Sage Instant Plus Financial Package

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 £200) 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 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 Explore

Sage Instant Payroll Explore (RRP £105) is an annual software licence plan that lets you run the payroll of up to 10 employees. It is easy to set up and use and lets you store your employee information, process your payroll, produce payslips and manage your payroll year end without any prior experience. Plus, it comes complete with our very best support, including priority telephone support, online help articles, email support and much more.

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: £75.00

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
• 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 Explore

• Sage Instant Payroll 12 month software licence
• 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, and make automatic deductions.
• 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 online.
• Maintain and print individual employee records.*
• Online support included: 'Ask Sage' online database and contact our email helpdesk.

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

Licence Information

• Our licence plans give you the freedom to choose the one that is right for you and your business. So not only do you receive the latest Sage Instant Payroll software and legislation updates, you also benefit from support - when you want it and the way you want it.
• Your initial right to use the software and receive support is for 1 year and your right to use the software and to receive support will renew annually (fees will be payable each year) unless you tell us in writing in accordance with the provisions of the licence agreement, that you want to stop using the software and receiving support at the end of any 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
• Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Compatible operating systems:

• Windows XP Service Pack 3
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2003

Technical notes:

• 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
• This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4 or Windows 2000 operating systems.
• The latest service packs should be installed for your operating system before installing or upgrading Sage products. 32-bit Operating Systems recommended.
• Whilst there are no browser requirements for Sage Software, we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above for internet access to Sage Support and important Sage updates for your products.
• Some features in Sage Software require an internet connection.

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.