Sage 50 Accounts Professional 2012

Sage 50 Accounts Professional gives you the help you need to manage your finances, stock, customers and suppliers.

Manage your finances

• Share information electronically with your accountant.
• Keep track of money going in and out of your business.
• Prepare VAT returns.
• Manage VAT/Irish VAT cash accounting and Flat Rate VAT.
• See Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reports.
• Control budgets from key areas of your business.
• Manage online VAT Submissions - Accredited by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
• Support for charities.
• Handle currencies for foreign trading.

• Stock control and management.
• Barcode generation.
• Bill of Materials.

Manage your customers

• Create quotations and invoices.
• See how much profit you will make on each quote or invoice before you commit.
• Apply flexible discounts to win business.
• Find customer contact details quickly and easily.
• See who owes you money and when it's due.
• Record till takings and cash sales.
• Manage individual projects and costs.
• Sales order processing.

• Find supplier contacts quickly and easily.
• Record purchase invoices in batches.
• See who you owe money and when it's due.
• Purchase order processing.

Manage your business

• Manage reports to suit the needs of your business.
• Keep track of your products and services.
• Manage your time with the integrated diary.
• Integrate with your Webstore (using Sage Pay).
• Integrates with Microsoft^® Excel, Word and Outlook, for further reporting or manipulation of data.
• Provide each user, or machine, with varying levels of access.

New to Sage 50 Accounts 2012

Hardware

Note: Performance is improved with higher specification PCs and networks. A Netbook PC, running an entry level operating system, will require less advanced hardware.

Processor

2Ghz processor or higher

Memory (RAM)

1Gb RAM – Windows XP

2Gb RAM – Windows Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008, Small Business Server 2011  

4Gb RAM – For all PCs running a 64-bit operating system

Hard Disk Space

10Gb of free disk space

Network

1Gbps network (100 Mbps minimum)

Operating System

All 32 or 64-bit variants of the following operating systems:

Note: Please ensure all the latest Microsoft Service Packs and Updates are installed.

Windows XP

Windows Vista

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003 *

Windows Server 2008 *

Windows Small Business Server 2011 *

* Running software like Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft SQL Server on a Small Business Server will reduce the performance of Sage 50 Accounts

Office Integration

Office 2003

Office 2007

Office 2010 32-bit edition

Internet Connectivity

A broadband Internet connection with a minimum download speed of 2Mbps is essential to keep your copy of Sage 50 Accounts up to date, and to take full advantage of its features.

Display

Screen Resolution of 1024 x 768

Anti-Virus

To optimise performance your Anti-Virus software should be configured to exclude Sage files from its checking routines.