As of 2nd February 2016 Sage Instant Accounts has had a revamp and name change, and is now Sage 50 Accounts Essentials. I am being asked by many clients if they need to upgrade to the new software, and my answer is if yo...
If you use Sage Instant Accounts Version 2013 or below you may be contacted by the Sage Direct Sales team in the next few weeks, and told that as of 1st February 2016 Sage will not be investing in Instant Accounts any m...
As of 1st April 2015 HMRC have changed the VAT rules concerning settlement and prompt payment discounts. It used to be that when you raised and invoice or order which included the settlement discount that the VAT on the ...
Sage have released Service pack 5 for Sage Instant Accounts 2015 and Sage 50 Accounts 2015. This update is not being automatically suggested when you check for updates, but needs to be manually downloaded and applied. W...
Sage have released Service pack 4 for Sage Instant Accounts 2015 and Sage 50 Accounts 2015 Possible Problems This update is a legislative and security update for Sage 50 and Sage Instant Accounts. Some users are experie...
The latest version of Sage’s entry level desktop accounting package has now been released, but the system is no longer tied to the desktop! Sage Drive Sage Instant now has the same Sage Drive features available as...
Do you submit your VAT returns and European Community Sales List direct from your sage accounts package? I do for both my own company and for those I do bookkeeping for. Up until earlier this year I have always had the...
Sage have confirmed that from 30 April 2015 they will no longer support customers using Sage 50 2011 (Veriosn 17) . and Sage Instant 2011 This does not mean that you can’t continue to use this software, but it does...
If you use Sage 50, and have used it for a while, you probably have used it the same way for years. Even if you have upgraded through to the latest version, currently Sage 50 2014 (Version 20) there are probably lots of...
Are there columns in Sage which you always tab over and skip when you are entering data in your Sage 50 or Instant Accounts package? Fields like extra reference, department code and project are not used by many companie...