Simply Accounting First Step helps small businesses that don't require complex calculations or payroll services to start their accounting quickly and easily. Canadian-made and easy to set up and use, Simply Accounting First Step prepares invoices, pays bills, tracks revenue and expenses, and calculates GST/HST and PST/QST. Setup is two simple steps and no accounting software experience is needed.  Simply Accounting First Step has the tools you need, including a full-time audit trail to help ensure accounting integrity, and none of the accounting jargon. Free yourself from your accounting software so you can focus on your clients, not your accounting.

Simply Accounting Pro accelerates your business with professional accounting and management tools.  Easy to set up and use, Simply Accounting Pro tracks revenue and expenses, inventory, budgeting, and calculates and pays GST/HST and PST/QST. It prepares invoices, pays bills, generates meaningful reports quickly, and can process payroll in-house*. Easily create high-quality invoices, business reports, and graphs, and e-mail Simply Forms to customers, vendors and employees. A full-time audit trail ensures accounting integrity and help is always available from the Learning Centre in the software. Simply Accounting Pro saves you time and money while giving your business that professional edge.

*Payroll Services Overview

Simply Accounting Pro with Payroll Services includes 12 months of payroll calculations and payroll tax updates, making it easy for small businesses to process payroll in-house. A full-time audit trail helps you ensure accounting integrity while detailed information facilitates compliance with government payroll regulations. Simply Accounting Pro tracks revenue, expenses, budgets, and inventory-and generates high-quality reports and graphs so you can visually analyze and present your data to make smarter decisions. It prepares invoices, pays bills, and calculates GST/HST and PST/QST-what you need to streamline your accounting tasks and run your business efficiently and professionally.

A full suite of integrated, feature rich modules

• General Ledger
• Customers & Sales
• Vendors & Purchases
• Inventory & Services
• Project Costing
• Payroll*

Get up and running quickly

• The user-friendly Setup Wizard and New Business Guide make it easy to get started
• Choose from more than 100 industry-specific starter templates!
• Productivity tips and advice for more than 100 business types
• One simple home screen displays all the information you need

You don't have to be an accountant

• Easy-to-understand screens—invoices look like invoices and cheques look like cheques
• Select accounting or non-accounting terms
• Display only the features you need—hide the ones you don't!

Fast and efficient

• Quickly create customer invoices and sales reports
• Automatically calculate and track GST
• Batch-print and post recurring transactions in a snap

Comprehensive reporting capabilities

• Includes more than 100 predefined reports!
• Create an unlimited number of custom reports using Microsoft Word and Excel

Transferring your data is fast and easy

• Transfer your QuickBooks and MYOB data directly to Simply Accounting with easy-to-use, built-in conversion tools.
• Upgrade from previous versions of Simply Accounting in a matter of minutes!

Proven reliability

• Ensure accounting integrity with a full-time audit trail
• More than 400,000 businesses use Simply Accounting
• Developed in Canada for Canadian businesses
• Recommended by thousands of accountants

Simply Accounting Premium maximizes growth potential with advanced accounting and sales analysis tools to help businesses—including those with multiple locations or companies—make fast, informed decisions. Canadian-made Simply Accounting Premium tracks time, coordinates projects, creates customized reports, budgets and forecasts, and supports an unlimited number of currencies. It integrates with Microsoft® Office and offers specialized features for service, manufacturing, and inventory-based companies, including storing, transferring, and tracking inventory in multiple locations. Advanced accounting and sales analysis tools give owners and managers a 360-degree view of their business while a full-time audit trail helps ensure accounting integrity.

Company consolidations

Roll up multiple company files into one larger data file for consolidated financial reporting - great for enterprises that own and operate multiple small businesses.

Customizable and expandable chart of accounts

Expand both the number of digits in the account number and the range of account numbers for account groups.

Custom reports for various industry types

Generate custom reports for construction, retail, professional services, property management and accommodations.

Sales analysis and forecasting tools

Manage your business and the budgeting process with powerful tools. Get an in-depth look at your sales using new detailed sales analysis reports.

Customizable terminology

Classify customers as "guest," "donors," "members" or a variety of other terms. Customize commonly used terms, including: vendors, purchases, invoices, payments, customers, sales, invoices and receipts.

User definable inventory categories

For easy searching and reporting, you can categorize inventory and service items into any group.

First-In, First-Out (FIFO) inventory costing

You can now choose between two inventory costing methods: FIFO or weighted average cost.

For small businesses who require a more high-performance accounting solution but aren't ready for a mid-market solution you now have a new choice: Simply Accounting by Sage Enterprise.

The most robust offering in the Simply Accounting product line, Simply Accounting Enterprise 2009 supports up to 10 concurrent users and handles large transaction volumes so that you can manage your growth successfully. 5- and 10-user license versions are available.

Continuing with the Simply Accounting family of products assures that you will experience a smooth transition to a more powerful accounting solution, while avoiding the added costs of implementation, data conversion, training, and maintenance that can come with many mid-market applications.

Simply Accounting Enterprise is the perfect choice for established and growth-oriented businesses that want to boost productivity and make better business decisions. Advanced features include:

• Role-based security settings. You can control which users have access to which areas of your accounting system. With enhanced security, you can confidently manage a multi-user environment.
• Serialized inventory. You can easily track items as they move through inventory, so they can more efficiently manage their operations and improve customer service.
• Enhanced security. Your clients can implement a better system of internal controls. They can set up specific activities each user is allowed to perform and select individual reports that users can view.