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Sage training: Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2 classroom course description

Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2 is a two-day course. Our price is £250.00 (Sage's RRP is £535.00). Book today to save with us.Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2

» Overview: This two-day course discovers the tools to help you analyse your finances.

» What do I learn?

Take an in-depth look at the processes for Month End, Year End, credit control, VAT return and Microsoft® Office integration. It also covers depreciation, prepayments and accruals, recurring entries and key performance indicators.

» 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 manage and forecast your cash flow
  • 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

» Detailed course content

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Sage 50 Accounts training course session 1 - Bank Reconciliation

  • Grouped Transactions
  • Starting the Bank Reconciliation Process
  • Reconcile
  • Reconciled and Unreconciled Reports
  • E-Reconcile

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 2 - Credit Control Reports

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

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

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

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

  • Customer Overdue Letters
  • Updating Communications
  • Promised Payments
  • Placing a Customer on Hold
  • Processing Interest Charges

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 5 - Forecast Cash Flow

  • The Cash Flow Screen
  • Manual Entries
  • Viewing the Forecast

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

  • Write Off Bad Debt Wizard
  • Recovering VAT on Bad Debt

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

  • Fixed Asset Categories
  • Fixed Asset Register
  • Depreciation
  • Fixed Asset Reporting
  • Fixed Asset Disposal

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 8 - Prepayments and Accruals

  • Prepayments
  • Accruals
  • Posting Prepayments and Accruals
  • The Result of Posting Prepayments and Accruals
  • Single Month Prepayments and Accruals

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 9 - Financial Reporting

  • The Audit Trail Report
  • The Trial Balance
  • Chart of Accounts
  • The Profit and Loss
  • The Balance Sheet
  • Batch Reporting
  • Drillable Reports

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

  • Nominal Budgets
  • Variance Report
  • Departments
  • Departmental Budgets
  • Departmental Variance and Monthly Profit and Loss Reports

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 11 - Microsoft Excel Integration

  • Send Lists and Grids to Microsoft Excel
  • Setting up Excel Integrated Reporting
  • Establishing the Link
  • Inserting Sage Data Ranges into Microsoft Excel
  • Additional Reports

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 12 - VAT Return Preparation

  • Tax Code Refresh
  • Scale Charges
  • The Audit Assistant
  • Preparing for On-line Submissions
  • Preparing for the EC Sales List

Sage 50 Accounts training course session 13 - VAT Return Production

  • VAT Return Checklist
  • Calculating The VAT Return
  • Compare the VAT Figures to the Control Accounts
  • Comparing the VAT Figures to the Daybooks
  • Manual Adjustments
  • Printing the Return
  • 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
  • Preparing for your Financial Year End
  • Running the Financial Year End
  • Archiving Year End Data
  • What has Happened at the Year End
  • Check The End Result
  • Clearing the Audit Trail
  • Removing Unwanted Customer / Supplier / Nominal Records
  • Accessing Archived Data

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Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Glasgow15/09/20102 days127
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Reading15/09/20102 days124
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Manchester16/09/20102 days121
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2N.London16/09/20102 days124
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Newcastle20/09/20102 days128
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Leeds23/09/20102 days120
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Croydon23/09/20102 days120
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Birmingham30/09/20102 days124
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Manchester06/10/20102 days120
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2N.London07/10/20102 days129
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Glasgow13/10/20102 days129
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Bristol14/10/20102 days104
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Croydon14/10/20102 days125
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2N.London14/10/20102 days127
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Newcastle14/10/20102 days1210
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Reading20/10/20102 days126
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Birmingham20/10/20102 days126
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2N.London21/10/20102 days128
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2N.London27/10/20102 days1210
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Birmingham28/10/20102 days1212
Sage 50 Accounts Stg 2Leeds28/10/20102 days125

Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2 is a two-day course. Our price is £250.00 (Sage's RRP is £535.00).

You can book your course in several ways:

  • Online: Just click the "Book now" button (your payment will only be processed after we have booked your course with Sage).
  • Phone: Just call 0845 641 0624 to pay by card or arrange BACS or cheque payments.
  • Use the contact form: Click here and fill out the contact form.
See all courses on the Sage training home page. You can always contact a Sage training advisor on 0845 641 0624 or by email.

Important notes about booking your Sage classroom training course


  • When booking a course online, if the course is not for the paying cardholder, please enter the name it should be booked for in the notes section when paying.
  • If a vegetarian meal is required instead of the standard meal provided, please enter this in the notes section as well.
  • If a course is showing no availability it is still worth contacting us as there maybe cancellations or the possibility of switching the course to a bigger room.
  • Also note that the number of available places given is updated regularly, but it is not live, so it's always best to ask us for the latest availability if the number of available places is running low.
  • *for all courses except Instant Accounts, which is £215 and Payroll Year End, which is £190.


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