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Product Features
- For new and small businesses
- Create quotations and invoices
- Produce VAT returns and Profit & Loss reports
- 45 days free telephone support
- 24/7 online support (Access to Ask Sage, downloads and email support)
- Health and Safety Advice - To ensure your business is compliant in all matters of H&S
- Training: E-Learning course allowing you to get up to speed with Instant Accounts
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Manufacturer's Description
With a new or small business, your time's better spent running your business rather than doing your accounts but you still need to keep track of your finances. Sage Instant Accounts is designed to make managing your money, including VAT, end of year accounts and invoicing as quick and easy as possible. So you have the information you need to manage your business at your fingertips. Sage Instant Accounts comes with 45 days free telephone support and 24/7 online support, so if you need any help, you can call on us.
Product Description
Brand New - Full UK Retail Boxed - Exactly the same as amazons - Price includes VAT and invoice supplied.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I wrote my first computer program in 1976, and have been involved in the software industry for most of the time since then. I am also qualified to master's degree level in computer usability.
I now work as a technical author and usability consultant, which entails playing around with software or hardware (without the benefit of an instruction manual) until I get a deep understanding of how it works, and then writing user instructions in clear and simple English whilst feeding back suggestions on usability improvements to the software engineers. In short, I have a fair bit of experience, and know good software when I see it.
Sage Instants is, without any doubt whatsoever, the nastiest piece of software I have come across in my 30+ years in the industry. I started using this stinking pile of dog-poo six months ago simply because it is my accountant's preferred method of submitting my accounts. He has now agreed to accept my accounts on a spreadsheet, and that is what I shall be doing. Quite frankly, I'd sooner use an abacus than this wretched software.
There is a half-decent online tutorial included with the software; it took me ten solid hours to work through every lesson. Sadly Sage seem to think that a decent tutorial system will compensate for unusable software. It doesn't. It simply means you have unusable software with a decent tutorial system.
The one redeeming feature of Sage's product is the helpfulness of Louise(?) on the Help desk. However, the sheer number of pre-written help sheets to which she has access (and which she will happily email you) merely indicates how many problems Sage's users have had over the years.
My only advice, should you decide to buy this, is to take a backup **every single time** you exit. And don't ever leave more than an hour between exits/backups. You might think that if you get yourself in a muddle, you'll be able to exit without saving, and simply try again. You'd have thought so, wouldn't you? After all, all software allows you to do that, doesn't it? Sorry, even such an elementary feature seems to have been beyond the bright sparks who designed this system.
You have been warned!
I now work as a technical author and usability consultant, which entails playing around with software or hardware (without the benefit of an instruction manual) until I get a deep understanding of how it works, and then writing user instructions in clear and simple English whilst feeding back suggestions on usability improvements to the software engineers. In short, I have a fair bit of experience, and know good software when I see it.
Sage Instants is, without any doubt whatsoever, the nastiest piece of software I have come across in my 30+ years in the industry. I started using this stinking pile of dog-poo six months ago simply because it is my accountant's preferred method of submitting my accounts. He has now agreed to accept my accounts on a spreadsheet, and that is what I shall be doing. Quite frankly, I'd sooner use an abacus than this wretched software.
There is a half-decent online tutorial included with the software; it took me ten solid hours to work through every lesson. Sadly Sage seem to think that a decent tutorial system will compensate for unusable software. It doesn't. It simply means you have unusable software with a decent tutorial system.
The one redeeming feature of Sage's product is the helpfulness of Louise(?) on the Help desk. However, the sheer number of pre-written help sheets to which she has access (and which she will happily email you) merely indicates how many problems Sage's users have had over the years.
My only advice, should you decide to buy this, is to take a backup **every single time** you exit. And don't ever leave more than an hour between exits/backups. You might think that if you get yourself in a muddle, you'll be able to exit without saving, and simply try again. You'd have thought so, wouldn't you? After all, all software allows you to do that, doesn't it? Sorry, even such an elementary feature seems to have been beyond the bright sparks who designed this system.
You have been warned!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Arrived promptly. Got this new sage to update an old version. nice layout and easy to use. customer help on the end of the phone very efficient
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I bought this and it is worth avoiding. The key thing they don't tell you is that you cannot separate out your accounts for different projects or types of work. That is important for any business, even if you are just wanting to keep track of your roofing work separately from your joinery. It seems to be a vehicle for then getting you to buy something bigger, but you pay much more than if you bought bigger in the first place. I will try Instant Accounts Plus if I get over the £126 they charge to upgrade.
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