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Law Firm Accounting – Does One Size Fit All?
QuickBooks is the “800 pound gorilla” of small business accounting systems, and is heavily used for law firm accounting in many law firms. This...
Sage 50 Obsolescence Message
If you are using Sage 50 2021, when you open the application on or after March 2 you will see an “obsolescence” message appear. This is Sage’s...
AutoEntry for Sage 50 – A Well-kept Secret?
Almost by accident, we recently stumbled upon a 3rd party application for Sage 50 that we think could benefit many of our clients. The app is called...
Taxes and COVID-19
We do not usually write articles about tax issues, but we recently found some noteworthy articles related to taxes, the pandemic, and COVID-19, for...
Need to write a “one-off” check? here’s how
Occasionally you may have to write a check to pay a bill and will probably never have to write a check to that particular company or person again....
Sage 50 2021 Released
Sage Software today announced the availability of Sage 50 2021 for all customers covered by an active Sage BusinessCare Plan. You can check for...
Sage 50 Perpetual is Still Alive and Kicking
As a follow up to our earlier post about the release of Sage 50 2020, we have now been told - at the recent Sage Consultant Conference in Atlanta -...
Closing the Year in Accounting: Some items to consider
Many of our clients generate their tax and financial reports on a calendar year basis. With that in mind, here are some year-end accounting items...
SPECIAL REPORT: Changes to the Sage 50 Obsolescence Policy
Sage Software recently notified us of a change in the "Sage 50 obsolescence policy" for supporting editions of the Sage 50 product prior to the...
Sage 50 Payroll Tax Forms Update
All Sage 50 customers should have received a recent notification, through the "Services /Check for Updates" menu in Sage 50, that a new Payroll...
Period End Closing in Sage 50: A 7-Point Checklist
There is no formal period end closing in Sage 50 within an open fiscal year. There are, however, several important steps that we recommend all users...
The Modern General Ledger
In a recent white paper “The 10 Essentials of an Effective Financial Solution”, the first point identified as essential in the paper is a “modern...
Manage Credit Card Payments Directly in Sage 50
Many of our clients have asked if they can manage credit card payments directly in their accounting program. The good news is, if your accounting...
Sage 50 2017 to be Released in Mid-July
Sage 50 2017 (and its companion 2017c) will appear in the "Check for Updates" window within the existing version of Sage 50, on or about Tuesday,...
Paying Sage 50 Vendor Invoices with a Credit Card
It is becoming pretty common practice to pay some, or all, of your routine vendor purchases via company credit card. This is certainly possible...
Sage 50 puts a toe in the Cloud
Sage 50 (the product formerly known as Peachtree) has long been seen as the orphan stepchild of the 800 pound gorilla in the small business...