Sage Instant Accounts Brochure (pdf 171KB)
Features & Benefits
System Requirements

Sage Instant Accounts is designed to make managing your money, including VAT, end of year accounts and invoicing as quick and easy as possible.

So you have the information you need to manage your business at your fingertips.

You can also record all your financial transactions, automatically update your ledgers and even store all of your customer, supplier and product information.

In addition, it allows you to print your invoices and produce financial reports.

And if you don’t have much experience with accountancy software, you’ll find the built-in video demonstrations and advice will help you get up and running in no time.

Sage Instant Accounts is a simple bookkeeping package that gives you all the tools you need to successfully manage your finances, accounts, customers and suppliers.

New Sage Instant Account is even easier to use:

• Step-by-step set up: Select the best options for your business and get set up in minutes
• Practice mode: Try things out before getting to grips with your company data
• More help when you need it: Find everything you need on the Welcome page
• Video guides: Show you what you’ll see on screen to help you complete key tasks
• Easier error corrections: No more chasing stray figures through multiple menus

Choose sage Instant Account if:

• You’re looking for a cost-effective way to get your accounts in order
• You want easy-to-use accounts software
• You want to submit your VAT returns to HMRC via email
• You’re sick of wasting valuable time by doing manual bookkeeping
• You’re a small business, on one site, and only employ less than 10 people

Sage Instant Features & Benefits

Anyone can use Sage Instant Accounts – no accounting, payroll or forecasting experience is required. The user-friendly design puts the right information at your fingertips with just one click, while helpful wizards guide you clearly through tasks.

All Features

It’s easy to set up and use:

• View video demonstrations
• Learn in our practice mode or view demo data
• Easily correct mistakes
• e-learning module – online tutorials to help you get up and running

It’s easy to manage your customers and suppliers:

• Find contact details quickly
• Know how much profit you will make on each quote or invoice before you commit
• Create quotations and invoices
• Apply flexible discounts to win business
• See who owes you money and when it’s due
• See who you owe money too and when it is to be paid
• Receive and process card payments (additional charge apply)
• Record till takings
• Record cash sales

It’s easy to manage your finances:

• Share information electronically with your Accountant
• Keep track of money going in and out of your business
• Prepare VAT Returns
• Irish VAT Cash Accounting
• Reverse Charge VAT
• Irish VAT return file available
• Audit preparation
• Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports
• e-banking
• Bank reconciliation for up to date figures
• Export your information to Microsoft Office

It’s easy to manage your business:

• Keep track of all of your products and services
• Manage your time with integrated diary and reminders

Sage Instant System Requirements

Recommended hardware:

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

One of the following operating systems*:

• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP (Recommended)
• Windows Vista

* Please make sure that you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.

Minimum hardware:

• An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 400MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks.

Works with Microsoft Office 2000 and all later editions.

This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.