Training Course

Sage Accounts Level 1

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Course Duration: 1 Day

Course Overview

We offer Sage training on a private course basis. Private Sage training is tailored to meet your own needs and can be delivered using a backup of your own Sage system, this ensures that the training is relevant to your own organisation.

Training can be delivered using our tutor-led virtual classroom option or we can come to your site. Please contact us for a quote.

This course introduces the Sage Accounting program, and is ideal for those with a small amount of book keeping / financial knowledge, but who are new to Sage. It covers the basics of how Sage works, along with all of the day to day transactions which you are likely to come across when using Sage Accounts programs day to day.

Course Objectives

    • Be confident in navigating around the Sage 50 Accounts program.
    • Understand the Sales, Purchase and Nominal Ledgers within Sage, and how these work together.
    • Set up records within Sage Accounts.
    • Process day to day transactions within Sage Accounts, including: Sales Invoices and Receipts, Purchase Invoices and Payments; Bank and Cash transactions.
    • Produce standard reports from Sage Accounts, including: VAT returns and reports, Aged debtor and creditor reports, Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports.

Prerequisites

    • Although knowledge of book - keeping / accounting terminology and manual double entry is not specifically necessary to use Sage Accounts, a basic understanding is helpful and attendance of the introductory course 'Sage Book Keeping - Overview and Introduction' would be recommended for those with no experience of financial systems at all.
    • This course assumes basic knowledge of computer use - using a keyboard and mouse, left and right clicks, basic knowledge of Windows etc.

Course Content

  • Setting Up Sage Accounts

    Installation and Setup (overview)
    Setting your Financial Year
    Setting your VAT scheme
    Tax Codes (overview)

  • General Navigation

    Finding your way around Sage Accounts

  • The Company Module

    The Nominal Ledger
    Customising your Nominal Ledger
    The Chart of Accounts
    The Financials module

  • Working with Customers

    Setting up Customer records
    Setting up Customer Defaults
    Creating Invoices and Credits to print
    Entering Invoices and Credits (printed on a different system)
    Receiving money from customers

  • Working with Suppliers

    Setting up Supplier Records
    Setting up Supplier Defaults
    Entering Supplier Invoices and Credits
    Paying Suppliers

  • The Bank module

    Setting up Bank Accounts
    Making payments where there is no invoice
    Receiving money where there is no invoice
    Direct Debits and Standing Orders
    Bank Reconciliation

  • The VAT Return

    Running a VAT Return
    Checking and Reconciling the VAT Return
    VAT Reports

  • Further information

    Although not covered in depth further information is provided on Reporting within Sage Accounts, Data Integrity (Checking data & backing up), and Error Corrections.

Included with this course

    • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
    • Comprehensive course materials and exercises

 

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B.E. Nordem Ltd, Sage Accounts Level 1

Great teaching, tailored to my requirements as I already had some knowledge

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I found it valuable being taken through all the different sections in each module.

E.M. Newcastle GP Services, Sage Accounts Level 1

I found all the information useful and was able to follow all instructions given to me.

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E.M. Newcastle GP Services, Sage Accounts Level 1

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable I found the whole course very valuable, I had no previous knowledge of sage and the trainer was very patient and explained the course in great detail

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Please contact us to discuss your Sage Accounts Level 1 course, we have many solutions available to ensure you receive the best training possible.
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