Management Reports: Make Your Accounts Work For You

Do you ever look at any of the management reports available in Sage and Xero to help you with important business decisions?

Bank Reconciliation: Is It Really Necessary?

So, you have heard people talk about the bank reconciliation, but have no idea why you should be doing it, or even what it is ...

How Is Wave Supporting Making Tax Digital?

Recently, I wrote that Wave is a great idea for micro businesses who didn't need the features of the likes of Sage and Xero ...

Wave Accounting: Free Bookkeeping Software For Micro Businesses

I always advocate using accounting software so micro-businesses can try the free Wave accounting app ...

Document Templates For Sage And Xero

Last week, I went to see a couple of new clients, one using Sage and the other Xero. Both were producing delivery notes in Excel ...

Sage 50: Dealing With Subscription Invoicing

Sage 50 allows you to have recurring invoices, though I find it clunky for something like subscription invoicing ...

When Is Your First Making Tax Digital for VAT Return Due?

As of 1st April 2019, VAT registered businesses must use Making Tax Digital for VAT compliant accounting software ...

When To Sign-Up For Making Tax Digital For VAT

There are rules that dictate when you should sign-up to Making Tax Digital for VAT. They're a little complex though ...

IT Support: Have You Tried Turning It Off And On Again?

I normally write posts about bookkeeping as that is my area of expertise, but Pau specialises in IT support ...

Xero, Bridging Software And Making Tax Digital

Xero has announced their bridging software feature is now live within Xero's Making Tax Digital for VAT solution ...

Sage 50 Back-To-Back Ordering

You'd think a link between Sales Orders and Purchase Orders was simple, but isn't possible with Sage 50 Professional ...

Need help with Xero? Then Talk To A Human Like Me!

Xero has become a very popular accounting system for small business owners, but their support is by email ...

How Video Is Helping To Grow My Business

As technology and connectivity improves, business owners have been surprised at the growth of video ...

Sage 50cloud Accounts v25.1 is here!

I've been working with Sage for many years. Now, Sage 50cloud v25.1 has been released and I'm impressed ...

Auto Enrolment: Pension Rates Are Changing

The minimum amounts paid into Auto Enrolment pension schemes are increasing for employers and staff ...

Bookkeeping Boost: Helping You File Your Tax Return Earlier

January is finally over. All those doing tax returns can finally breathe a sigh of relief for another year ...

DNS: Website And Email Hosting

DNS is one of the key parts of what makes the internet world go round. Think of it of a big address book of servers ...

Making Tax Digital: Fact or Fiction

Making Tax Digital is being introduced slowly by HMRC to change the way companies communicate with them ....

GoCardless: Direct Debit Integration For Sage 50

I was approached by GoCardless to offer advice on their development of an interface for their service with Sage 50 ...

Why Do You Need Sage Training?

Sage is a very popular product, and many companies use it. The right Sage training is very important ...

Why Leave Your January Tax Return Until The Last Minute?

I thought it would be interesting to ask my contacts why people put off doing their January tax returns ...

Bookkeeping: What If Something Doesn't Make Sense?

You know when you are a bookkeeper or doing your books yourself, and something doesn't make sense?

Choosing An Accounts Package For Your Business

A common question I get from new business owners just starting out is if they need an accounts package ...

Making Tax Digital: What Are Digital Records?

Keeping accounts in a digital format is a requirement of Making Tax Digital, and it will be mandatory for VAT registered business ...

Guidelines For Company Functions And Events

This week, I have a guest post from Tarnya at Sagegreen HR. It's about the guidelines for company functions and events ...

Argh! Sage Data Errors! What Shall I Do?

There is nothing quite like the sinking feeling you get when you run a data check and find you have Sage data errors ...

Why Use Access Rights In Sage 50?

Many users of Sage 50 are unaware of the capability of adding multiple usernames to their accounts software ...

Good Housekeeping In Sage 50

Do you practise good housekeeping in Sage 50? We often get enquiries from clients with Sage data errors ...

HMRC And The Art Of Reactive Tax Codes

HMRC have introduced reactive tax codes which mean that if changes occur in your income, your tax code changes quicker ...

Sage Instant Crashing When Running Year End

I was bookkeeping using Sage Instant Accounts 2014, and it stopped working with a not very helpful error message ...

What Needs To Go On An Invoice?

You'd be surprised at how many businesses don't invoice correctly. So what needs to go on an invoice?

Case Study: MD Autocare Vs Sage Drive

When a new bookkeeper wanted to spend time working at home, we installed Sage Drive to help them ...

The Importance Of Windows Updates

Windows Update is something that just happens and it can be quite annoying when the message box pops up ...

Posting VAT-Only Invoices On Xero

Posting VAT-only invoices on Xero is a lot more complicated than in Sage 50, but there is a way to do it ...

How To Correctly Post Your Salary Journal

When doing bookkeeping training, one of the errors I come across is the incorrect posting of the salary journals ...

VAT, Making Tax Digital And Sage 50

The Government is changing the way VAT registered businesses create and submit VAT Returns. This has affected Sage 50 ...