Sage Instant Accounts Plus 2 Users

Sage Instant Accounts is an easy to use bookkeeping package that’s ideal for small or start-up businesses. Sage Instant Accounts records all your financial transactions, automatically updates your ledgers and even holds all of your customer, supplier and product information.

In addition, Sage Instant Accounts allows you to print your invoices and produce financial reports.

And if you don’t have much experience with accounting software, you’ll find the built-in video demonstrations and advice will help you get up and running in no time.

Sage Instant Accounts is a simple bookkeeping package that gives you all the tools you need to successfully manage your finances, accounts, customers and suppliers.

New in Instant Accounts Plus v16

Import from Microsoft Excel
To save time on data entry, you can now import data that has been saved in a Microsoft® Excel file (.xls and .xlsx). You can also import .csv files, giving you extra flexibility and saving you time when transferring your existing data into Instant Accounts.

Latest legislation updates
If you trade in the EC, as of January 2010 your VAT returns now need to show a clear split between goods and services. In the new Instant Accounts you can set different tax codes to easily distinguish between goods and services, whilst still making sure you’re compliant. And, as online VAT submissions are mandatory in 2010, you’ll also find the online submissions process easy to use.

Credit from an invoice
Do you ever need to reduce the value of an invoice, for example because of non-delivery of goods or a change in the order? The credit button allows credits to be created from an invoice and allocated against it. This is done automatically, saving you time and reducing errors.

Sage Pay pay now option
If you’re a Sage Pay user you can now add a ‘pay now’ button to your invoices in Instant Accounts for speedy payment. For example, if you send invoices by email you can embed a ‘pay now’ button in your invoice. This lets your customers make immediate card payments online via the Sage Pay website - which provides more flexibility of payment as well helping to improve your cash flow.

Record Barcodes
You can now record barcodes in a new field in Instant Accounts – and print them off on invoices and statements, which is a great way to track and trace products and documents, or speed up stock takes. If you currently use barcode software, this will be a real time saver for both you and your customers.

New Report Browser
Reports give you the information you need to manage your business. In the new Sage Instant Accounts it’s quicker to browse through reports as they’re all in one place. You’ll also find it quick and easy to add the most useful reports as ‘favourites’ and select the ‘most recently run’.

Sage Instant Accounts v16 lets you:

• Get an overview of your financial position
  Run Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet Reports at the touch of a button.

• Prepare quotations and invoices
  Generate professional quotations and invoices for your customers. You can also apply flexible discounts for individual customers to help attract new business and reward loyal customers.

• VAT management
  From the VAT Ledger you can generate your VAT Returns, EC Sales List and Reverse Charge Sales List. You can set separate tax codes for the supply of services and goods.

• Submit VAT returns online
  You can submit VAT and year-end forms online to HM Revenue & Customs and get an extra ten days to pay too.

• Make your software work harder
  Sage Instant Accounts Plus integrates perfectly with Microsoft® Excel, Word and Outlook, with quick import of data for further reporting or manipulation.

• Additional Support
  With Sage Instant Accounts Plus you will now receive SageCover OnlineSupport, with email support, access to the Ask Sage database and Health & Safety advice (available on first purchase and upgrades from v12 or below).

• Receive card payments from your customers
  Integration with Sage Pay (additional charge applies) helps you validate card payments and keep your accounts up to date. Add a ‘Pay Now’ button to emailed invoices to give flexibility in payment methods and to improve your cashflow.

• Easy to set up and use: 
  • View video demonstrations
  • Learn in our practice mode or view demo data
  • Easily correct mistakes
  • 45 days free telephone support on first purchase only
  • e-learning module – online tutorials to help you get up and running

• Manage your customers and suppliers:
  • Find contact details quickly
  • Create quotations and invoices
  • See profit you will make on each quote or invoice before you commit
  • Apply flexible discounts
  • See who owes you money and when it is due
  • See who you owe money to and when it is to be paid
  • Record till takings and cash sales
  • Store, record and print barcodes on to any document or report

• Manage your finances
  • Share information electronically with your accountant
  • Keep track of money going in and out of your business
  • Prepare your VAT Returns & be ready for audits
  • Run Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports
  • Bank reconciliation for up-to-date figures
  • Export your information to Microsoft Office
  • Import data from Microsoft Excel with ease
  • Easily browse your reports and select ‘favourites’
  • Keep track of all of your products and services
  • Manage your time with integrated diary and reminder
  • Allocate credits against an invoice with the touch of a button

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
• 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
• 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 2002/XP, 2003 and 2007, but is not yet compatible with Microsoft Office 2010. Please make sure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed
• This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4 or Windows 2000 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 Instant Accounts Plus, 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 Software 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.