Sage Line 50 (now Sage 50 Accounts 2008)

                                              New name, new features

You might have heard of the market-leading accountancy software, Sage Line 50. But did you know that it’s changed its name?

Sage Line 50 is now called Sage 50 Accounts 2008. And because Sage are always finding new ways to make their software even better, they have taken the best of their customers’ ideas and included them in Sage 50 Accounts 2008.

They have however, created three levels of entry into Sage Line 50, they are:-

Sage 50 Accounts 2008
The entry point into the range, Sage Line 50 Accounts 2008 has all the standard features you need to manage all your customers and suppliers professionally.

Sage 50 Accounts Plus 2008
As well as helping you to balance your books and control your VAT, Sage Line 50 Accounts Plus 2008 has all the tools you need to keep track of your materials and manage your stock.

Sage 50 Accounts Professional 2008
Sage Line 50 Accounts Professional 2008 takes all the features and benefits of Sage Line 50 Accounts Plus, and adds sales and purchase order processing, stock control, project management and foreign trading tools. It also has the flexibility to handle up to 10 users and manage multiple companies, giving you the information you need to drive your business forward.

As always, you’ll still be able to make light work of all those business essentials like your cash flow and day-to-day accounts, but now you’ll be able to:

• Manage all your VAT tasks in one place:
  With our new VAT Ledger you’ll save time dealing with your VAT tasks, as you’ll find them all in one place. Use the VAT Ledger to help you prepare, generate, reconcile, adjust and submit online, to keep on top of your VAT.
• Submit your VAT return online:
  From 2010, all businesses will have to start to file and pay their VAT returns online – but our HMRC-recognised software lets you get ahead of the game with maximum confidence and minimum effort. And because our software has been fully tested and achieved HMRC recognition for filing VAT returns, you know you are submitting the right information, totally securely.
• Easily track your VAT returns:
  Each transaction is now flagged with a unique VAT return number for easy tracking when it comes to audits or inspections.
• Make simple manual adjustments:
  Adjusting your figures, for whatever reason, is simple and straightforward, and you can also record and trace the reason for each adjustment.
• Make the most of online banking:
  Make payments online to save time, reduce costs and improve relations with your suppliers. We make no additional charge for this, and we now offer a greater choice of major banks whose online services work with our software.
• Deal with “carousel” fraud legislation:
  Companies that trade computer chips or mobile phones with a total net value of more than £5,000 with other VAT registered companies are now subject to different recording and reporting methods. Our software lets you produce on-screen reports and submit online directly to HMRC.
• See your EC Sales List:
  If your business trades with other EC countries, you can see the relevant sales list as an onscreen report which automatically calculates the value of sales from individual customers.
• Stay up to date:
  Whenever we update our software, we’ll let you know, with RSS feeds. You will be sent notification of all new developments and you can choose how often you receive updates. You can then view and download the latest information about your software at a time to suit you.
• View the figures that matter:
  We let you choose the way reports are presented based on what’s most important to your business. With our Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet and budget reports you can view your figures monthly, quarterly or by year, whichever way suits you the best. And when you need to see the detail and understand the actions that lie behind the top level figures, you can do that too - right down to individual transactions.
• Take card payments over the phone:
  We know that more and more businesses want to offer card payment facilities to their customers and Sage 50 Accounts 2008 gives you the tools to do it quickly and securely. With an additional charge, Sage Payment Solutions, powered by Protx, updates your accounts automatically when you take card payments.
• Make the most of deposits and discounts:
  The effects of percentage discounts, one-off reductions and deposits are calculated automatically. You and your customers can see all the adjustments displayed clearly on your invoices.
• Speed up your invoices and orders:
  Reduce costs, improve the efficiency of your business and increase your service levels by managing your invoices and orders electronically – send and receive them via email directly from your Sage 50 Accounts software.
• Get the most out of your software:
  You’ll find it easy to get the most out of your software with our user guides, help topics and thousands of questions and answers based on real-life situations.