
How to keep up with cash flow as your business grows
Effective cash flow is essential to the running of any company. Discover what you can do to stay on top of it for your fast-growing business.
With Sage Accounting software, your farm comes first. Prioritise your work by saving admin time and get a complete picture of your farm, from livestock quantity and value, to cash flow, as your farm grows.
Spend less time on manual data entry by connecting your banks to Sage Accounting and importing transactions automatically. And get an accurate, real-time view of your accounts with cash flow forecasting and financial reporting.
Whether arable, pastoral or mixed, your farm work should come first. Save time by automating admin, reconcile bank transactions and collaborate in real-time with bookkeepers and accountants.
From livestock and fertiliser to machinery and equipment, there’s a lot to keep track of on your farm. Sage Accounting makes it fast and easy for farmers to view stock levels so that you’re always in control.
When you’ve got your financial data and records stored in a single system for agriculture accounting, it’s easy to generate, validate, and submit compliant VAT returns to HMRC in much less time. Keep an audit trail and record VAT actions digitally for greater accuracy.
It takes seconds to create, send and review invoices so that you can get paid faster. Set up recurring invoices and save hours on admin - especially handy for agriculture businesses during a harvest.
Whether you’re out on the farm or off site, you can review the quantity and value of your livestock, send invoices, capture receipts, and stay on top of payments, all using our mobile app.
Farming isn’t just a job, it’s a lifestyle. And we understand that it’s your biggest priority. That’s why Sage Accounting was designed to complement your business. It’s easy to start using, it gives you a clear way to manage your finances and it helps you save time with automated admin so that you can focus on what’s important.
It's straightforward to set up Sage Accounting and then apply the correct VAT rate to your products and services. After providing Sage access to your VAT records, simply hit a button to submit accurate VAT return to HMRC as often as you need.
Whether your focus is poultry, dairy, grain or barley, Sage Accounting is perfect for recording income and expenses for your farming business. You can also sync it with your bank account using bank feeds. Before a self-assessment deadline, you can then hand over all of this information to your accountant, who can submit a return on your behalf.
There are plenty of ways you can save time with Sage Accounting. Here are some examples:
Automate manual tasks
By automating tasks, you can cut down the amount of time you spend on manual data entry to save money and focus on the areas of the business that need the most attention.
AutoEntry
Spend less time on admin and more time on your farm work with a paperless way to manage receipts. Simply snap, scan or email a photo of your receipts, bank transactions, invoices or other documents for your Sage accounts using AutoEntry. Then categorise, publish and share them with your accountant through Sage Accounting. AutoEntry captures tax summaries and full line item details including description, quantity and unit price so it’s an easy way to log the information you need, when you need it.
Other ways to save time:
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