In August 2024, HMRC announced that it was going to defer a payroll reform that it had scheduled for April 2025, which required employers to report the employee’s actual hours worked, rather than the normal hours worked, and this would not come into force until at least April 2026.

After consultation with businesses, payroll providers etc and the potential administration strain on businesses, this has now been scrapped all together. You will still be required to record normal working hours for National Minimum Wage calculations as normal.

If you would like help with your payroll, please contact us

Sage is bringing in 2FA as increased security, there are 3 different scenarios as to when you will need to set up and use 2FA.

Scenario 1 – this is applicable to all versions of Sage 50 Accounts if you are using any of the following applications, if you have not already been prompted to set up the 2FA you will be required to do so in the near future.

• Bank Feeds
• Remote Data Access
• Invoice Finance
• Go Cardless
• Supplier Payments
• Sage Connect

Scenario 2 – this is applicable if you are using Sage 50 Accounts V31

• AI Tools
• Launch Sage CoPilot

Scenario 3 – for the moment you will be able to login as normal, there is a phased approach and in time everyone will need to use 2FA to login.

• Product road map
• Phased approach.

If you would like help to set up and use 2FA or need any other help or if you need any other help, please contact us

Sage 50 Accounts V31.0 is being released in a phased roll out and comes with many new and improved features.

• Sage Copilot is a dedicated AI powered productivity assistant, launched from the Sage 50 Accounts task bar in several ledgers, which helps you to look at profitability, anomaly detection, report analysis, debt management, inventory management.
• User management has now been updated, and when you create a new user in Sage 50 Accounts you now need to choose between a log in for Sage 50 Accounts or Use third-party applications only.
• Remote Date Access and 2-factor authentication – when Remote Data Access is enabled in V31.0. any user will now be able to authenticate with their Sage account (currently every 6 months), so they can continue to work uninterrupted when they encounter 2-factor Authentication (2FA)
• Sage Connect: Discoverability – if this is enabled, when emailing customer invoices and statements a hyperlink is now automatically included. This is the customers’ direct link to the Sage Connect Portal where they can check their account status, download invoices, and view their account history.
• Purchase Automation – this has been automated to save time, manually upload a file or forward supplier invoices and credit notes to a specific email address. Transactions can be reviewed before they are posted to the purchase ledger (additional charge for this feature)
• Sage Network: Futrli – Futrli offers simple and fast budget creation, cash forecasting and reporting.
• Supports modern authentication methods for email.

If you would like help to download and install Sage 50 Accounts V31.0 or want to know more on how it can help your business or if you need any other help, please contact us

The prices for Sage Accounting, also known as Sage Business Cloud, have increased from 1st September 2024, but you can still get the subscription cheaper directly through ourselves rather than through Sage.

Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50 Payroll subscription prices are also increasing by 10% from 1st September 2024.

If you would like to discuss what program would suit your business needs or if you need any other help, please contact us

The prices for Sage Accounting, also known as Sage Business Cloud, will be increasing from the 1^st  September 2024, but you can still get the subscription cheaper directly through us than through Sage.

Sage 50 Accounts and Sage 50 Payroll subscription prices are also increasing by 10% from 1^st September 2024.

If you would like to discuss what program would suit your business needs or if you need any other help, please contact us

HMRC implemented changes on 9^th May 2024 that affect submissions from Sage 50 Accounts, Sage 50 Payroll and Sage 50 P11D.

If you are using Windows 7, Windows 8, Server 2008, server 2012 or 2012R2 – you will not be able to make the following submissions to HMRC:

• RTI – Sage 50 Payroll
• VAT – Sage 50 Accounts
• CIS – Sage 50 Accounts
• EC Sales – Sage 50 Accounts
• P11D/P11D(b) – Sage 50 P11D

What you need to do

• Upgrade the operating system on your computer.
• Submit using a supported operating system on your network.
• Install Sage software on a computer with a supported operating system.

To check your current operating system, press the Windows logo key + R, type winver then click OK.

If you would like help installing your Sage program on a new computer or server etc. or if you would like to purchase an upgrade or need any other help, please contact us