Sage 50 Accounting—Canadian Edition
(Release 2023.2)

This product update covers all product solutions of Sage 50 Accounting (Release 2023.2) and includes the updates from previous releases.

What's new and product improvements

New features and product enhancements
 

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Enhancement for payroll

Payroll calculations

We've made improvements to income tax calculation for federal and Quebec amounts.1

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Government compliance

Payroll tax updates for July 1, 2023

If you have a support plan that includes payroll tax updates, you benefit from timely and comprehensive in-house payroll processing within Sage 50 Accounting to help you save time and reduce the risk of payroll tax penalties at year-end.2

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Sage 50 Accounting—Canadian Edition
(Release 2023.1)

This product update covers all product solutions of Sage 50 Accounting (Release 2023.1) and includes the updates from previous releases.

What's new and product improvements

New features and product enhancements
 

Pro

Premium

Quantum

Improved user experience

Updated Google integration

Send emails through Gmail with confidence! We've aligned the email work flow with Google security when you use Gmail as your email client.

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Government compliance

Payroll tax updates for January 1, 2023

If you have a support plan that includes payroll tax updates, you benefit from timely and comprehensive in-house payroll processing within Sage 50 Accounting to help you save time and reduce the risk of payroll tax penalties at year-end.3

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Sage 50 Accounting—Canadian Edition
(Release 2023.0)

This product update covers all product solutions of Sage 50 Accounting (Release 2023.0) and includes the updates from previous releases.

What's new and product improvements

New features and product enhancements
 

Pro

Premium

Quantum

Enhancement for payroll

Flexibility and efficiency while running payroll

Need to update employee information while in the payroll run? You can do that now without needing to re-key data.4 You can also quickly create employees without requiring payroll details.

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Improvements for Sage 50

Save time and reduce errors during bank reconciliation

Create bank rules and apply them to incoming transactions from bank feeds or uploaded statements to reduce time and effort. 5

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Improved user experience

Create payment stubs when paying vendors in cash or by credit card

We've been listening! You can now send payment stubs to vendors when paying in cash or by credit card. Invoices included in the payment are on the stub as well.

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Longer email addresses for employees

The maximum allowable length for an email address in the Employee Records window has been increased to 129 characters.

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Support for 32 or 64-bit version of your Microsoft applications

Whether you've installed 64-bit Microsoft 365 or a previous 32-bit version of Office, Sage 50's Microsoft Office Documents will work with either version of Office.

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Additional shortcuts on home window

The number of shortcuts has been increased from 10 to 25 for maximum flexibility.

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Enhanced database security

To allow for longer and more complex passwords for better security, Sage 50 now accepts a maximum of 129 characters for the company database.

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New desktop shortcut to support

We've included an option to install a desktop shortcut to support resources. You can rest assured you're contacting the real Sage.

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Additional fields for deposit slips

If your bank requires additional information on your deposit slips, Sage 50 lets you now include additional GL account fields in the Sage 50 Forms Designer.

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Sage Brand – Refreshed look and feel

New logo, program icon, and colours

You'll notice a refreshed Sage 50 program icon and a newly unveiled brilliant green Sage logo in the program itself. The colour palette includes an emphasis on brilliant green, black and white, in keeping with the Sage identity that focuses on simplicity and insight.

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