Sage 50 Accounts

Commodity codes are used worldwide to classify goods for import and export and are reviewed by the World Customs Organisation every 5 years. The latest changes were made on 1 January 2022. For help to find the latest commodity codes, you can visit the…

If your financial year ended on 31 December, you may now be seeing the message 'Date entered is outside current financial year' whenever you post a transaction. While normally a useful message, you may not want to see it for every transaction you post…

On 21 December 2021 the Government announced additional Coronavirus funding to support businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors who've been most impacted by the Omicron variant. To find out how to account for grants received in your Sage 50cloud…

Be more efficient in 2022 and stop old records building up, cluttering your accounts and slowing you down. It's easy to delete or hide records you don't need, so why not take a look today? Read more >

Did you know there are two ways to select multiple records in Sage 50cloud Accounts? What's more you can amend your software settings to use the method you prefer. Find out more >

When running your year end you can automatically apply a percentage increase on this year's budgets or actuals to create budgets for next year. But if you use standard budgeting and you have more complicated changes to make to your budgets, did you know…

In the Options window you can set preferences for how windows display in your software. For example, you may want to set colour themes or add gridlines to make things easier to read, set all users to view the same columns, or perhaps configure what…

Did you know you can use the Accounts audit option in Sage 50 Accounts to quickly check for sales invoices that haven't been emailed, printed or posted to the ledgers within 14 days? Useful for protecting your cash flow and avoiding missing invoice queries…

To help you find answers fast, Sage 50cloud Accounts v28 installs a shortcut to the Sage 50cloud Accounts Help Centre on your Windows desktop, so help is only one click away. In case you missed it, we've also made some great improvements to the Help…

When you reconcile your VAT Return in your software, all transactions that were included in that VAT Return are flagged as VAT reconciled. If you later need to check if a transaction has been VAT reconciled, for example, for audit purposes or error…

When you do a bank reconciliation, to make it easier to find each transaction you can sort the Un-matched transactions window. For example, you may want to sort transactions by date to match the order on your bank statement, or you may prefer to sort…

Taking data backups doesn't have to be a chore. You can use the Backup Manager to make regular backups automatically in the background. So there's no more staying behind in the office to back up, or waiting for others to log out first. Read more …

The latest edition of the Sage Accounts Support Bulletin is now available . Topics include: Automating your backups How to undo a bank reconciliation Tips to boost your cash flow and more... Why not grab a coffee and read a copy online here…

A healthy cash flow is vital for a successful business and Sage 50cloud Accounts has some great features to help with that. But every little helps as they say, so we've pulled together some quick tips you can try straight away. It all adds up... Quickly…

Before important tasks such as your VAT Return or Year end, you can use the Accounts audit options to quickly check for possible errors. Options include: Check for duplicate transactions > Check for invoices not sent or updated > Check tax codes…

If you need to make the same amendment to more than one record at the same time, rather than edit each record one by one you can use batch changes. This is a great time saving tool if for example you need to change the default tax code for multiple…

To help make sure your accounts are accurate, you can use the Accounts audit option in Sage 50 Accounts to quickly check for sales and purchases posted with a non-standard tax code which may be incorrect. Useful to run before calculating your VAT Return…

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Has your financial year recently ended? Once you've ran your year end it's a good time to do some accounts housekeeping. You can delete or hide old customer and supplier records that you no longer use, so they don't build up and slow you down. Find…

In Sage 50cloud Accounts you can use Report Designer to customise your invoice and credit note layouts. You can make basic changes such as adding your company logo and bank details, or create a completely bespoke design. Read more >

Getting into a regular rhythm of recording and checking your organisation's transactions in your Sage 50cloud Accounts software will help you to keep on top of finances and stay informed about how you're performing. Read more >

Did you know, you can send your Sage 50cloud Accounts nominal values to Microsoft Excel in just a couple of clicks? Read more >

When you reach the end of your financial year, it's important to review the financial performance of your organisation, but what actually happens in your accounts software when you click the Year End option? In this article we explain what happens behind…

When you look at your audit trail or activity windows in Sage 50cloud Accounts, every transaction has an associated type, a two letter code defining the transaction. This handy guide lists: All of the available transaction types What the codes…

If you're VAT registered, it's important to apply the correct tax rates, in Sage Accounts, the rates are applied based on the tax codes you choose for any transaction. The following overview article outlines some common goods and services an the tax rates…