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Version - Features grid

If you want to get the most out of Sage Accounts, it's important to make sure you're on the right version - there may be features on newer versions that save you time and money. When you open Sage Accounts the modules, features and utilities available depend upon the version of the software that you have installed.

The table below is an overview of the main feature differences between different versions of Sage Accounts.

To see the differences between different versions of Sage Accounts, please refer to the Variant - Features Grid

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Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
VAT management	Redesigned VAT return to help reduce processing errors and help you find and fix any problems.					•
	Vat Cash Accounting scheme now compatible with Foreign Trader					•
	VAT help improvements including VAT reconciliation assistance and processing information					•
	VAT Tasks window introduced to simplify the VAT return process				•	•
	VIES and Intrastat XML report format provided for e-submission to ROS (Ireland)				•	•
	Return of trading details for VAT registered businesses (Ireland)			•	•	•
	Support for flat rate VAT accounting scheme		•	•	•	•
	Reconcile prompt safeguard on VAT return, ECSL, VIES and RCSL		•	•	•	•
	ESCL / VIES submissions for products and services	•	•	•	•	•
	Online submissions and payments including agent submission using Sage Accounts Client Manager	•	•	•	•	•
	Electronic VAT 3 form (Ireland)	•	•	•	•	•
	VAT audit reports	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Financials and management reporting	Archive company data at any time					•
	Journal reversals on all variants					•
	While amending Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reports, changes appear in a preview pane			•	•	•
	Lock date to support the preparation of financial reports			•	•	•
	Support for companies liable for corporation tax			•	•	•
	Archive company data selected by default at year end		•	•	•	•
	Copy chart of accounts	•	•	•	•	•
	Departmental budgets, per nominal code, per department	•	•	•	•	•
	Cashflow planner	•	•	•	•	•
	Archive management	•	•	•	•	•
	Recurring entries - customer and supplier accounts	•	•	•	•	•
	Reversing journals	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Customers and suppliers	Departments available on customer and supplier account activity views		•	•	•	•
	Disputes usability - selected account details appear on the Disputed Items window		•	•	•	•
	Payment processing improved - create and allocate credits directly from an invoice	•	•	•	•	•
	Emailed invoices, chase letters and statements can now display a Sage Pay Now button for direct payment	•	•	•	•	•
	Extra discount on invoices and orders, easier deposits	•	•	•	•	•
	Intrastat defaults available for suppliers and customers	•	•	•	•	•
	Cash sales introduced for Sage 50 Accounts Professional	•	•	•	•	•
	Repeat invoices and orders	•	•	•	•	•
	Create purchase order from BOM	•	•	•	•	•
	Individual customer pricing and custom price lists - Sage 50 Accounts Plus and Professional	•	•	•	•	•
	Multiple delivery addresses - Sage 50 Accounts Plus and Professional	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Staying up to date	Live Link in-product messaging for support and advice					•
	Sage Services accessed seamlessly from the software		•	•	•	•
	Sage auto updates	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Reporting	Quick Print directly sends certain types of documents to the printer			•	•	•
	Pre-defined and user defined batch reports, from any area of the software	•	•	•	•	•
	Generate report output to Excel or Word	•	•	•	•	•
	Run wizard to amend existing reports	•	•	•	•	•
	Change reports, whilst in preview	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Charities	Gift Aid Small Donations criteria and reporting					•
	Separate Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet for report for funds		•	•	•	•
	HMRC Approved Gift Aid Report (R68)	•	•	•	•	•
	Support for charities - management of funds, SOFA reporting	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Bank	Cheque layout security improved				•	•
	New improved bank reconciliation report		•	•	•	•
	Usability - can print and export bank reconciliation data, as it appears on-screen		•	•	•	•
	Usability - reconcile visual indicator introduced		•	•	•	•
	Customer receipts and supplier payments can be added within the bank reconciliation window		•	•	•	•
	Improved bank reconciliation	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Foreign trader	Foreign trader available as an optional module on all variants					•
	Foreign trader with VAT Cash Accounting scheme					•
	Foreign trader transactions, corrections and display foreign bank balance	•	•	•	•	•
	Foreign bank revaluation	•	•	•	•	•
	Foreign currency price lists	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Stock	Improved clear stock for individual products					•
	Stock alerts to flag quantity in stock when raising an invoice or order					•
	Improved opening and closing stock process					•
	Import stock take from .csv or .xlsx files					•
	Drill-down from product record to allocated stock and from edit item line to product record				•	•
	Product records can now include a bar code reference - can be used on product labels	•	•	•	•	•
	Improved Bill Of Materials with up to 50 levels - Sage 50 Accounts Plus and Accounts Professional	•	•	•	•	•
	Stock allocation - Sage 50 Accounts Plus and Professional	•	•	•	•	•
Area	Feature	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Working with Sage Accounts	Improved Select Company window with additional information and access to Demo and Practice data					•
	Check data improvements including a new summary window, last clean check data date and access to recovery tools without checking data					•
	My First Year configuration tour of the software for new users				•	•
	Improved email default settings for all customer and supplier communications and data import				•	•
	Export to Excel visibility improved throughout software and Excel Integrated Reporting performance improved				•	•
	Improved setup of network installation			•	•	•
	Improvements to solving data issues with the introduction of a Sage Support Page and links to Recovery Tools on our website			•	•	•
	A visual refresh of the software and simplified wizards			•	•	•
	The tasks for entering opening balances brought together in one area			•	•	•
	Quick search in lists, based on a simple text search			•	•	•
	Improved Citrix support with flexible location of company file, reports and data storage, using a configuration utility		•	•	•	•
	Improved usability for emailing documents - layout and method		•	•	•	•
	Sdata services added, providing integration between Sage applications	•	•	•	•	•
	Data Import wizard to improve csv and xls/xlsx importing	•	•	•	•	•
	Copy and Batch Change facility	•	•	•	•	•

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