Sage Instant Business Package v15

With the Sage Instant Business Package 2009 v15, small businesses in the UK can benefit from a combination of the following three acclaimed titles:

• Sage Instant Accounts
• Sage Instant Payroll
• ACT! by Sage 2009

The Sage Instant Business Package is a cost-effective way to purchase an all-in-one solution to get your office running as smoothly and quickly as possible. It contains Sage Instant Accounts software that lets you manage your finances, accounts, customers and suppliers. This includes lots of built-in advice and help, a practice mode that allows you to try things out, and a choice of video demonstrations.

You can quickly and easily track where your money is coming from and going to, and with the VAT Ledger you can generate your VAT Returns, EC Sales List and Reverse Charge Sales List, and make submissions and payments to HM Revenue & Customs. You can even submit your VAT returns to HMRC via email and get an extra 10 days to pay.

Sage Instant Payroll lets you process your employees' wages without the need to understand the complexities of payroll legislation. You can manage employee information and complete employee records. All gross and net pay, tax, National Insurance, statutory payments and deductions are also calculated automatically for you. It ensures accuracy and you can even choose how and when to pay your employees.

Designed specifically to help establish, manage and build business relationships, ACT! by Sage allows you to find new prospects effectively and convert more of these into customers.

Crucially, it also helps you to retain these customers, and therefore generate better margins for your business.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS:

With the Sage Instant Business Package you get:

• Additional support:
  We're giving you 45 days of free telephone support and 1 year of 24/7 online support, with access to our online database of hundreds of articles and answers to your questions and email technical support.
• Business advice:
  We'll keep you up to date with the latest HR and Health and Safety legislation.

• Practice makes perfect:
  Use Practice Mode to can try out tasks before entering the data for real
• Get up and running with ease:
  You will be guided through the set-up process; the Welcome Page offers a central area you can return to whenever you need help. You can also use the video demonstrations useful links in the Launch Pad . You can use these whenever you are unsure about a task
• Made a mistake? Don't panic:
  It's easy to correct any errors you might make
• VAT Management:
  You'll find everything you need to sort out your VAT in one place. You can submit VAT and Year End forms online and get an extra ten days to pay too
• Never lose sight of money owed:
  Keep track of what customers are buying, when, and how much they owe you
• Get an overview of your profit and loss:
  Run Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Reports at the touch of a button
• Receive card payments:
  With Sage Payment Solutions, available at an additional charge, you can validate card payments instantly whilst automatically updating your accounts
• Create specific reports:
  With the Report Designer you can tailor reports, which in turn allows you to gather important information that's specific to your business

Benefits of Sage Instant Payroll

• Automatically calculate gross and net pay, tax and National Insurance, in accordance with legislation
• Automatically calculate employees' sick, maternity, paternity and/or adoption pay
• Assign pension scheme details to employees. Deductions are made automatically
• Produce statutory forms, such as P45, P14/P60 and P35
• Record tax credits and student loans for automatic payment and deductions
• Submit Year End returns to HMRC via the Internet, to save time
• Maintain and print individual employee records

Benefits of Sage Instant Payroll

• Target new prospects:
  Analyse historical sales trends, understand the profile of your best customers and plan effective marketing and sales campaigns
• Generate leads:
  Use existing information or import bought-in data for use in all your communications
• Convert leads to sales:
  Track communications with your prospects, ensuring maximum service levels are maintained through the sales cycle
• Track sales opportunities:
  Accurately forecast where you sales are coming from, when they are coming and for how much, enabling you to plan more effectively
• Link to Sage accounting software:
  Links with Sage Instant Accounts and Sage 50 Accounts
• Easy customisation:
  Amend screens and fields to replicate your business processes
• Work remotely:
  Take your contacts with you when you are out of the office
• Expert training:
  Courses at venues around the country to give you the skills to use Sage 50 ACT! to its full potential
• Comprehensive support:
  Giving you access to our award-winning support via our telephone help line and email.

*Sage Instant Payroll can handle up to 10 leavers in a given financial year.

System Requirements:

Recommended hardware

• An IBM-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Minimum hardware

• An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 400MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks.

Works with Microsoft Office 2000 and all later editions.

This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.

One of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP (Recommended)
• Windows Vista

Please make sure that you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.

Please note: It is not possible to install multiple copies of this product on a single computer.

Product information is advisory only. Specifications and compatibility should be checked with the manufacturer before order. Images are for illustrative purposes only.