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Sage Instant Accounts v12 (PC)
 
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Sage Instant Accounts v12 (PC)

by Sage
Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Instant Accounts 2012 (PC) Instant Accounts 2012 (PC) 3.8 out of 5 stars (9)
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System Requirements

  • Platform:   Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features

  • Visual process maps to guide you through key tasks
  • Create quotations and invoices
  • Apply flexible discounts to win business
  • See who owes you money and when it’s due
  • Share information electronically with your accountant
  • Prepare VAT returns
  • Produce profit and loss and balance sheet reports
  • Be fully prepared for every audit
  • Export your information into Microsoft Office
  • Keep track of products and services

Product details

Using Sage with UK December 2008 VAT Changes : Important Manufacturer Information [32kb PDF]
  • Item Weight: 200 g
  • Delivery Destinations: Visit the Delivery Destinations Help page to see where this item can be delivered.
  • ASIN: B000EVKAAA
  • Release Date: 3 April 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,914 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Product 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. 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, so if you need any help, you can call on us.

Product Description

INSTANT ACCOUNTS V12 (WINDOWS) CD UK

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Customer Reviews

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169 of 176 people found the following review helpful
Version 12 isn't much of a change from v11, so feel welcome to read those reviews also.

Sage gets a mixed response from users. Some find it perfect and others find it difficult to use. I can understand both these opinions.

I purchased SAGE Instant Accounts for my small business, despite the negative reports, because it was recommended by my Accountant and an indepedant website. On first installation I found the software to be a bit of a beast, that was not easy to use or self-explanatory. I entered loads of things incorrectly (using common sense, and not actually accounting proceedurs, and as you you can't delete anything (as all good accounting/bookeeping systems should not let you do), my accounts got in a mess. So, I de-installed, and searched the computer for all the "hidden" files, deleting them all. Then I re-installed the software.

This time I read the User Guide carefully, and now I'm the happiest person in the world! Sage Instant Accounts is a blessing! If you take the time to read the User Guide properly, everything is explained and therefore, your accounts are in perfect working order.

Now it's a pleasure to do my bookeeping - and my Balance Sheet actually balances.

Yes, Sage is cumbersome and anal - but that's the nature of Accounting, I'm afraid. Simple accounting proceedure only makes money for Mr Accountant. With Sage, I can take the time, do it properly, and Mr Accountant has no excuses for charging more than the basic price.

I recommend it - but you MUST read the manual, if you want to get the best out of it.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Not at all user friendly. Support was helpful, whilst free but too expensive for a one man startup. Many areas of the software are not intuitive or compliant with the familiar ways that most applications now work. Even opening a saved report will have you tearing your hair out. Searching and sorting data by date / value etc - a basic feature that most packages offer - just doesn't work. If it wasn't for the fact that I need to submit data to my accountant in Sage format I'd have given up. It's not all bad, but for a program that's been around since before PC's even I think they've rested on their laurels and their link with professional accountants way too long.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Don`t Buy Sage 23 Sep 2007
I would echo all the previous critisms. I have a copy of Money 95 (a 12 year old programme!) that is better laid out , easier to use(for instance changing the date only requires scrolling up and down the date rather than re-keying the entire date). Another example - Having to enter a supplier invoice on one screen then a payment on another - why all the duplication?. It would be easy to have one and enter all the information and then let some clever software work out where to put the figures. This is really lazy programming, with a lack of customer focus and a poor product. Inertia is the only reason I stick with it, if I was starting again I would look elsewhere.
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