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Introduced in v30.1
Bank Statement Import
Practice with your own company data
Manage cloud connection wizard
Changes to Bank rules
Disconnect all connected services
Introduced in v30.0
64-bit
Bank Feeds Rules UI
New bank defaults for Payments and Receipts
New report finder experience
Removed and consolidated reports
Introduced in v30
Introduced in v29
Quick Search Enhancements
Invoice Finance
Product Description and Part Number field sizes increased
Zipped Reports - Technical improvements
Refresh button added to ledgers
Get Help
Removal of Accountants Link
Upgraded Bank Feeds experience
Introduced in v28
Business Dashboards
Sage Help Centre Desktop Icon
Automated check data
Remote Data Access Improvements
Introduced in v27
EU VAT e-commerce package
VAT Return Labels
EORI Numbers
Incoterms
UK Import Tax Codes
ROI Tax Codes
Custom Alerts
User management improvements
Company Setup Improvements
Introduced in v26
Purchase invoice and credit attachments
Apps and add-ons
Guides and walkthroughs
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Introduced in v25
Pay now buttons on invoices
Sage 50 Accounts Essentials* comes with the following features:
*Please note, that Essentials is no longer available for purchase.
Sage 50 Accounts Standard includes all features in 50 Accounts Essentials, plus:
Working with Customers
Batch changes
Chase debt
Communications History
Recurring Invoices
Working with Suppliers
Manage payments
Communications history
CIS and subcontractors
Working with the bank
Improved Remittances
Cash flow planner
Accounts and Management Reporting
Departmental profit and loss
Departmental balance sheet
Departmental budgets
General functionality
Batch reporting
Support for multiple companies (5 maximum)
Multi-user functionality (2 users maximum)
Sage 50 Accounts Professional includes all of the features in 50 Accounts Essentials, and Standard plus:
Working with customers
Customer price lists
Customer invoice disputes
Contra Entries
Sales order processing
Intrastat returns
Sales Orders
Recurring Sales Orders
Cash sales
Memorise and recall
Supplier Invoice disputes
Supplier price lists
Purchase Orders
Intrastat Returns
Recurring Purchase Orders
Working with Stock
Stock shortfall
Bill of materials (BOM)
Price lists and special pricing
Stock returns
Stock allocations
Quantity sold discounts
Cheque printing
Batch supplier payments
Accounts and Management reporting
Fixed Asset register
Automatic prepayments and accruals
Automatic journal reversal
Multi-company consolidation
Transactional management reports
Ratio reports
VAT Management
Scale charges wizard
Projects
Project costing
General Functionality
Work with multiple currencies
Multi-user functionality (unlimited)
Multi-company functionality (unlimited)