Are you a Sage Accountants Network (SAN) member? We’re excited to announce the SAN Boomerang Program to you and your peers!

Refer as few as six clients, depending on your SAN membership renewal value, to Sage 50cloud Accounting to receive up to $1,500 off your next SAN membership renewal and exclusive discounts to pass on to your clients. In most cases, this could make your SAN membership FREE and your clients can…

The 2020.1 Release theme is all about “AWARENESS”, ensuring you know and connect to services that you have purchased and make you aware of services you need to connect to. Productivity and Sustainability are the words that come to mind for this release.

You may be asking yourself as the business owner or user of Sage 50:

1. How does Sage aid me and my business in being more productive in my business or day-to…

The 2020.0 Release is all about delivering requested Sage 50 feedback from you our customers. For quite some time, fellow business owners like you have shared feedback, ideas and even proposed requests within Sage 50 that you would like to see changed!

Well it’s here—the time has come, and the choice is yours. We packed this release with 3 enhancements that you asked for. You spoke and we truly listened.

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This notice provides important information for Sage Accountants Network (SAN) members supporting clients on unsupported versions of Sage 50—U.S. Edition.

Due to a required upgrade to Actian Zen v13 (formerly Pervasive) in the Sage 50—U.S. Edition 2020.0 release scheduled in July 2019, SAN members and Certified Consultants/Partners supporting clients on older versions of Sage 50 or Sage 50cloud will no longer be…

It’s totally all about YOU!

You Spoke, We Listened and…We Acted!

The 2019.2 Release is all about you the Customer. For quite some time, fellow business owners like you have shared feedback, ideas and even proposed requests within Sage 50 that you would like to see changed!

Well it’s here—the time has come, and the choice is yours. We packed this release with 5 enhancements that you asked for. You spoke…

State and Local Tax Changes

Sage is proud to inform you about our latest service offering Sage Expert Services: Data Service. Affordable resources are now readily available to help you with a variety of data assistance. In addition to our standard data repair and conversions, w...

Final Update:

The issue surrounding the Sage 50 US activation service interruption has been resolved. You should now be able to activate both online and manually as normal.

We genuinely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. 

Update #1:

The Sage 50 US activation service continues to experience some intermittent service interruptions.

We are seeing some successful activations; therefore, we urge you to continue…

How do you know when you need to call in an expert? Have you ever been running reports but can’t seem to get the information you’re looking for? Printed an invoice only to find the details aren’t showing up?  Or sent out statem...

Call volumes in January can often result in longer than normal wait times to speak with us. Which is why, when hold times are longer than usual, you may be asked to have your place virtually held in line through our Courtesy Call Back feature. Below are some frequently asked questions—and tips—about Courtesy Call Back:

1. When will I be called back? 
   If you enter your call-back information, we call you back within…

Got a year-end question? Instead of calling in and waiting on hold, get live help through Sage Live Tutor—an online “meeting room” with customer questions answered live by a Sage expert.

Think of it like talk radio.  You submit your question through our online meeting room and a Sage expert answers it live over the internet.  And everyone can hear each question as its asked—some of which are sure to be…

Federal Tax Changes

1. Federal Income Tax Withholding 
   The 2019 allowance amount and withholding tax tables changed.
2. Social Security Wage Base
   The 2019 social security wage base increased to $132,900.

State and Local Tax Changes

1. Alaska Employee State Unemployment Tax
   The 2019 wage base was increased.
2. California State Disability Insurance
   The 2019 wage limit increased.
3. California State Income Tax
   The 2019 withholding tables…

Soon the holidays will be in the rear-view mirror and you’ll have to start your year-end process. You know how it goes… the deadline is approaching, and you have a ton of other things to complete. Well, don't worry. Sage Expert Services ...

Sage is proud to introduce our latest service offering: Sage Expert Services. Designed to deliver an extraordinary customer experience with personalized results at a competitive rate, Sage Expert Services gives you scheduled access to an expert for a...

Its’ been way too long since the last installment in my series on non-routine transactions. Grandchildren moved back to town and suddenly I found myself with less free time. But I’ll try to keep the posts coming. As always, let me know if there are topics you would like to see covered in a blog post.

Need to handle a bounced check?

Hopefully this is a tip you won’t need very often but when a customer does…

Hey, Sage 50 users! Are you getting the most out of your Sage 50 product? Are you aware of all the connected services and add-ons that can help you make your business life easier? Here’s a short list of a few items that can aide you and your bu...

I Did Not Know Sage 50cloud Could Connect to All of That? Did You? Hey Sage 50 users! Are you getting the most out of your Sage 50 product? Are you aware of all the connected services and add-ons that can help you making your business life easier? H...

Sage Drive Multi-User Functionality

If you recall, Sage Drive Multi-User allows your and your team to read or write new and existing transactions in Sage Drive company data files. Regardless of a Local Area Network (LAN) or working remotely, users can simultaneously work in and access a shared Sage Drive company.

We are now excited to deliver to you in 2019.1 significant performance improvements to Sage Drive Multi-User…

The 2019.1 release of Sage 50 Accountant Edition delivers to you and your business several feature enhancements and improvements, with the helping accountants like you stay ahead of the curve, while providing the tools you need to offer better client service.  

One of the most important changes users will be able to do within Sage 50 is the ability to set company files as Active or Inactive the first time they open each…

Update: 

The issue surrounding the Sage 50 US activation service has been resolved. Customers are now able to activate normally both online and manually. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. 

Thank you. 

The Sage 50 US activation service is currently experiencing a service interruption.

Customers may be unable to activate Sage 50 US online or through the  manual activation process. 

The issue is currently…

YOU SPOKE! WE LISTENED! Many of you have expressed a desire for two or more users to actively write transactions in a Sage Drive company. We are excited to introduce Sage Drive Multi-User!

Sage Drive Multi-User is a collaborative tool that allows you and your co-workers in the same office or across the country to access real-time data within Sage 50cloud.

Sage Drive Multi-User within Sage 50cloud now enables purchasers…

With the array of cloud-enabled features and cloud products that can interface with Sage 50—U.S. Edition, sorting out what exactly does what can be confusing. Here is a guide to terms, products and features that should enable you to make sense of what features perform what function so that you can more effectively determine what you need.

The "Cloud" 

I realize that for many of you, this new concept and…