• What small businesses need to know about VAT|uk

    With 50% of small businesses worried about VAT, we offer a straightforward guide to everything you need to know – and how to manage it in your software. Why VAT is important to your business Getting your VAT right is vital, from knowing when to…
  • VAT Return - Sage Accounts webinar|Webinar|uk|ireland

    This webinar demonstrates how to run and reconcile your VAT Return and explains: Why you need to reconcile Preparation steps Calculating the VAT Return Analysing and printing your return How to post manual adjustments Reconciling The VAT…
  • Report designer - understanding invoice layouts Sage Accounts |Webinar|uk|ireland

    Invoice layouts are often the first thing anyone needs to change in Report Designer, but looking at the layout can seem daunting. This demo explains the different areas of the invoice layout and the information shown in each one, to help you start working…
  • Top 8 missed features in Sage 50 Accounts|uk|ireland

    Sage 50 Accounts has a host of built-in features to save you time – but do you have time to look for them? This article gives you the lowdown on some of the great functions that are in the software but you might have missed. The only decision you need…
  • Report Designer - Sage Accounts webinar|Webinar|uk|ireland

    This recorded webinar explains how you can use the criteria option in Report Designer to select the data you want at the point of running the report. We'll explain how to add, change and remove criteria with on-screen demos. (Please visit the site…
  • Credit Control Part 1 – Aged Reports|Webinar|uk|ireland

    Understanding which customers owe you money is a vital part of credit control and the aged reports can be used to report on this information. They include the details of the customers that owe you money, unpaid invoices and however long they have been…
  • 3 reasons to use Sage Pay and Sage Accounts together|uk|ireland

    Using Sage Pay and Sage Accounts together Save time and improve cash flow Sage Accounts and Sage Pay have a unique integration that can help your business save time with manual data entry & improve your cash flow. Reduce late invoices - with…
  • Sage Pay integration: Sage Accounts webinar|uk|ireland

    Sage Pay and Sage Accounts integration This webinar provides an introduction into Sage Pay and demonstrates how the two can seamlessly work together to benefit your business as well as your customers and suppliers. (Please visit the site to view this…
  • The payments landscape: Download the report|uk|ireland

    In Sage Pay’s fourth annual report into the payments landscape, they aim to provide an insightful picture of the industry in 2014. The report reveals emerging trends, consumer attitudes to the latest payment technologies and how different sized companies…
  • Saving Data & Opening

    this may have come up before, but I set up my sage on my laptop and also installed on my desktop, having done all business receipts I have saved on laptop and backed up also to onedrive, when re-opened on PC (desktop) some of the information is missing…
  • VAT code for purchases from outside the EU

    I've bought some software (not physical, purely licences for downloads) from the US. The invoice gives a European Union VAT number (beginning EU...) and then a bit further down states "Exempt Number: GBnnnnn" (where nnnn is my VAT number). It's the combination…
  • Questions on VAT rate and the use of T codes under the flat rate scheme

    Hi, I have just setup my Sage Instant Accounts and have a couple of questions. I hope that someone can point me in the right direction! They are both regarding VAT, the first being, we are using the flat rate cash based system and our rate is 14.5%, I…
  • VAT questions?

    The new VAT area in our Help Centre is packed with information to help keep you on track. Whether you're setting up your tax codes, calculating your first VAT Return or trading abroad, we've got it covered. Have a look today and bookmark it so it's…
  • Showing dividends paid on P&L Report

    I would like to run a P&L report which shows the nett profit and the portion of that already paid in dividends which are assigned to NC3201, does the report exist or do i need to modify the current P&L report. I dont really understand report designer…
  • Report showing average time taken to pay invoices by customer

    There is a standard Sage report that almost does what I want, but it lists each transaction (so each line on the invoice). I want one line per invoice. I've found two online: One at my.sage.co.uk/.../report-design-service.aspx called sage_report_scvrl4…
  • Multiple Financial year

    Can I start a new financial year while the previous years data remains editable i.e. not closed? If so how? Thank you.
  • External Reference in Bank Postings

    The data entry screen for Journals includes a column where the external reference can be entered. However, for bank payments, this column is not there. Since, I annotate my bank statements with a reference number and I usually enter posting directly…
  • Choosing the right financial year

    I am going to start my business this month and would like to record expenses and purchases before starting selling. Problem is purchases of stock and different things have been made from last September. I am not sure as to what financial year should be…
  • Product Record Creation

    Hi, I am in the middle of creating product records for my stock and having the following questions. What does cost price box refer to in a product record? In my case, the stock was imported. Would that be the unit cost of the stock INCLUDING import…
  • Unmatched Credit Notes.

    Hello, I am fairly new to Sage, having previously only used it for data inputting. I am now trying reconciliation and all sorts of wonderful things. There are several accounts were credits have been raised, but not put against the invoice in question…
  • Sage Instant program closing each time I click save?

    I've been using Sage Instant Accounts for the last year or so. Today after entering some invoices and clicking save the whole program completely closed down without warning. After logging back in I can see that the invoices were saved but did not appear…
  • How do I clear a supplier credit note in Sage Instant Accounts?

    I'm currently studying and I know how to clear a credit note from a Sales Return, but the course isn't clear about clearing a credit note from a Supplier's account. I have issued the credit note to their account, and my course says to 'go to Bank -…
  • Invoice Template

    Hello, I am looking to amend the layout of our invoices, but how do I know which template is being used?
  • Why can the cost of carriage not be entered or changed on the first Product Invoice page while products are being added?

    Why can the cost of carriage not be entered or changed on the first Product Invoice page while products are being added? Why does there have to be a default value that then can be changed later in the process? Why complicate the creation of an invoice…