Changing the Vat rate in Sage 50 back to 17.5%

It had been confirmed that VAT will revert to 17.5% from 1 January 2010, after just over a year at the reduced rate of 15%.

You will need to amend the Vat Rate in Sage and any other applications that use a Vat Rate.

Changing the Vat rate in Sage 50 to 20% and

How to then update your Bluestone Software

Increase in the standard rate of VAT

In his 2010 Emergency Budget the Chancellor announced an increase in the standard rate of VAT from 17.5 per cent to 20 per cent effective from 4 January 2011.

Effect on businesses – what you need to do

This change affects any VAT registered business that sells or purchases goods or services that are subject to the standard rate of VAT.

You should charge VAT at the rate of 20 per cent on any sales of standard rated goods or services that you make on or after 4 January 2011.

Other rates of VAT are not affected

For further information please click here.

You will need to amend the Vat Rate in Sage and any other applications that use a Vat Rate.

Sage Ditch Sage 100.

Steve Attwell, General Manager - Lower Mid Market Channel of Sage announced today the decision not to release Sage 100 in its current guise and that development has stopped.         

This is not a decision they have taken lightly, however they feel it is the right decision if they are to meet their long term goals. These goals include satisfying the changing customer trends and demands such as SaaS and on demand delivery.

Henry Catherwood of Bluestone Computing commented; ” Our teams have worked hard on the Sage 100 product over the last few months as part of the developer’s beta program. We really felt it was going well, so for many reasons, we are disappointed with this news.”

“We know some of clients will also be frustrated, waiting as they have for greater load capacity with the same Sage 50 look, feel and functionality.”

“Many of our clients have already selected one or more of our Workplace Suite modules that include; Stock Control, Sales and CRM to deliver the high demand, multi-user functions they need. This then has left Sage 50 to handle just the core Financials; the bank, ledgers, reports and analysis work.”  

Sage firmly believe that the opportunity still exists within the market for a premium offering for expanding and growing business that have larger customer and supplier bases, larger transaction volumes and an expanding user base. Some growing Sage 50 Accounts customers need an accounting solution that has the increased capability of growing with their business, without having to move to the additional complexities of the Sage 200 Suite.

We are sure Sage will have some positive news over the coming months.

Your Christmas Present Delivery

A good solution to Christmas present deliveries and getting out to the shops, simply have an H Christmas. I posted this last year but the concept is the same..take a quick look

http://www.hchristmas.co.uk/