Sage 50 Accounts Introduction training course. Learn Sage Accounts with the Sage experts.

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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? The Sage 50 Accounts Introduction 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.

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Detailed course content

Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts training course session 1 - Introduction and Navigation

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

Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts training course session 2 - Essential Settings

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

Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts training course session 3 - Setting up the Nominal Ledger

• The Nominal Ledger
• Creating & Amending Nominal Codes
• The Control Accounts
• Creating New Bank Accounts

Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts training course session 4 - Customising The Chart of Accounts

• The Role of the Chart of Accounts
• The Default Chart of Accounts
• Understanding the Chart of Accounts
• Amending the Chart of Accounts

Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts training course session 5 - Budgets & Departments

• Creating Departments
• The Budget Entry Methods
• Departmental Budgeting
• Changing the Budgeting Method

Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts training course session 6 - Customer & Supplier Records

• Setting Customer & Supplier Defaults
• Custom Fields
• Creating New Customer & Supplier Accounts
• Importing Customer or Supplier Records

Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts training course session 7 - Customer & Supplier Opening Balances

• Preparing for Opening Balances
• Entering the Opening Balances
• Checking the Opening Balances
• To Rule off the Ledgers

Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts training course session 8 - Nominal Ledger Opening Balances

• Preparing for the Opening Trial Balance
• The Opening Trial Balance
• Entering the Bank Balance

• Introduction to Bookkeeping (1 day)
• Sage 50 Accounts stage 1 (2 days)
• Sage 50 Accounts stage 2 (2 days)
• Sage 50 Accounts stage 3 (2 days)
• Sage 50 Accounts Project costing workshop (1 day)
• Sage 50 Accounts Upgrade workshop (1 day)
• Sage 50 Accounts Report Designer (2 days)
• Sage 50 Accounts office and home study

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