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Sage 50 Accounts Introduction course training course

Sage 50 Accounts Introduction course is a one-day course. Our price is £149.00 (Sage's RRP is £270.00).Sage 50 Accounts Introduction course

» Overview: Basic principles and setting up Sage 50 Accounts.

» What do I learn?

Get a firm understanding of the basic principles from navigation through to creating and amending various records, getting started with opening balances and controlling user access.

» By the end of this course you will:

  • Be familiar with the Sage 50 Accounts user interface
  • Understand how to use password protection and how to restrict user access
  • Understand basic configuration, financial year settings, and setting up tax codes
  • Know how to create, amend and delete nominal accounts
  • Know how to create bank, cash and credit card accounts
  • Understand the role of the Chart of Accounts, and how to amend it
  • Know how to enter budget information and create departments
  • Know how to create, amend and delete customer and supplier accounts
  • Be able to enter opening balances for nominal, customer and supplier accounts
Who should attend? This course is aimed at anyone installing and setting up Sage 50 Accounts and transferring outstanding account balances from an existing system onto Sage, or for anyone who has Sage 50 Accounts already set up and would like to familiarise themselves with the set up routine.

» Detailed course content

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Session 1 - Introduction and Navigation

  • The Active Set Up Wizard
  • Welcome to Sage 50 Accounts
  • User Interface
  • Access Rights

Session 2 - Essential Settings

  • The Financial Year
  • VAT & Sage 50 Accounts
  • Additional VAT Codes

Session 3 - Setting up the Nominal Ledger

  • The Nominal Ledger
  • Creating/Amending/Deleting Nominal Codes
  • The Control Accounts
  • Creating New Bank Accounts

Session 4 - Customising The Chart of Accounts

  • The Role of the Chart of Accounts (COA)
  • Understanding the Chart of Accounts
  • Amending the Chart of Accounts
  • Floating nominal accounts

Session 5 - Departments

  • The Use of Departments
  • Creating Departments
  • Labelling Departments

Session 6 - Customer & Supplier Records

  • Setting Customer & Supplier Defaults
  • Custom Fields
  • Creating New Customer & Supplier Accounts
  • The new customer wizard
  • Importing Customer or Supplier Records

Session 7 - Customer & Supplier Opening Balances

  • Preparing for Opening Balances
  • Entering the Opening Balances
  • Checking the Opening Balances
  • Ruling off the Ledgers (optional)

Session 8 - Nominal Ledger Opening Balances

  • Preparing for the Opening Balances
  • Entering the Bank Balance

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Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedN.London13/02/20121 day122
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedBirmingham20/02/20121 day128
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedBirmingham12/03/20121 day1212
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedN.London12/03/20121 day1210
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedLeeds19/03/20121 day129
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedNewcastle19/03/20121 day1211
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedBristol26/03/20121 day109
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedManchester03/04/20121 day1212
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedCroydon03/04/20121 day1210
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedReading16/04/20121 day1010
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedN.London23/04/20121 day1212
Sage 50 Accounts - Get StartedBirmingham25/04/20121 day1212

Sage 50 Accounts Introduction course is a one-day course. Our price is £149.00 (Sage's RRP is £270.00).

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  • Online: Just click the "Book now" button (your payment will only be processed after we have booked your course with Sage).
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  • *for all courses except Instant Accounts, which is £215 and Payroll Year End, which is £190.


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