Sage Instant Accounts with Support is easy-to-use accounts software for small businesses. Designed to make managing cash flow, VAT, quotes and invoices simple. Work in real time with your accountant and access your accounts information anytime, anywhere by securely sharing your data online while you continue to run your business.

Take the hassle out of managing VAT
- Save time by submitting returns in just three clicks, keeping records of your returns and submission receipts together.
- Show me how gives you the confidence around entering and processing transactions correctly for your VAT Scheme.
- VAT verifier ensures that your VAT return contains all the transactions for the VAT period you’re submitting.

Anytime, anywhere access
- Access your accounts information from anywhere with an internet connection using Sage Drive.
- Provide colleagues and your accountant with real time, remote access to Sage Instant Accounts data via Sage Drive.
- Use the Sage 50 Accounts Tracker smartphone app to access current information from Sage Instant Accounts, wherever you are.
- One Connected User and one Connected Accountant come included with Sage Instant Accounts enabling you to work from anywhere with an internet connection and your accountant not having to leave the office (for two Connected Users to work simultaneously a two user Instant Accounts licence is required).

Streamline your business
- Keep detailed records of products and services.
- Create customisable quotes and invoices for a professional image.
- Store and find customer and supplier contact details quickly.
- Save time by scheduling regular automatic back-ups.
- Share information electronically with your accountant.
- Track money going in and out of your business.
- Integrate your accounts with Sage Pay (additional cost applies). Speed up your cash flow by taking payments through your website and accepting debit & credit card payments.

Increase business productivity
- Access your accounts information from anywhere with an internet connection using Sage Drive.
- Provide colleagues and your accountant with real time, remote access to Sage Instant Accounts data via Sage Drive.
- Use the Sage 50 Accounts Tracker smartphone app to access current information from Sage Instant Accounts, wherever you are.
- Allow one colleague and one accountant to connect via Sage Drive to access real time data and work on your accounts whilst out of the office, anywhere with an internet connection.
- Integrate your accounts with Sage Pay (additional cost applies). Speed up your cash flow by taking payments through your website and accepting debit & credit card payments.

Tailor your software & choose how you want to work
- Set up Sage Instant Accounts with access rights to suit different roles in your business.
- Configure the navigation and task tool bar for quick access to your most frequent tasks.
- Hide inactive records from search lists to make it easier to find the customers, suppliers or products you’re looking for.

Manage your stock
- Use the stock wizard to easily calculate the value of stock.
- Perform stock takes and automatically update stock levels ensuring you have enough stock to fulfil orders as you go.
- Create invoices and quotes that automatically populate details of your products and services.
- Keep detailed records of products and services you sell.
- Easily remove products and services no longer sold from your stock list.
- Record the cost and sales for each product.
- View stock levels when raising an invoice or order.
- Be confident about stock levels at point of sale by importing stock take from Excel/CSV files.

Sage e-Banking
- Sage e-Banking provides a whole new level of cash control for your business where your cash flow can be effectively managed.
- Complete rapid online bank reconciliation with your accounts software
- Keep up to date accounts and have a more accurate cash flow control
- Make accurate electronic payments using your accounts software
- No need to write out cheques and post them: BACS payments are cleared in three days
- Save money. Processing payments electronically is nearly always cheaper than the cheque method
- Be secure. No need to have cash on premises, no lost or stolen cheques. Payments are cleared straight into your payee bank accounts at exactly the same time as the funds are drawn from yours with full traceability

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