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Easy access to financial reporting

Smarter financial reporting, better business decisions

Get clear financial reporting insights, real-time dashboards, and easy-to-share accounting reports to help your South African small business make confident decisions.

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Real-time financial reports

Use financial reporting software with intuitive dashboards to view sales, purchases, VAT, cash flow, and key accounting reports in one place.

Accounting reports; View sales, purchases, quotes, estimates, customer activity, and VAT liability in real time.

Cash Flow Statement and Forecast; See money moving in and out of your business with visual cash flow statements and forecasts that help you plan ahead.

 

Turn reports into action

  • Access a variety of detailed, essential, and cash reports to help you understand your business finances.
  • Make your money in and out simple to understand as you track by period, ledger account, connected bank account and more.
  • Keep your books accurate with reports that allow you to identify unallocated payments and unreconciled transactions with ease.
  • Protect your cash flow with comprehensive access to debtors and creditors, with views by ageing periods, amount per customer, and total amounts owed.
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Collaborate to plan the future of your business

  • Share access with those who need it to a singular place for accurate reporting and an overview of your business finances.
  • Get the data you need to have strategic conversations about the future with your accountant or financial advisor.
  • Export your reports into Excel, CSV, and PDF for easy sharing and further analysis of your data.

A plan to support you and your business

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For VAT-registered sole traders, freelancers, or micro businesses just getting started.
From R270
per month / incl. VAT
Start your 30-day free trial, then from R270 a month.* You save R270
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For small businesses working with suppliers, managing inventory or working in multiple currencies.
From R490
per month / incl. VAT
Start your 30-day free trial, then from R490 a month.* You save R490
AI features

 

 Everything from START plan, and also:


  • Add additional users for R85/month
  • Add additional companies for R460/month
  • Add Advanced Inventory for R465/month
  • Add Debtors Manager for R325/month
  • Add Time Tracking for R185/month
  • Take payments with multiple currencies for R185/month
  • Storage (1GB) for R20/month
  • Collaborate with your accountant (optional)
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*We want you to be fully happy with our software and try it without worry. If you purchase the software but decide it isn't a right fit for your business, let us know within 30 days and we'll give you a full refund.

Financial reporting FAQs

Financial reporting is the process of recording, organising, analysing, and sharing a business's financial information over a set period.

It usually includes key financial reporting types such as profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, VAT reports, debtor reports, and creditor reports. These reports help South African small-business owners, accountants, and stakeholders understand performance, manage cash flow, prepare for tax and VAT obligations, and make better financial planning decisions.

Yes. You can use CSV templates to import information such as your chart of accounts and contacts. Sage can also help cover the cost of importing up to two years' worth of transactional information, so you can move across with less manual work.

See our Switch to Sage page for more information.

Yes. Sage Accounting makes financial reports easier to understand with clear dashboards, simple report views, and export options you can share with your accountant.

You also get expert customer support via phone, email, and live chat, plus training and learning materials to help you feel confident using your software.

Financial reporting software helps businesses turn accounting data into clear reports and insights to understand financial performance and make informed decisions. With Sage Accounting, South African small businesses can access real-time dashboards and reports covering sales, purchases, VAT, cash flow, debtors, creditors, and more, all in one place.

Businesses should review their key financial reports at least monthly, with areas such as cash flow, sales, purchases, and outstanding payments monitored more regularly where needed. Sage Accounting provides real-time reporting and intuitive dashboards, helping you stay closer to your finances, spot changes sooner, and make confident decisions based on current business data.

South African small businesses should regularly review financial reports covering profit and loss, balance sheets, cash flow, sales and purchases, VAT, debtors, and creditors. Sage Accounting brings essential financial information together, making it easier to understand business performance, monitor money coming in and going out, and stay on top of what customers owe.

Financial reporting is the broader process of recording, organising, analysing, and communicating a business's financial information. Financial statements, such as profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, form part of that process. Financial statement analysis takes this further by using the figures to understand performance, identify trends, and support better decisions. Sage Accounting gives you clear reporting and real-time financial information to make that analysis easier.

Financial accounting focuses on recording and organising a business's financial transactions, while financial reporting turns that information into reports that help explain financial performance and position. Sage Accounting connects the two by keeping your financial information organised and giving you easy access to reports and dashboards, so you and your accountant can understand the numbers and use them to plan ahead.

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