Synopses & Reviews
Learn to:- Install and set up Sage 50 Accounts quickly and confidently
- Manage day-to-day finances
- Deal with VAT returns and year-end accounts
- Create a chart of accounts and record transactions accurately
Get to grips with Sage 50 Accounts in simple steps
Fully updated for 2014, this comprehensive guide walks you through every aspect of setting up and using Sage 50 Accounts, from installing the software to running VAT returns and producing monthly and yearly accounts. Inside you'll discover the quickest way to complete tasks and how to customise Sage to suit your specific business needs. Packed with step-by-step instructions and fully illustrated with screenshots, this book is the easiest way to get the most from Sage 50 Accounts and take control of your business finances.
- Install and set up Sage 50 Accounts – understand the Sage 50 Accounts product range, get your software up and running quickly and efficiently and navigate your way around the system
- Manage day-to-day functions – prepare and deal with customers' and suppliers' paperwork, produce invoices, and record, maintain and correct entries
- Perform monthly, quarterly and annual accounting routines – including reconciling bank accounts, preparing management information and running VAT returns
- Generate reports to monitor the performance of your business –produce monthly accounts and use more complicated functions including e-banking and importing and exporting data from Sage
- Progress to Sage 50 Accounts Plus and Professional – process sales and purchase orders, keep track of your products, set up projects and use foreign currency
Open the book and find:
- Up-to-date information on the latest Sage 50 Accounts release
- Tips on using the new Sage 50 mobile app
- Guidance on creating accurate management reports
- Advice on producing meaningful management information
- Simple screenshots to guide you step-by-step through each process
- Useful tips on using wizards for tricky transactions
- Options for tailoring Sage 50 Accounts to your needs
- Easy-to-follow explanations of the various Sage functions
Synopsis
Get to grips with Sage 50 Accounts in simple stepsThis comprehensive guide walks you through every aspect of setting up and using Sage 50 Accounts, from installing the software to running VAT returns and producing monthly and yearly accounts. Inside you′ll discover the quickest way to complete tasks and how to customise Sage to suit your specific business needs. Packed with step-by-step instructions and fully illustrated with screenshots, this book is the easiest way to get the most from Sage 50 Accounts and take control of your business finances.
- Completely up-to-date for the 2014 edition of Sage 50 software
- Set up and start using Sage 50 Accounts with minimum fuss
- Fully illustrated with the latest screenshots to help you every step of the way
- Guidance on going mobile - with the new Sage 50 app
- Details on the new Sage Quicksearch feature
About the Author
Jane Kelly, ACMA is a Chartered Management Accountant and Sage trainer. She runs a training company offering support for businesses using Sage accounting packages.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1Part I: Setting Up and Installing Sage 50 Accounts 7
Chapter 1: Introducing Sage 50 Accounts 9
Chapter 2: Creating Your Chart of Accounts and Assigning Nominal Codes 33
Chapter 3: Setting Up Records 53
Chapter 4: Recording Your Opening Balances 77
Part II: Looking into Day-to-Day Functions 93
Chapter 5: Processing Your Customer Paperwork 95
Chapter 6: Invoicing Your Customers 105
Chapter 7: Dealing with Paperwork from Your Suppliers 121
Chapter 8: Recording Your Bank Entries 131
Chapter 9: Maintaining and Correcting Entries 147
Part III: Functions for Plus and Professional Users 159
Chapter 10: Processing Sales Orders 161
Chapter 11: Processing Purchase Orders 181
Chapter 12: Keeping Track of Your Products 197
Chapter 13: Managing Projects 213
Chapter 14: Using Foreign Currencies 229
Part IV: Running Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Routines 247
Chapter 15: Reconciling Your Bank Accounts 249
Chapter 16: Running Your Monthly and Yearly Routines 261
Chapter 17: Running Your VAT Return 279
Part V: Using Reports 301
Chapter 18: Running Monthly Reports 303
Chapter 19: Tackling the Complicated Stuff 321
Chapter 20: Running Key Reports 337
Chapter 21: Going Mobile 355
Part VI: The Part of Tens 367
Chapter 22: Ten (Okay, Eleven) Funky Functions 369
Chapter 23: Ten (Or More) Wizards to Conjure 373
Appendix: Glossary 381
Index 385