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Is this right for me?

The Sage Instant Plus Financial Package is a cost-effective way to purchase an all-in-one solution to get your office running as smoothly and quickly as possible.

Sage Instant Accounts Plus

Sage Instant Accounts Plus (from £170) has all the benefits of Sage Instant Accounts and is designed for small and growing businesses to make managing your money, including VAT, end of year accounts and invoicing as quick and easy as possible.  It also has up to 2 user license (addtional charge applies), gives you the ability to manage your stock, and see business summaries at a glance so you can spot opportunities to grow your business.

Sage Instant Payroll

Sage Instant Payroll (RRP £100) lets you process your employees' wages without the need to understand the complexities of payroll legislation. You can manage employee information and complete employee records. All gross and net pay, tax, National Insurance, statutory payments and deductions are also calculated automatically for you. It ensures accuracy and you can even choose how and when to pay your employees.

Sage Business Advice: also included is Sage HR Advice and Sage Health & Safety Advice, our online support service that will make sure your business stays compliant with HR and HS legislation.

Total saving: £45.00

Is this right for me?

With the Sage Instant Plus Financial Package you get:

• Additional support:
  We're giving you 45 days of free telephone support and 1 year of SageCover Online, with access to our online ASK Sage database of thousands of articles and answers to your questions and email technical support
• Sage Business Advice:
  We'll keep you up to date with the latest legislation - Sage HR Advice and Sage Health & Safety Advice are both included.

Sage Instant Accounts Plus

• Practice makes perfect:
  Use Practice Mode to can try out tasks before entering the data for real
• Get up and running with ease:
  You will be guided through the set-up process; the Welcome Page offers a central area you can return to whenever you need help. You can also use the video demonstrations and other useful links in the Launch Pad. You can use these whenever you are unsure about a task. If this isn't enough, you'll also get access to an e-learning module, an online tutorial that will help you get to grips with your software
• 2 user license option:
  Up to 2 user license available (additional charge applies), meaning two people can access Instant Accounts Plus at the same time.
• Made a mistake? Don't panic:
  It's easy to correct any errors you might make
• VAT Management:
  You'll find everything you need to sort out your VAT in one place. You can submit VAT and year-end forms online and get an extra ten days to pay too
• Never lose sight of money owed:
  Keep track of what customers are buying, when, and how much they owe you
• Get an overview of your profit and loss:
  Run Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Reports at the touch of a button
• Receive card payments:
  With Sage Payment Solutions*, you can validate card payments instantly whilst automatically updating your accounts
• Take greater stock:
  The Stock Management feature allows you to carry out stock takes and track your stock
• Create specific reports:
  With the Report Designer you can tailor reports, which in turn allows you to gather important information that's specific to your business
• Shared access to the software:
  Two people can access the program simultaneously* so you can share the financial responsibility

*Additional purchase required.

Sage Instant Payroll

• Automatically calculate gross and net pay, tax and National Insurance, in accordance with legislation
• Automatically calculate employees' sick, maternity, paternity and/or adoption pay
• Assign pension scheme details to employees. Deductions are made automatically
• Produce statutory forms, such as P45, P14/P60 and P35
• Record tax credits and student loans for automatic payment and deductions
• Submit Year End returns to HMRC via the Internet, to save time
• Maintain and print individual employee records.*
• Submit Year End returns to HMRC via the Internet, to save time
• Maintain and print individual employee records.

*Sage Instant Payroll can handle up to 10 leavers in a given financial year.

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.