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Sage training: Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2 classroom course description


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About the Sage 50 Accounts stage 2 training course


Sage 50 Accounts stage 2 is a two-day course. Our price is £280.00 (Sage's RRP is £525.00). Book today to save with Advantage Services.Sage 50 Accounts

By the end of this course you will:

  • Know how to perform a bank reconciliation
  • Understand how to manage credit control, including statements and overdue letters
  • Be able to write off bad debts and perform a VAT reclaim
  • Know how to set up the Fixed Asset Register, post depreciation journals and dispose of fixed assets
  • Understand how to post prepayments and accruals
  • Be able to produce financial reports, including the Profit & Loss report and Balance Sheet
  • Know how to set budget information and use departments for additional analysis
  • Understand how to integrate Sage 50 Accounts with Microsoft® Office
  • Be able to produce, check and submit a VAT Return
  • Know how to prepare for, and run the Year End routine
  • Be able to create multiple company accounts for associated companies or branches

Who should attend? The Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2 course is aimed at existing users of the program and will give an in depth knowledge of the processes and procedures for Month End, Year End, credit control and the VAT return facilities. It will also cover depreciation, recurring entries prepayments and accruals and other key topics associated with the period ends.

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Detailed course content


Sage 50 Accounts training course session 1 - Bank Reconciliation

  • Grouped Transactions
  • The Bank Reconciliation in Sage 50 Accounts
  • Reconciled and Unreconciled Reports
  • E-Reconciliation

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 2 - Credit Control Reports

  • On Screen Aged Debts
  • Aged Debtors Report
  • Ageing Periods
  • Credit Control Reports

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 3 - Credit Control - Preventative Measures

  • Formal Credit Terms
  • Mail Merge Using Microsoft Word
  • The Credit Control Tab
  • Customer Statements

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 4 - Credit Control - Remedial Measures

  • Customer Overdue Letters
  • Promised Payments
  • Placing a Customer On Hold
  • Processing Interest Charges

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 5 - Forecast Cash Flow

  • Forecast Cash Flow
  • Manual Entries
  • Viewing the Forecast

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 6 - Write Off Bad Debts

  • Write Off Bad Debt
  • Recovering VAT on Bad Debt

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 7 - Fixed Assets and Depreciation

  • Fixed Assets Categories
  • Creating Fixed Asset Records
  • Posting Depreciation
  • Fixed Asset Disposal
  • Depreciation and the Chart of Accounts

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 8 - Prepayments and Accruals

  • Setting Up Prepayments
  • Setting Up Accruals
  • Processing Prepayments and Accruals
  • Single Month Prepayments and Accruals

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 9 - Financial Reporting

  • Financial Reports
  • Batch Reporting
  • Period Figures
  • Drillable Reports

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 10 - Budgets, Departments and Reports

  • Standard Budgets
  • Variance Report
  • Advanced Budgets
  • Departments
  • Departmental Reports
  • Departmental Budgets

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 11 - Microsoft Excel Integration

  • Sending Lists and Grids to Excel
  • Excel Integrated Reporting
  • Inserting Sage Data Ranges into Microsoft Excel
  • Additional Reports

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 12 - VAT Return Preparation

  • Scale Charges
  • The Audit Assistant
  • Checking for Duplicate Transactions
  • Preparing for On-line Submissions
  • Preparing for the EC Sales List

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 13 - VAT Return Production

  • The VAT Return
  • Compare the VAT figures to the Control Accounts
  • Manual Adjustments
  • Reconciling the VAT Return
  • VAT Transfer
  • VAT Payments
  • Online Submissions
  • EC Sales List

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 14 - Financial Year End

  • Posting Transactions for the New Financial Year
  • What happens at Year End?
  • Processing a Financial Year End
  • Archiving the Year End Data
  • Clearing The Audit Trail
  • Accessing Archived Data



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