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Sage 50 Accounts Professional is a fantastic all-round accounting software package for small to medium sized businesses, but what makes it different from the standard Sage 50 Accounts software? Ultimately your choice should come down to the number of users and the number of businesses linked to the accounts software. For two users or less, standard Sage Accounts is ample and will perform all of the accounting functions you require for a smaller business. Sage 50 Accounts Professional...Read More

Payroll Year End is just over a week away, so you should have started your final tasks in earnest now if you are going to meet that all important deadline with HMRC and avoid penalties. Just as one tax year ends another begins, and it's important to start your record keeping for the new tax year as you mean to go on. For each of your employees a record must be kept throughout the tax year of: Gross pay Any tax deducted or refunded Any NICs deducted or refunded Student Loan...Read More

For a complete solution to the payroll requirements of a small company with up to ten employees, Sage has put together a fantastic Starter Solution for Sage Instant Payroll that offers a fast and effective way to manage your payroll tasks affording you more time to manage your business. The package includes everything needed to get started: Sage Instant Payroll version 12, 1 year of Sage Cover and 250 Sage Payslips. With an incredibly user-friendly interface, the Instant Payroll package...Read More

You may have heard about Payroll Real Time Information (RTI) recently, but what exactly is it and what are we to expect when HMRC roll out this new improvement to PAYE? As we all know (especially at this time of year) employers and pension providers are required to send their payroll deductions and contributions to National Insurance to HMRC at payroll year end (April 5th). Whilst this has been an effective system for some time, it means that HMRC aren't made aware of mistakes or...Read More