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Self-employed accounting software for solopreneurs

Simple accounting software for self-employed individuals. Snap and scan receipts to save hours of admin so you can focus on building your small business with confidence.

Focus on your business—Sage is here to help with the rest

Being self-employed is challenging. You’re responsible for everything—serving customers, finding new ones, invoicing, tracking payments, managing admin, and handling taxes. Sage software makes these tasks easier, freeing you up to run your business.

1. Manage transactions

Keep on top of your cash flow with simple bank feeds, receipt capture, and sales invoicing. Everything stored safely and securely.

2. Track activity

Sage puts everything in once place so you can track sales, payments, and business performance anywhere, anytime.

3. Sort tax

Make tax time a breeze and stay compliant. Seamlessly create your GST/HST return and easily submit to CRA.

What are the benefits of using our self-employed accounting software?

Stay organized with digital record-keeping

Digital record-keeping allows you to track, store, and secure all your financial transactions in one place:

  • Create professional sales invoices from wherever you are.
  • Create records from sales invoices, bank feeds, receipt scans, or manual uploads.
  • Use the Sage app on your phone or tablet and work on the go.

Track your finances

Monitor your self-employed income, track your expenses, and calculate tax with ease: 

  • View your income and expenses. 
  • Access a simple view of who owes you money.
  • Understand how your business is performing.

Features of self-employed accounting software

Easy to get started, easy to use

Digital record-keeping software that simplifies the finances of solopreneurs and self-employed professionals.

Save time with automation

Save time and reduce errors with automated processes that simplify reporting your business income and expenses:

  • Connect your bank feeds to automatically import transactions.
  • Automatically apply the right category to your transactions.
  • Easily match your transactions with invoices using automated technology.

Feel confident with expert support

Access support with Sage at any time, anywhere:

  • Live chat support is available from 9am to 8PM EST, Monday to Friday.
  • Become part of the community and access peer-to-peer support through our online Community Hub.
  • Get expert advice from Member Masterclass.

Collaborate with your accountant

Share access with your accountant so you can:

  • Get answers to queries you might have about reporting your business income and expenses.
  • Work collaboratively to submit your tax forms to CRA successfully.
  • Improve conversations around tax year planning.

Self-employed software plans to support you and your business

Get full access to your product, and upgrade or cancel at any time. No long-term contracts, commitments, or hidden fees.

Sage Accounting

Take control of your small business admin. Manage invoicing, expense tracking, cash flow, tax, payments, and financial reporting so you can focus on growing your business.

Self-employed accounting software FAQs

You don't have to be a finance expert to use Sage's bookkeeping and accounting software for self-employed professionals. Our easy-to-use cloud solution makes managing your finances simple. Get visibility of money going in and out of your business, review cash flow and reduce admin. Use Sage Accounting to:

  1. Quickly and easily record your transactions by connecting your bank feed or snapping a photo of your receipts.
  2. Categorize your transactions so they are in the right place, giving you peace of mind at tax time, as well as valuable information on how your business is doing.
  3. Rest assured that all of your information is stored safely and securely in the cloud.

Yes, Sage Accounting makes it really easy to work with your accountant. You can collaborate securely online from anywhere on your personal income tax return. Sage's software and accounting app for self-employed individuals is trusted by thousands of accountants across Canada. We work directly with accountants to ensure our software is always up to date.

You can manually import bank statements or transactions when you start using Sage Accounting. Simply download direct from your bank and upload to Sage Accounting.

Once you're set up with your new self-employed business accounting software, you can automate pulling your data into Sage Accounting with automated bank feeds.

Yes, you can upgrade your Sage Accounting plan or cancel at any time. There are no long-term contracts, commitments, or hidden fees.

Yes, Sage Accounting provides Canadian small businesses with the tools and features you need to easily calculate, charge, track, and file taxes accurately, including:

  • Tax settings by province
  • Tax calculations
  • Tax reporting
  • Partially recoverable taxes
  • Create your GST/HST return

Sage Accounting takes the complexity out of filing your sales taxes with the CRA and meets the CRA data storage requirement standards, keeping you complaint.

It automatically calculates and maintains sales taxes, so you can quickly and easily generate downloadable, accurate sales tax reports to file with the CRA.

Plus, Sage Accounting automatically estimates any taxes you may owe so there's no surprises when taxes are due.

Support that goes beyond software

All Sage customers are part of the Sage community. As a Sage member, you can enjoy benefits, connect with experts and industry peers, and get insights that help you and your small business grow.

Expert human support

Experts on hand to help you get the most out of your software and enhance your productivity.

Member Masterclass

Dip into talks and articles from the world's leading experts to help with business challenges, like using innovation to create impact.

Community Hub

A trusted space where Sage users connect, collaborate, and grow. Share your insights, find solutions, stay up to date, and get the most out of Sage. 

Business advice

Access a wealth of practical advice on a range of business topics.

Learning

Master the full power of your software with comprehensive learning resources.

Software certification

Take courses, earn certifications and stand out from the crowd.

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