• Sage 50 Making Tax Digital: What You Need To Know

    Making Tax Digital (MTD) has graced our presence for the best part of a year, coming into fruition for most businesses since April 2019. By now the world and his dog should be aware of MTD! However, for those of you who are still wondering what it's all…
  • Any way to run departmental P&Ls in bulk which are not combined together into one P&L?

    Any idea how I'd be able to run multiple p&l reports at once or even just speed up the process, because at the moment if you were to run a p&l for 2 departments, sage would automatically just combine them together into one report. What I need is for…
  • How to import bank receipts into several nominal codes using Excel

    We are trying to find a way to import bank payments from Excel into Sage50 Essentials (Version 24). Each single bank payment represents several sources of income and need to be split into several nominal codes. If we use the standard input form we have…
  • Sage 50 Essentials has stopped working and needs to close

    Can anyone out there give me hope? SBDDesktop.exe keeps closing when trying to post an invoice after printing it. When I open a draft invoice and when the 'Layouts' screen appears, sometimes, when exiting from the 'Layouts screen' . . . ie, when Sage…
  • Sage 50 Essentials v22.1.10.394 will not update to 22.0.9.268

    Software tells me I need the update. Update downloads and executes but about half way through I get 'failed to update file C:\Program files (x86)\Sage\Instant Accounts v22\Accounts\SGHelp.chm. Do you wish to continue with update?'. I say yes then I get…
  • Negative opening bank balance

    Hi, How do I enter a negative opening balance on the default current account? Thanks
  • Demo data and Practice data - Try it out first..

    Want to try something without affecting your live data? Your Sage 50 Accounts software comes with dummy companies to help you do just that. You can test features, practice routines or even use it when training colleagues. Find out how to use Demo…
  • Just like to say how terrrible Sage 50 Accounts v24.0 and v24.1 installation is. It has removed my ability to post from Sage Payroll and for 1 PC "installation was interrupted and .... the "to find out how to fix please click here" does not

    Just like to say how terrrible Sage 50 Accounts v24.0 and v24.1 installation is. It has removed my ability to post from Sage Payroll and for 1 PC "installation was interrupted and .... the "to find out how to fix please click here" does not work. Wasted…
  • Sage 50 Accounts FAQs

    We’ve gathered together the questions that you've been asking us. We'll update this discussion regularly and we'll also include any important notices. What tax code should I use? If you're unsure which tax codes affect which area of your VAT Return…