Hi again Martin,
I've been looking in more detail at Sage Final Accounts. I'm curious how you use it for smaller clients who do not have or need Sage Cloud Accounting - I'm not sure it would be economical for me to subscribe to Accounting Start for these cases ? . Do you simply use Excel or similar to assemble bank accounts etc and then manually post journals through Sage Final Accounts ?
Hi Martin, Great to hear the setup from a practitioner whose practice/client mix is similar in size to my own . I notice you use Sage Accounts production - is that the desktop version or the online version which is part of Sage Business Cloud Accounting ?
I agree. My experience with Sage over the years was generally good . I used Sage Accounts Production for many years and only changed a few years ago when they were very slow updating the formats for Republic of Ireland . I might well return to the fold in the future - the new cloud version looks usable (one thing I didn’t like was the plethora of P&L schedules rather than a single detailed P&L for sole traders ). I never used Sage One but have used Sage Cloud Accounting - it works reasonably well . It’s not perfect but neither are the others , I would rather let a client loose on it than on some of the others . They all have pro’s and con’s. I could never understand the anti Sage sentiment on AW - it reminds me of the anti Microsoft sentiment one sometimes finds on computer/ IT forums
It would be a useful exercise for practitioners to know which software providers prove to be most effective in producing uptodate and appropriate formats
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Hi again Martin,
I've been looking in more detail at Sage Final Accounts. I'm curious how you use it for smaller clients who do not have or need Sage Cloud Accounting - I'm not sure it would be economical for me to subscribe to Accounting Start for these cases ? . Do you simply use Excel or similar to assemble bank accounts etc and then manually post journals through Sage Final Accounts ?
Hi Martin, Great to hear the setup from a practitioner whose practice/client mix is similar in size to my own . I notice you use Sage Accounts production - is that the desktop version or the online version which is part of Sage Business Cloud Accounting ?
I agree. My experience with Sage over the years was generally good . I used Sage Accounts Production for many years and only changed a few years ago when they were very slow updating the formats for Republic of Ireland . I might well return to the fold in the future - the new cloud version looks usable (one thing I didn’t like was the plethora of P&L schedules rather than a single detailed P&L for sole traders ). I never used Sage One but have used Sage Cloud Accounting - it works reasonably well . It’s not perfect but neither are the others , I would rather let a client loose on it than on some of the others . They all have pro’s and con’s. I could never understand the anti Sage sentiment on AW - it reminds me of the anti Microsoft sentiment one sometimes finds on computer/ IT forums
Agree 100%
Interesting. Do you use an automated chasing system or an ad hoc system ?
It would be a useful exercise for practitioners to know which software providers prove to be most effective in producing uptodate and appropriate formats