Please can anyone suggest the best way to input the following data onto sage 50 so that I can report on it. I currently log all supplier invoices onto sage, I would also like to log each invoice to a specific job number (piece of work) so I can then report on the value of the job itself, less the costs to run the job and the P & L. Many thanks
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Does Sage do Job Costing?
I have not used Sage for years so not best person to comment, but when I did consider it the Job Costing module was an expensive extra (not sure if still available these days) so I ended up using Access Accounting (now seems a bit dated) ,which at the time was cheaper; whilst still using Access for one of our entities the need for Job Costing has diminished and as I intend to wind up that entity fairly soon anyway I expect we will also stop using Access Accounting fairly soon.
However sure someone more au fait with accounting packages will soon be along to steer you in the right direction.
If small number of jobs, try using departments
If there are only a small number of jobs in a year you could try using departments ( only 99 available)
I use projects. Code all sales and purchases/expenses to the project and run reports from the project module. Don't know if there's a limit to the number of projects.
Simplest way
Would probably be to allocate a department to a job. There are other better options but it would depend on the version of Sage you have and your experience with the programme.
Department limit been raised
The old '99' limit on department numbers in Sage (which was actually a limit of 100 - 0-99) was increased about 5-6yrs ago to 1000 (0-999)
Projects are another option, and have the benefit of being able to group costs by cost type.
Why Not Sage 50 Projects?
Sage 50 Accounts Plus, Sage 50 Accounts Professional and Sage One Accounts Extra all have a projects module as part of the standard package.
Job cost to your heart's content...