Sage Instant Accounts Plus

Sage Instant Accounts is easy-to-use bookkeeping software that's ideal for new or small businesses requiring access for up to two users.
It will help save time managing your finances and VAT, keep your bank records up-to-date and have control over your products & stock.

Financial information at your fingertips

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

  • Getting started

    • Available to download instantly when you buy online
    • Register & activate your software online
    • Supports up to two concurrent users
    • Free e-learning included with every purchase
    • Easy set-up wizard
    • User friendly interface and menus
    • In-product video demos
    • Practice more and demonstration data

  • Free support for 45 days

    • New customers receive free support for 45 days
    • Free telephone support for 45 days
    • Free email support for 45 days
    • Free access to online support for 45 days

  • Manage your business

    • Supports up to two concurrent users
    • Keep detailed records of your products and services
    • Rapidly find information using the Quick Search feature
    • Manage your time with the integrated diary
    • Use the dashboards for a quick snapshot of your business performance
    • Save your favourite reports to access them quickly
    • Easily correct any mistakes

  • Manage sales and customers

    • Store and find customer contact details quickly and easily
    • Easily create professional looking customer invoices and quotations
    • Understand how profitable an invoice will be before you commit
    • See who owes you money and when it’s due
    • Apply flexible discounts to quotes and invoices to win business
    • Record till takings, cash sales and card payments
    • Encourage immediate payments by adding the Sage Pay 'pay now' button to your email invoices

  • Manage your stock

    • Perform stock takes and automatically update stock levels
    • Store detailed records of your products and services
    • Create invoices and quotes that automatically pull in the details of your products and services
    • Record barcodes for your products

  • Manage your suppliers and purchases

    • Store detailed records of your suppliers
    • Find contact details quickly
    • View a breakdown of individual supplier activity
    • Record your purchase invoices in batches
    • Easily identify what's outstanding and who you owe money too

  • Finance management

    • Share information electronically with your accountant
    • Track money going in and out of your business
    • Automatically allocate credits against invoices
    • Choose from a range of financial reports to analyse your business
    • Control budgets for key areas of your business

  • Manage multiple bank accounts

    • Keep track of money going in and out of your bank accounts
    • Record activity for multiple bank accounts
    • Keep accurate bank records with bank reconciliation
    • Reconcile your bank in real time with e-reconciliation
    • Avoid re-keying information - pay your suppliers with e-payments
    • Select from pre-defined Chart of Accounts or customise your own

  • Manage your VAT

    • Generate your VAT return, European Community sales list and reverse charge sales list
    • Easily submit VAT returns to HMRC online
    • Distinguish between different tax rates with separate tax codes
    • Run Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reports at the touch of a button
    • Support for various VAT schemes:
      • Standard VAT
      • VAT Cash Accounting
      • Flat Rate VAT
      • Irish VAT Cash Accounting

  • Technical specs

    General Technical Requirements
    • 10Gb free disk
    • 2Ghz processor or higher
    • 1Gbps network (minimum 100Mbps)
    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
    Operating System
    All 32-bit and 64-bit variants of the below operating systems with the latest Microsoft Updates and Service Packs.
    • 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

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Got questions?

Q

I need to print off an invoice with my logo on. Can Instant Accounts do that?

A Yes, you have the option to customise the lay out of the invoice through the 'report designer'.
Read more frequently asked questions in our Help Centre

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