Sage P11D 2011 now available

Legislation and other changes applicable from 6th April 2010 High Rate tax percentage increased to 50% (incl. PSA report)Company car fuel legislation rates updatedCompany car legislation rates updatedCompany car fuel benefit charge appropriate percentage is increased to £18,000Company car appropriate percentage for electric cars down to 0%Removal of list price limit of £80,000Electric vans are now included with a separate charge of £0Fuel benefit charge is increased to £550Official rate of interest for loans made in pound sterling is reduced to 4%Official rate of interest for accommodation benefits who cost exceeds £75,000 is reduced to 4%P11D, P9D, P11D(b) and P46(Car) forms updated and approved by HMRC for 2010/11 tax yearInternet Submission schema rules updated for 2010/2011 tax yearView...

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Sage Cover

Sage Cover - Complete support for your business Telephone SupportJust call us to talk with our friendly team of over 350 experts. They're based in the UK and are ready to smooth your progress through tasks or help you explore the software's possibilities. And we promise, no jargon. Just talking you through in language you'll understand. Email Support Tackling something that's hard to explain over the phone? Working late? You can email your question to us at a time that suits you. We'll work to find the right answer while you get on with business. Usually we can provide you an answer the next working day. Ask Sage online databaseWhen you're asking: "I wonder how...?" check out our jargon-free answers to 6,000 questions about Sage software. Ask Sage is our flexible online FAQ database that...

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Sage 50 ODBC Explorer

Sage 50 ODBC ExplorerThis FREE tool will allow you to access and extract information from any Sage table. If you are proficient in SQL you can extract exactly the data you need. If not simply double click any of the listed Sage tables to view all of the data.The ODBC explorer allows you to export Sage data to MS Excel or CSV format.You can get your copy by sending a blank email to this addressIf you want SQL training then please contact ...

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Sage 50 to mySQL

I am getting alot of requests lately in exporting data from Sage to mySQL as an automatic process. I now have a beta running and would like to invite anyone who needs this functionality to please get in touch. This will extract all Sage 50 data on a schedule you determine. This will enable you to export the data to either a local/network or even Internet hosted copy of mySQL.The reason for doing this is two-fold;I have customers with large datasets starting to encounter performance issues (they are on the verge of outgrowing Sage 50)There were customers having issues getting the server part of the Sage 50 for iPhone solution configured. Now there will be a central secure repository (at remotediscovery.com) where this application will export your data and the iphone app will connect to this...

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Sage mySQL no more…

For those of you that we aware Sage have been working on a version of Sage 50 which uses the open, standard database engine, mySQL, codenamed Sage 100. This was a supposed to improve performance for those customers running large volumes of data through Sage 50 (yes I know who you are…..I’ve seen those 7000 customers on your sales ledger ) but a very recent announcement from Sage has stated that development has stopped.Reasons aren’t entirely clear, my thinking was that if it didnt offer the ability to talk the database across the WAN (i.e. Internet) as well as the LAN then its not *that* much of a forward leap. My experience is that customers move from Sage 50 not due to data volumes but for functionality, things like multi-location stock.Of...

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Sage 50 or Sage 200 data online?

I’ve been working on a couple of projects to extract data via scheduled jobs to place on remote servers of late. It was something I was mulling over as the one big sticking point with the iPhone connect for Sage 50 application is for a user being able to configure their firewall to allow external access. My thinking is to charge a nominal monthly fee (and no upfront cost) for a tool which extracts your Sage 50 or Sage 200 (in an extremely efficient manner!), uploads it to a secure site where you will able to view/filter and report on your Sage data.What I don’t know is how much do you, the great Sage using population, want the ability to do this? It means not only can you easily deploy your information company wide but also to home workers and it would tie up nicely with the iphone app. Now...

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Chasing Your Tail or Chasing Your Money?

Getting paid on time is a constant frustration for any business. Seven years ago I developed an add-on for Sage 50 (and Instant) that automatically sends email reminders to customers with overdue invoices. At the time it had limited success due mainly to lack of email addresses being held in the system.Fast forward 11 years and many organisations are try to do everything electronically to be kind to the environment and streamline processes. Perhaps now eCredit the automated credit control tool can help your business, you can read more he...

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Coming Soon….Dashboard+

Dashboard+ is coming soon….What is Dashboard+? Dashboard+ builds on the principles of the free dashboard product by giving you instant access to key data within your Sage 50 or Sage Instant accounting system. But Dashboard+ adds a host of new features such as;Drag and drop design of new dashboard widgetsCreate new dashboard ‘tabs’ so you organise the display how ‘you’ wantAbility to create new key performance indicators (KPIs)Web based interfaceCentral KPI repository, as new KPIs get added and requested they are available to ALL subscribersDashboard+ will be available on a subscription basis where you receive the product, updates and full support on an ongoing basis. Don’t know SQL to create your own KPIs? Your subscription includes full SQL support, if you want a specific KPI that can be...

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Alerts and Notifications

Following on from the resurrection of eCredit the automated credit control tool I had a conversation with a client who was enquiring about being able to have an event or a change in the Sage data trigger an automatic email to one or more customers. This got me thinking about a generic alerts system where a user can define some parameters and when a value or status changes have an automatic email or even SMS sent to one or more external recipients or to internal staff.Now something like this does exist in the guise of BPM (Business Process Modelling) or workflow. These solutions are typically expensive and need alot of configuration. My thinking is that you have something that is simpler and user friendly but acheives the same end goal. If this is something of interest please get in touch.Category:...

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The Business Growth Fund, plugging the lending gap

It was hailed as the answer to British firms’ long-term lending problems – a billion-pound pot of bank-backed equity that could bridge the financial gap for hundreds of companies. But as it prepares to launch this year, experts are wondering just how effective the Business Growth Fund (BGF) is really going to be.The innovative new body has already promised to make more than £1.5 billion available for small to medium-sized companies in 2011. But despite the hype, commentators and industry are already divided about how well the equity system, backed by the high street banks, will work and what it can realistically achieve.What is the Business Growth Fund?So what exactly is it and how will it work? Why might it be so important for kick-starting...

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