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 the Ask Sage website. If you go to help and about in your Sage.. read more →
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 – even in a single user environment – then you have the choice in Company Preferences->Parameters to.. read more →
**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 are closed prior to downloading and installing this update. If you do not close all programs and.. read more →
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 sheer size of your Sage dataset. It is well worth doing a Spring Clean.. read more →
The first Update for Sage 50 Accounts 2013 has been released. You need to install this update if your version number is 19.0.11.261 or 19.0.11.260. To find out what version your software is then go to Help -> About where your version number is displayed in the Program Details section. If you are prompted by.. read more →
In Sage 50 and Sage Instant Accounts, every time you update an invoice, make or receive and payment, make a journal entry or do anything which impacts the nominal ledger, Sage creates new transaction records, and numbers them sequentially starting from 1. This is called the Audit Trail and can be viewed by clicking Company >Financials. Historically.. read more →
I have had the same enquiry twice this week from customers. Something has happened on their computer which has meant they had to exit Sage using Task Manager rather than closing the program fully, then on trying to log back in, they have had a ‘User name already in use’ message which threatens data problems… read more →
Another Sage 50 Accounts Update is currently being rolled out. As for previous updates, if you run a multi-user system, once you have updated one machine you must then go ahead and update all machines which use the same data before you will be allowed to re-open Sage. Before you update your Sage 50 software You must.. read more →
Following on from Sage – How to manage your VAT part 1, here, as promised, is a guide to producing and submitting a VAT return in Sage 50 and Sage Instant Accounts. I would always you recommend you take a backup of your Sage data before running the VAT return, as once you have hit that.. read more →
If you are a VAT registered business and still doing your bookkeeping manually, or using spreadsheets, then you really are missing a trick. Using accounts software like Sage 50 or Sage Instant accounts makes producing the VAT return as easy as click, click, print, check, submit! I am assuming here that you have already set.. read more →
