Sage 50 Accounts For Dummies, UK Edition (eBook)

Jane E. Kelly, ACMA, is a Chartered Management Accountant, a Sage trainer and the author of Bookkeeping For Dummies, 3rd Edition, and Bookkeeping & Accounting All-in-One For Dummies. Her previous edition of Sage 50 Accounts For Dummies was the UK's most popular guide to the software. Jane also creates online training solutions.

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Sage 50 Accounts 5

CHAPTER 1: Introducing Sage 50 Accounts 7

CHAPTER 2: Creating Your Chart of Accounts and Assigning Nominal Codes 25

CHAPTER 3: Setting Up Records 45

CHAPTER 4: Recording Your Opening Balances 71

Part 2: Looking into Day-to-Day Functions 89

CHAPTER 5: Processing Your Customer Paperwork 91

CHAPTER 6: Invoicing Your Customers 103

CHAPTER 7: Dealing with Paperwork from Your Suppliers 121

CHAPTER 8: Recording Your Bank Entries 133

CHAPTER 9: Maintaining and Correcting Entries 151

Part 3: Functions for Plus and Professional Users 167

CHAPTER 10: Processing Sales Orders 169

CHAPTER 11: Processing Purchase Orders 189

CHAPTER 12: Keeping Track of Your Products 205

CHAPTER 13: Managing Projects 221

CHAPTER 14: Using Foreign Currencies 239

Part 4: Running Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Routines 257

CHAPTER 15: Reconciling Your Bank Accounts 259

CHAPTER 16: Running Your Monthly and Yearly Routines 277

CHAPTER 17: Running Your VAT Return 297

Part 5: Using Reports 319

CHAPTER 18: Running Monthly Reports 321

CHAPTER 19: Tackling the Complicated Stuff 337

CHAPTER 20: Running Key Reports 355

CHAPTER 21: Going Mobile 373

Part 6: The Part of Tens 381

CHAPTER 22: Ten (Okay, Eleven) Funky Functions in Sage 383

CHAPTER 23: Ten (Plus One) Wizards to Conjure Up in Sage 389

Index 397