The Deal

• £59 for an official Sage bundle (85% off)

• These Sage accounting courses give aspiring number crunchers the tools to keep their books in good working order
• The bundle consists of four courses: Bookkeeping Stage 1 and Stage 2, and Sage 50 Accounts Stage 1 and 2, weighing in at over 15 hours of learning altogether
• With 6 months of instant online access, on-screen simulations and interactive quizzes, the course comprehensively takes learners through all the basics

Sage Bookkeeping Stage 1

• Understanding the basics of bookkeeping
• Getting to grips with double entry bookkeeping
• Understanding how to work with customers and suppliers
• Understanding VAT and VAT returns

Sage Bookkeeping Stage 2

• Accounting for reduction
• Accounting for write-offs
• Reconciling Sage Bookkeeping with your bank account

• Applying performance measures

• Full Sage Bookkeeping 1 and 2 syllabus is available here.

Sage 50 Accounts Stage 1

• Familiarise with the Sage 50 Accounts user interface
• Password protection and user access restriction
• Basic configuration, financial year settings, and tax codes set up
• Create, amend and delete nominal accounts
• Create bank, cash and credit card accounts
• Understand the role of the Chart of Accounts and how to amend it
• Create departments
• Create, amend and delete customer and supplier accounts
• Enter opening balances for nominal, customer and supplier accounts

Sage 50 Accounts Stage 2

• Entering supplier invoices and credit notes
• Printing remittance advices, cheques and using e-banking
• Create print service invoices and credit notes for customers
• Managing the Sales Ledger, including disputing invoices, and Purchase Ledger
• Dealing with contra entries, posting bank and cash transactions
• Create departments

• Managing customer and supplier accounts

• Full Sage 50 Accounts Stage 1 and 2 syllabus is available here.