going in and out of your business accurately & share information electronically with your accountant.
  
• Manage your customers and suppliers:
  View contact details, know who owes you money and when, record till takings and see your profit and loss.
• Manage your business:
  Track all your products and services and never miss a deadline with diary and auto reminders.
• Always know your financial position:
  Run profit, loss and balance sheet reports at the touch of a button.
• Prepare quotes and invoices:
  Generate quotes and invoices for your customers, and apply flexible discounts.
• Improve your cash flow & get paid on time:
  Add a ‘Pay Now’ button to invoices and statements to take credit card payments (additional Sage Pay charges applies).
• Manage your VAT
  Generate VAT Returns that comply with all the latest 2010 legislation. Set separate tax codes to distinguish between goods and services (a 2010 requirement).
  
• Submit your VAT returns online:
  Submit VAT returns and year-end forms online - a HM Revenue & Customs requirement for 2010.
  
• Free support to get you up & running:
  45 days free telephone support and one year's SageCover Online support included.
  

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Save £81 with our Starter Solution

Sage Instant Accounts Starter Solution: it inlcudes Sage Instant Accounts, a £65 Sage Training voucher, 100 Invoices and one year's SageCover support for just £205 - a saving of £81. Find out more.

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Is Instant Accounts right for me?

Sage Instant Accounts doesn't require any accountancy experience, and is ideal for new and small businesses who require a single user license.

For a 2 user license & stock control you'll need Sage Instant Accounts Plus.

Easy to set up and use

• View video demonstrations
  
• Learn in practice mode or view demo data
  
• Easily correct mistakes
  
• 45 days free technical support included (on new purchases only)
  
• E-learning worth £50 included – online tutorials to help you get up and running
  
• 1 year of SageCover Online including 24/7 access to over 6,000 online FAQs and email support
  
• Pay by interest-free Direct Debit - just £19 a month (over 6 months)

Manage your finances

• Easily share information electronically with your accountant to save time
  
• Keep track of money going in and out of your business
  
• Take credit card and PayPal payments through Sage Pay integration
  
• Prepare VAT Returns: Annual Accounting, Cash Accounting, Irish VAT, e-VAT submissions
  
• e-payments and Reverse Charge VAT
  
• Prepare essential information for audits and guarantee peace of mind
  
• Produce Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports
  
• e-banking - integrate with your internet banking service when you take out SageCover
  
• Bank reconciliation so you can see up-to-date balances
  
• Easily export your information directly to Microsoft Office to save time
  
• Import data from .xls, .xlsx and .csv files with ease
  
• View instant reports that are easy to browse, select, and add as ‘favourites’
  
• Keep track of all of your products and services
  
• Manage your time with integrated diary and automated reminders
  
• Automatically allocate credits against invoices to save time and cut down errors

Manage your customers and suppliers

• Find contact details quickly
  
• Improve your cash flow by seeing who owes you money & when it's due
  
• Create quotations and invoices
  
• Know how much profit you will make on each quote before you commit
  
• Add 'Pay now' buttons to invoices and statement to encourage prompt payment
  
• Record till takings and cash sales
  
• Easily apply flexible discounts to keep your customers happy
  
• Store, record and print barcodes on to any document or report

Need more? Try Sage 50 Accounts 2010.

Recommended hardware

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 1GB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Minimum hardware

• An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 700MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks, and it only possible to install one copy on a single computer.

Works with Microsoft Office 2002/XP, 2003 and 2007, but is not yet compatible with Microsoft Office 2010. Please make sure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.

One of the following operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP (Recommended)
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7

This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4 or Windows 2000 operating systems.

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