Sage Instant Accounts Plus

Sage Instant Accounts Plus adds to the functionality of Instant Account a basic cost control by departments.

Intuitive tools will help you manage everything from money in and out, VAT, year-end accounts, stock and customer and supplier data. Integrates with Sage Pay to accept payments online, in shop or on the phone.

Complete professional accounts system
Have up to 2 user licenses (additional charge applies)
Integrates with Sage Payroll and Sage Pay and ACT

Features
Benefits
System Requirements
Case Studies

Manage your finances

Track money going in and out and comply with the legislation about your VAT returns.
Dashboards provide an overview of all relevant business information at a glance
Invoices can be recorded and processed individually or in a batch
Profit & loss, balance sheets and trial balance reporting capabilities
Share information electronically with your accountant. You can both continue to work on the accounts at the same time.

Manage your business

Find contact details of your customers and suppliers easily and quickly.
Automatically converts your quotations into invoices saving time and effort
Record details of your products from description, price, unit of sale, sale price to barcodes
The 'stock taken' functionality allows you to keep a detailed track of all stock movements
Record till takings and cash sales.

Compatibility

Links with Sage Retail solutions to record cash and till receipts
Integrates perfectly with Microsoft ® Excel, Word and Outlook, for further reporting or manipulation of data
Integrates with Sage Payroll and ACT! (CRM software)
Integrates with Sage Pay to receive and process card payment via telephone or online
Web store integration via Sage Pay

A powerful overview of your business in one screen
View critical information such as last purchase price, quantities in stock or unit sales
Allows you to track money going in and out of your business
Collect your money in time with the credit control functionality
Record and analyse which products you are spending your money on
Avoid re-keying information and the possibility of mistakes with imports to Excel
The financial reports help you to comply with legislation
Manage all your customers documents (invoices, statements etc) by email
Process multiple invoices in one go saving time and effort
You don’t need to replace the software as your business grows – just add more users

	Recommended
General Technical Requirements	10GB free disk 2 GHz 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
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.

Other important information can be contained here.

1. These requirements will be reviewed throughout the development process.
2. Please ensure the latest service packs are installed for your operating system before installing or upgrading Sage products. If you require any further information please contact your Sage support representative.

Voluntary organisation European Movement Ireland has deployed Sage Instant Accounts Plus to to streamline processes, be more productive and bring the finance function in-house.

European Movement Ireland is a voluntary organisation that explains the work of the European Union in a jargon-free way.

The organisation was founded in 1954 by 100 Irish people who wanted to inform people and companies here in Ireland about Europe and EU issues. European Movement Ireland is also part of an international network of pro-European organisations.

Under the management of the executive director, the team of eight are constantly looking for new ways to bring Europe to the people and to answer any questions people might have about the EU and all things Europe related.

“We run a tight ship here as we are always looking for value for money”, explains June Brown, administrator, European Movement.

“We felt that we could save money by implementing a sophisticated, efficient and easy-to-use software solution that would allow us to move the accounting administration function in-house." European Movement selected Sage Instant Accounts because it includes all basic ledgers, invoicing, streamlined banking facilities, a set of useful financial and management reports and VAT management.

“With Sage Instant Accounts Plus, users in the European Movement can now harness the power of the internet by taking advantage of its e-banking facility. This allows the organisation to make electronic payments and request statements for reconciliation whenever they are required.

“We find the key features for us are logging our information simply and consistently," Brown adds.

“Having a complete view of the business information; bank balance, profit and loss, sales, stock, debtors and creditors is vital.”

Sage Accounts Plus accounts software contains pre-configured screens to help users record information. These are designed to make the process quick and easy for users who are unfamiliar with accounting software. Also, dashboards in Sage Instant Accounts allow users to see snapshots and thus keep track of money going in and out of their business.

“Sage Accounts Plus takes a lot of the work out of our finances for us,” Brown says.

“We put in the numbers and it does all the crunching for us and produces the kinds of reports we need, as well as accurate recording and up-to-date analysis. We are now much more productive and independent and we have all our financial information in-house. We have achieved our objectives and we have improved productivity and efficiency.”