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Move online to keep your business moving forward

Discover how Sage Business Cloud Accounting can help keep track of your books while you run your business

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Migrating from Sage 50 to Sage Business Cloud Accounting

Run your business from anywhere

On the go? Take your office with you! Work how and when you want with secure cloud and mobile access giving you anywhere, anytime access to your business data.

Simple, reliable & compliant

Sage Accounting is easy-to-use, reliable cloud accounting software that keeps your business current and compliant.

Automate the mundane

Automate mundane admin tasks and free up valuable resources and time. From importing bank transactions to accepting payments, Sage Accounting gives you time back in your day so you can focus on what matters.

Collaborate

Enjoy the convenience of unlimited multi-user access to your online accounting system while collaborating with your Accountant real-time so you’re ready for tax time.

Control over your business

Gain control over your business and make better, faster decisions with effective cashflow management at your fingertips.

Go digital - securely

Never lose paperwork again while reducing your carbon footprint! Sage Accounting helps you go paperless by storing your documents online with the same security standards as your bank.

How to Migrate

Step 1: Do reconcile

Pick a day for your move that’s the start of a new accounting period. For example, the start of a new month or quarter. If you do reconcile your bank accounts with Sage 50, print your Account Reconciliation Summary with Outstanding Transaction Detail report – you will need this for your first reconciliation in Sage Accounting.

Step 2: Export your data

When you’re ready, download, install and run the migration tool to create a Sage Accounting account. Export your company data, then upload it into Sage Accounting. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you every step of the way.

Step 3: Move & Validate your data

Make sure your data matches in your Post Migration Report, and you’re good to go!

Start migration

FAQ

  • Contacts (Customers, Vendors)
  • Chart of Accounts (General Ledger Accounts and opening balances)
  • Bank Accounts and outstanding balances
  • Customer and Vendor invoices
  • Move current and previous years’ transactions, no earlier than 2014
  • Inventory lists

  • If your business is not registered in Canada your data cannot be migrated.
  • You will not be able to migrate if you have foreign currency transactions or balances in Sage 50 in the years you have selected to migrate.
  • Payroll and employee data cannot be migrated. Any payroll entries will come over as General Journal entries. If you need payroll, after your move online, click here for more information and to sign up for payroll services.
  • Sage 50 attachments, jobs, projects, project codes, quotes, sales orders, purchase orders, custom tax codes cannot be migrated.

Most customers can move online within a few hours, but it depends on how much data you are moving. The more data you move, the longer it takes.

We know you’re going to love Sage Accounting, but in the off chance you don’t, you can move back to Sage 50. However, you will be required to upgrade to the latest version of Sage 50 to download any data that was entered into Accounting since the move.

Yes! All editions of Sage 50 can be moved to Sage Accounting.

Moving online is easy! All you need is an internet connection, Sage 50 installed on the computer that is running the migration, your Sage 50 database and a Windows machine to make the move. Recommended Internet browsers include:

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Apple Safari
  • Microsoft Edge

A Mac user? We’ve got you covered! Sage Accounting is compatible with all major web browsers regardless of operating system, including but not limited to:

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Unix
  • macOS
  • Android
  • iOS

You can use Sage 50 and Sage Accounting at the same time, however, the data entered in one will not flow between the two systems. We recommend only using Sage Accounting after successful migration.

Moving your data from Sage 50 to Sage Accounting is free and maintaining access to Sage Accounting requires a monthly subscription.

Check out the monthly subscription fee here.

Yes! Sage Accounting is only available on a monthly subscription plan. This allows you to be flexible with your cashflow as you can cancel at any time.

On your mark, get set, go! Move online in 3 easy steps!

  1. Run your reports.
  2. Best time to move is at the start of a new fiscal period – a new month, quarter, or fiscal year so you can start fresh!
  3. Start the migration tool. After you move online, run your financial reports in Sage accounting & compare them to the reports in Sage 50. Make sure they match!

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