Sage 50 single user single company

LynWest

Hi all.

I prefer quickbooks and most of my clients are either using excel or quickbooks. However, i have a lady that is doing her books on sage and wants me to do her final accounts. I do bookkeeping for clients on their system on sage but that is always on their system at their property. But this is my first annual accounts. Therefore i was looking into sage and realised how expensive it is!! As i don't have the numbers of clients that i need to justify the professional package.

I wondered if anyone knew whether in the basic sage 50 single user single company are you able to restore a clients data, look at the file, prepare the accounts, then go back to my client and post the relevant journals. Then if i got another client on sage for year accounts whether i would be able to upload their data over the previous client and look at their data. I know that i wouldn't be able to view both at the same time, but with the volume of sage customers i have this wouldn't be a problem. When i did i would hopefully be able to justify the large investment into the accountants software.

Or does anyone know of a trial version, that i can download that will just allow me to upload this data for 30 days, which would give me enough time to view everything i need to prepare the accounts?

How has everyone else tackled this problem please? all advise welcome x

T.C.

I know there is a trial version on the Sage website, try there first.

Bluewednesday

Why don't you just get the reports off Sage? That's what we do for clients that use QB's which we don't have. That will save any software purchase.

Gem7321

I agree, ask your client to send the reports you need (preferably in csv format for functionality).

LynWest

Thanks everyone. I'm getting the reports from the client. result!! x