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Sage 50 Accounts 2014 – New Features

The current version of Sage 50 Accounts is version 20 or 2014 as it is otherwise known With this version Sage are focusing on making it much smoother and easier to process your VAT, as this is something which stresses ou...

Sage Backups and Dropbox

I quite often need to send and receive Sage backup files as part of my job.  I used to be able to easily send them via email but as Sage gets more sophisticated the backup files have got bigger and not all email systems ...

Sage 50 2014 – Service Pack 1 Update

Sage have released a new update which will take your Sage 50 2014 software to version 20.4.9.364.  This is called Sage Accounts 2014 Service Pack 1. To learn about what in included in Service Pack 1 then take a look at t...

Bank Reconciliation – Is it really necessary?

So you have heard people talk about the bank reconciliation but have no idea why you should be doing it, or even what it is. You enter all your transactions in Sage (or your other bookkeeping software or manual books) so...

Top Ten Auto Enrolment Terms

If you employ staff then you need to know about Auto Enrolment, but if you read the articles and advice then there are a lot of terms which you may not understand.  Hopefully my top ten auto enrolment terms can help you ...

Sage Manager Password

When you first install single user Sage 50 and Instant Accounts Plus and you get straight into the software with no security set up at all.  If you wish to create alternative logon ID’s for different users however ...

Sage 50 Add-On – Adept Back to Back Ordering

A link between Sales Orders and Purchase Orders seems like simple functionality, but is something which just isn’t possible with Sage 50 Professional. Many companies don’t keep stock of the items they sell in...

Sage 50 Accounts 2014 – Update 3

**Please note – Sage have now issued Service Pack 1 – see our post from February 2013** Sage 50 Accounts 2014 Update 3 is now available to download. Please make sure that ALL Sage programs and Microsoft Excel...

Spring Cleaning your Sage Accounts Software

Following on from my good housekeeping posts for Sage 50 and Sage Instant Accounts, when you have used Sage for a few years, running reports and doing the data check and backups can start to slow down, just due to the sh...

Go Cardless and VAT Cash Accounting

We have just received an important notification for business users of GoCardless who use VAT Cash Accounting. The GoCardless Sage add-on has previously created all Sales Receipts with the “T9” VAT code  If yo...