Sage 50 Accounts Software (formerly Sage Line 50 Accounts)

Sage 50 Accounts - Sage Accounting Software

Sage 50 Accounts 2012 is the market-leading accounts software that makes managing your customers, suppliers and day-to-day finances as easy as possible.

From invoicing customers and paying suppliers, to managing VAT returns and year-end accounts, it helps you manage all the different areas of your business. By keeping things simple, it frees you up to focus on your customers and your business.

Managing your Customers and Suppliers

Keeping track of your finances isn't just about adding up the numbers every day. It's data that can tell you a lot about your business.

For example, who are your best customers? Or who buys what and when and how often?

From the suppliers who always deliver when they say they will to the effect of offering a discount on a line or item, Sage 50 Accounts helps you make sense of your business.

As you record the information you need to keep your accounts straight you can build up a better picture of your customers and suppliers. How you use that information is up to you. Sage 50 puts it at your fingertips.

Managing your Accounts and Finances

It's easy to stay on top of your everyday business finances, keeping track of everything from VAT to budgets with Sage 50 Accounts.

Are you covering your costs? What payments are due? Who do you need to chase for payment?

Sage 50 Accounts helps you keep your cash flow moving.

You'll find the information you need to prepare, generate and submit your VAT returns online all in one place, making it easy to deal with HM Revenue & Customs. And with things like profit and loss and balance sheet reports available at the touch of a button, you're always in control of your business.

Easier business on the go with Sage 50 Accounts Mobile

Sage 50 Accounts Mobile gives you live access to your Sage 50 Accounts information on your mobile device so you can keep up to date with your finances when you're out and about.

It's a free mobile application that's simple to use and set up with your desktop software, even if you don't have an in-depth knowledge of accounts.

Use it to get a quick overview of customer, supplier and financial details>.

Or get more in depth information about individual accounts and create things like sales orders, quotes and invoices - ideal for those of you who do business on the go.

Currently available for Apple iPhone /iPod Touch at Apple App Store and Blackberry at Blackberry World.

Why Sage?

Sage have been delivering software, services and support to help businesses with their day-to-day challenges for 30 years. More than 80,000 UK businesses choose Sage to help them. And hundreds of thousands use Sage 50 Accounts, making it the market leading accounts software.

Sages' support teams talk to their customers every day. So they get to learn what's going on in their business, what their concerns and challenges are.

The business world is always changing. So Sage are adapting their software and services - whether that's to keep up with the latest legislation, or introduce new technology, like Sage 50 Accounts Mobile.

By listening to their customers and adapting to changing business needs, Sage aim to help you meet your challenges now and in the future.

 

What's the difference between Sage 50 Accounts, Sage 50 Accounts Plus & Sage 50 Accounts Professional?

Sage 50 Accounts will help you to:

• Manage cash and stock
• Invoice customers, pay suppliers
• Submit VAT returns, prepare year-end accounts.

Sage 50 Accounts Plus also includes the following extra features:

• Price Management - features like individual customer price lists removes the need to rely on memory or manual systems and reduces the risk of error.
• Batch Processes - and batch conversions of quotes will increase efficiency and flexibility of customer management processes.
• Stock Management - Increasing the volume of business can cause problems with increased stock holding - holding back further growth because of the financial impact. The advanced stock management and Bill of Materials capabilities in Accounts Plus can help reduce stock holding, whilst maintaining flow.
• Projects/Jobs - For many businesses that need to manage projects - either for customers or internally - then the Project Costing feature in Accounts Plus is a great benefit. This is a very strong feature for all businesses that need to control budgets and costs of their projects.
• Asset Management - Management of assets ensuring accurate postings and up to date accounts. Automate journal processes for depreciation and write off saving time and reducing the risk of error.

Sage 50 Accounts Professional includes all the features of Plus as well as the following:

• Customer Order Management - allows users to manage stock allocations, preferred customers and keep tighter control of what is to be despatched, invoiced and also returns.
• Supplier Order Management - allows a more profitable relationship with their suppliers and also tighter control over stock. Businesses can easily identify what is on order, what is due for delivery and needs to be reordered. It automates the process of reconciling invoices against purchase orders.
• More Users - As businesses increase the sophistication of their computerisation, they need to process more and more transactions. Sage 50 Accounts Professional allows up to 10 concurrent users - dramatically increasing the scope of their business improvement.
• Dealing with Business outside the UK - Foreign trading is becoming increasingly necessary for businesses to expand - the full foreign trading capability of Sage 50 Accounts Professional allows complete control of foreign currency transactions - with improved functionality and easier management of adjustments with improved error corrections.
• Advanced Budget Management - gives businesses a much tighter control over their performance and the ability to spot issues more easily allowing them to take the necessary corrective action.
• Multi Companies - whilst all variants of Sage 50 Accounts have multi company capability, only Accounts Professional has the Consolidation feature. This is especially useful where businesses have to produce consolidated accounts for all or some of their subsidiaries. With the new advanced budget management feature, the businesses have a much tighter control of their business performance across multiple companies and departments.