Although Sage is a huge international technology company, it was originally established to develop accounting and bookkeeping software for small companies, and it has remained a leader in that market. Now, with 35 years of experience, its products are still amongst the best small and medium business accounting software options.

Sage Accounting Start and Sage Accounting are two cloud-based accounting software packages developed specifically for small businesses. They are designed to save you, the entrepreneur, several hours of admin time each week. This is time that you would previously have spent on bookkeeping, recording, and reporting your business’s financial transactions. Sage Accounting helps you to manage your business finances, offering you the following functions:

The Sage bookkeeping software enables you to easily record all of your business financial transactions, by helping you photograph and upload your invoices and receipts, whilst also being able to automatically read, sort, and enter them into your books. The package securely connects to your bank, downloading your statements and automatically collecting and categorizing your banking transactions. This includes matching incoming payments to outstanding invoices. Sage connects with both big and small US banks.

Get paid faster with their invoicing tools by creating, sending, and tracking invoices automatically with customized logo and branding. Invoices can have a built-in “pay now” button allowing your customers to make payments easily via Stripe. The Sage Accounting packages track accounts receivable, allowing you to chase late payments quickly.

You will have access to your own dashboard displaying real-time data and key information in intuitive and easily understood formats. There are dozens of standard and customizable charts and reports for you to choose from. Manage your taxes using tools that help calculate, validate and submit your tax return, as well as GST and HST returns.