Sage 50 Accounts Plus

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Sage 50 Accounts Plus 2012 is packed with features specifically designed for growing businesses. It's got all the tools to let you manage everything from cash flow and VAT returns (including online) to year-end accounts and management of customers and suppliers.

Get up and running in no time

• It's easy to get started - follow seven simple steps to get you on your way.
• Videos and tutorials will walk you through all the best bits of 50 Accounts Plus.
• 45 days free telephone support from our award-winning SageCover team.
• Comes with practice data so you can experiment before entering the real thing.

Take care of your customers and suppliers

• Quickly raise invoices and quotes for your customers, and send by email or post.
• Easily highlight any outstanding debts to chase, and pay your suppliers at the touch of a button.
• Electronically store all your customer and supplier information in one place.
• Record customer and supplier activity including quotes, invoices, payments and letters.
• Accept instant payments by adding a Sage Pay 'pay now' button to your email invoices.
• Set up flexible price lists for specific customers - no more manual calculations and discounts.

Run your business more efficiently

• Keep your finger on the pulse - handy dashboards show all your key information at a glance.
• Process invoices and quotations in batches to save time and effort.
• Monitor the costs of individual projects - breakdown and manage your finances on a project level.
• Save time by quickly access and print your favourite dashboards and reports.
• Manage your finances on the move with the FREE Sage 50 Mobile app.
• Automatically import transactions from your website - no need for manual data entry.

Take control of your finances

• Produce your profit and loss, trial balance and balance sheet reports with just a few mouse clicks.
• Make complex VAT calculations in an instant with the VAT Wizard, and submit online to the HMRC.
• Reconcile your bank balance in real time - always know where you stand financially.
• Advanced Stock Control - apply discounts, review sales history, assign budgets and set re-order levels.
• Create a chart of accounts specifically for your business and get all the information you need easily.
• Close off financial periods whenever you like to avoid confusion, costly duplicates & mispostings.

A perfect fit with your business

• Install 50 Accounts over your network so you can access your finances from any pc in your office.
• Set up a Bill of Materials - ideal for manufacturing so you'll never have too few or too many components or parts in your stock supply.
• Analyse and keep on top of all your components so you always know when to order more.
• Use Report Designer to customise your reports - add your own data fields and even add a logo.
• Synchronise 50 Accounts with Outlook calendar, so you'll never miss an important deadline.

Take look at the’ In Depth’ tab to find out more.

Recommended hardware

* An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
* At least 1GB RAM
* At least 1GB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
* Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking
* Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Minimum hardware

* An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
* 512MB RAM
* 700MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
* Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking
* Display Settings: 1024 x 768 resolution

Compatible operating systems:

* Windows XP Service Pack 3
* Windows Vista
* Windows 7
* Windows Server 2008
* Windows Server 2003

Technical notes:

* Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks, and it only possible to install one copy on a single computer.
* Works with Microsoft Office 2003 and all later editions, and please ensure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.
* This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.
* The latest service packs should be installed for your operating system before installing or upgrading Sage products. 32-bit Operating Systems recommended.
* Whilst there are no browser requirements for Sage 50 Accounts, we recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above for internet access to Sage Support and important Sage updates for your products.
* Some features in Sage 50 Accounts, such as Automatic Updates and Postcode finder, require an internet connection.

Apple Mac compatibility

Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple’s Boot Camp utility.