Sage 50 Accounts level 1

Chapter 1 ~ Before You Start

Installation of Exercise Files

Default course folder for exercise files

Re-installing exercise files

Alternative installations for multi-user environments

Using personalised course folders

Using a diskette

Chapter 2 ~ Working with Sage Line 50

Windows versions

Different Sage Line 50 versions

Avoiding the loss of data from a ‘live’ version of Sage Line 50

Working with Sage Line 50 as a single user

Working with Sage Line 50 in a shared environment
with multiple users Working through the chapters

Course aims

Chapter 3 ~ Program Basics

Starting Sage Line 50

The ActiveSetup Wizard

Entering a password

The Tip of the Day dialog box

The main program window

Modules, windows and views

Multiple windows

Views

Toolbar buttons, tasks and links

Getting help

Exiting Sage Line 50

Summary ~ Program Basics

Chapter 4 ~ Getting Started

Restoring data for the first time

Setting the financial year

Backing up for the first time

Summary ~ Getting Started

Chapter 5 ~ Account Names & Numbers

Debit and credit

Double entry book-keeping

Viewing the accounts list

Printing the current list

Viewing and printing Nominal List report

Account ranges

Transactions and double entry

Changing account names

Control accounts

Summary ~ Account Names & Numbers

Chapter 6 ~ Bank Receipts

Entering a bank receipt

Saving a transaction

Summary ~ Bank Receipts

Chapter 7 ~ Bank Payments

Bank payments

Entering bank payments

Summary ~ Bank Payments

Chapter 8 ~ Financials

The financial state of the company

The Trial Balance report

The Profit and Loss report

The Balance Sheet

Summary ~ Financials

Chapter 9 ~ Customers

The Customers module

Entering a new customer

The Customer Record Wizard

Adding more customers

About selecting customers

Editing customer details

Changing the address details

Agreeing terms

Customer delivery addresses

Customer address lists

Summary ~ Customers

Chapter 10 ~ Suppliers

Supplier details

Editing the supplier record

Summary ~ Suppliers

Chapter 11 ~ Service Invoices

The Invoice window

Service invoices

Create a service invoice

Entering order information

Footer and payment details

Printing invoices

Updating ledgers

Viewing customer and invoice information

The Customers list

The Customer Dashboard

The Invoicing window

Re-printing the invoice

Summary ~ Service Invoices

Chapter 12 ~ Products

Products

Adding new products

The Product Record window

Non-Stock and Service items

Summary ~ Products

Chapter 13 ~ Stock Control

Stock adjustments in

Stock adjustments out

Stock returns

Product activity

Stocktaking

Re-order levels

The Product Dashboard

Summary ~ Stock Control

Chapter 14 ~ Product Invoices

Product invoices

Sales details

Giving discounts

Order details

Footer and payment details

Adding an invoice with a customer delivery address

Adding a further invoice

Mix and match invoicing

Printing the invoices

Changing an invoice

Adding carriage charges

Updating the ledgers

Adjustments in

Summary ~ Product Invoices

Chapter 15 ~ Product Credit Notes

Product credit notes

Summary ~ Product Credit Notes

Chapter 16 ~ Reviewing your Accounts

The financial state of your company

Chapter 17 ~ Sending Statements

Customer Dashboard

Account balances

Aged debtors analysis

Statements

Summary ~ Sending Statements

Chapter 18 ~ Customer Receipts

Customer receipts

Automatic allocation of receipts

Manual allocation of receipts

Partial allocation of receipts

Giving a discount

Payments on account

Summary ~ Customer Receipts

Chapter 19 ~ Customer Activity

Customer activity

Summary ~ Customer Activity

Chapter 20 ~ Purchase Invoices

Supplier details

Batch invoices

Supplier account balances

Summary ~ Purchase Invoices

Chapter 21 ~ Supplier Payments

Payments to suppliers

Making a payment

Printing remittance advice notes

Printing cheques

Supplier activity

Summary ~ Supplier Payments

Chapter 22 ~ More about the Nominal Ledger

Journal entries

Nominal code activity

Nominal Ledger Graph

Nominal records

Summary ~ More about the Nominal Ledger

Chapter 23 ~ More about Bank Accounts

Bank transfers

Combined payments

Printing cheques via the Bank Payments window

Petty cash transactions

Summary ~ More about Bank Accounts

Chapter 24 ~ Bank Reconciliation

Bank reconciliation

Grouping bank transactions

Reconciling your bank account

Add an adjustment

Summary ~ Bank Reconciliation

Chapter 25 ~ Recurring Entries

What are recurring entries?

Adding new recurring entries

Adding a receipt

Adding journal credits and debits recurring entries

Setting up a bank transfer recurring entry

Editing an entry

A recurring entry processed weekly

Processing recurring entries

Suspending postings

Deleting recurring entries

Summary ~ Recurring Entries

Chapter 26 ~ VAT Returns

Notes on VAT returns

Producing a VAT return

Printing the VAT return

Reconciling the VAT transactions

Updating the VAT account references

Using the VAT Liability Transfer Wizard

Paying the VAT

Summary ~ VAT Returns

Chapter 27 ~ Reports & Information

Information

The Audit Trail

The Period Trial Balance report

The Profit & Loss report

The Balance Sheet report

Reports

Appendix A ~ The ActiveSetup Wizard