Important updates to Sage Accounting from October 2025

The changes we're making are part of our ongoing commitment to enhance the Sage Accounting experience. Built with MTD in mind we're providing you and your clients with new tools to help manage business efficiently.

Sage Copilot

Sage Copilot is included in Start, Standard and Plus subscription tiers, your AI-powered assistant, working 24/7 to help you do more with less effort. Sage Copilot identifies mistakes, patterns, and opportunities in your clients data, enabling smarter and faster decision making. 

With Copilot, crafting professional emails with invoices and statements is a breeze. Helping your and your clients to stay ahead, with proactive insights on tax regulations, profitability, overdue payments, and customer activity. 

For Accounting Standard and Plus tiers additional users can be added for £20 per user per month via Client Management. Sage Accounting FAQ’s

 

See Sage Copilot in action:

 

Customer testimonial:

“It is truly revolutionising our business operations, and we are already saving over 5 hours per week on managing our finances”
Gareth Pedley, Managing Director, Watsons Anodising Ltd.

What is new across our Sage Accounting plans?

New Start, Standard and Plus subscriptions now include:

• Payroll up to 5 employees
• 1 Copilot license
• Free Purchase Automation credits*
• Core HR and Leave Management*

We are also introducing Carbon Accounting by Sage Earth and an Outsourced Accounting plan.

With built-in carbon accounting in every plan you’ll be provided with valuable carbon insights for tenders, supply chains, and green funding opportunities, helping your clients make a real impact. With support from Sage’s in-house climate science team, you can future-proof your firm and position yourself as the trusted advisor small businesses need to meet growing sustainability expectations.

You can enable Carbon Accounting by Sage Earth for your clients through User Management

Our Outsourced Accounting plan is built specifically for clients who are managed entirely by you. Designed for practices that operate on a “Do It For Me” basis, it allows you to manage everything within Sage Accounting. You get all the essential features of Sage Accounting, plus Carbon Accounting, while keeping things lean by excluding Copilot, payroll, and HR. It's a focused way to grow your practice, improve efficiency, and deliver high-impact service with confidence.

*Standard and Plus only

AI-captured receipts and invoices

Available in Sage Accounting Standard, Plus and Outsourced accounting plan

Save time on admin, just upload or email receipts and invoices, and our AI accurately reads dates, totals and tax amounts automatically, so you don’t have to. Plus, you can snap photos of receipts on the go, ensuring nothing goes missing. 

See AI-captured receipts and invoices in action:

 

Customer testimonial:

“As a small business, the time-saving efficiencies we gain from using the Al capture feature for purchase automation in Sage Accounting are brilliant. We couldn’t live without it now as it gives us more time to concentrate on making the most effective decisions for the business.”
Simone Devereux, Managing Director, Solo Search Recruitment Solutions

Tap to Pay on mobile 

Available in all tiers with a Stripe account enabled, your clients can offer customers even more flexibility with Apple Pay and Google Pay payment on invoices, as well as credit and debit card options.

Take payments in person, on the go, via their phone, no dedicated POS hardware required. Every payment made via Tap to Pay is automatically matched against the invoice, eliminating all admin so your clients accounts stay up to date in real time. 

• Get paid instantly 
• Eliminates admin and saves time
• Simple, secure, and compliant
• Take payments anywhere, anytime, no extra hardware needed 
  
  

See Tap to Pay in action:

 

Smarter bank feeds and transaction matching  

Enjoy more accurate bank feeds with enhanced matching rules. Less time reconciling, and more confidence that your clients books are always correct. 

Customer plan changes

The updates to Sage Accounting will be rolled out in a phased approach starting from September 30th 2025.

Sage Accounting price per client	Start	Standard	Plus	Outsourced accounting
RRP per client per month	£18.00	£39.00	£59.00	N/A
Accountant RRP per client	£9*	£13*	£15*	£12
Save	Save 50%	Save 66%	Save 74%
Number of users	1	3	Unlimited	Accountant Only
Rewards point per client	5	10	10	10
Sage Copilot	1 user included £20 per user per month	1 user included £20 per user per month	1 user included £20 per user per month	N/A
AI-capture receipts and invoices	£0.20 per document	30 free £0.20 per document	100 free £0.20 per document	30 free £0.20 per document
Final accounts and Corporation tax	Free	Free	Free	Free
Final accounts and Corporation tax (points)	+1point/client	+1point/client	+1point/client	+1point/client
Making Tax Digital Ready	Y	Y	Y	Y
Smart business insights	Y	Y	Y	N
Automatic invoice chasing	Y	Y	Y	N
AI-powered mistake detection	Y	Y	Y	N
Assisted VAT submissions	Y	Y	Y	Y
Bank feeds	Y	Y	Y	Y
Transaction categorisation	Y	Y	Y	Y
Financial reports	Y	Y	Y	Y
Carbon footprint tracking	Y	Y	Y	Y
Track what you're owed	Y	Y	Y	Y
Create and send unlimited sales invoices	Y	Y	Y	Y
Reconcile transactions	Y	Y	Y	Y
Run custom reports	N	Y	Y	Y
Manage and submit CIS	N	Y	Y	Y
Send quotes and estimates	N	Y	Y	Y
Manage suppliers and invoices	N	Y	Y	Y
Multi-currency accounting	N	N	Y	N
Manage, view, and update exchange rates	N	N	Y	N
Manage Inventory and Stock	N	N	Y	N
Create, track, and manage budgets	N	N	Y	N
Payroll and HR features
Payroll	1 Employee + £1.50 per employee / month	1 Employee + £1.50 per employee / month	5 Employees + £1.50 per employee / month
Self-serve payslips	X	X	X
Core HR + Leave Management		X	X
Timesheets		X	X
Shift scheduling			£2 per employee/month
Performance management			£2 per employee/month

 

What does this mean for you?

There’s nothing you need to do.

We’re confident that the enhanced functionality and efficiency brought by these new features will provide significant benefits to you and your clients business. 

Thank you for your continued trust in Sage. We’re here to support you and ensure you get the most out of your subscription. If you have any questions or need further assistance, check out our FAQs.

If you want to explore plan options, contact us.