Item Type | Sage 50 Accounts
The default product item type. Choose from Stock Item or Non-Stock. In Sage 50 Accounts Professional you can also choose Service Item. |
Sales nominal code | Enter the nominal code that you want to be the default for product sales. |
Tax code | Enter the tax code that you want to be the default for product sales. You can amend this tax code when you add products to invoices or orders. |
Purchase nominal code | Sage 50 Accounts Professional only
Enter the code you want as the default Purchase nominal code when you create a new product record. |
Unit of sale | You can use up to eight characters to define the unit of sale, for example, 'box' or 'each'. |
Category | Select the Product Category to use as the default for your products. |
Department | Sage 50 Accounts.
Enter the department you want to use as the default for your product records, or choose it from the drop-down list.
To edit the departments in the list, open Departments.
Sage Accounts 2014 (v20) and below - To edit the departments in the list, open Company > Department. |
Image options | Not available in Sage 50 Accounts Essentials.
Choose how your product images are displayed in the product record Web tab, either Maintain Image Size or Fit image to Screen. |
EC VAT description | Choose a default EC Sales description to use when creating new products.
Three default descriptions are provided, and you can add a further four additional messages. |
Quantity D.P. | The number of decimal places to which product quantities can be entered, for example in the invoicing option and stock adjustments in and out. You can set a maximum of six decimal places. The change applies to all product records and products listed on any invoices. |
Price D.P. | The number of decimal places to which unit prices can be entered. You can set a maximum of six decimal places. The change applies to all product records and products listed on any invoices.
Sage Accounts 2013 (v19) and below - This is called Unit D.P.
NOTE: If the Price D.P. is set to a value greater than two, the net amount is rounded to two decimal places. For example, a quantity of one with a unit price of £/€ 1.1467 is rounded to a net amount of £/€ 1.15. |
Descriptions | Not available in Sage 50 Accounts Essentials.
This tab lists the headings for the different quantity discount types available on the product record. You can customise these as required. |