Sage 50 Accounts Certification
Now, for the first time, you can gain official recognition of your Sage 50 Accounts skills with Sage Certification.
Sage Certification is based on the Sage 50 Accounts (formerly Sage Line50) software and consists of an online exam for each level of certification, delivered over the Internet, straight to your PC.
Each examination consists of program simulations, "drag and drop" exercises and multiple-choice questions. For added convenience, you can choose to sit the exams whenever you feel ready to take them. A Sage Certified Pass is valid for two years.
How Certification works
Tailored to your needs, Sage 50 Accounts Certification is available in 3 levels. Each level includes its own syllabus (click the relevant 
below for details).
Sage 50 Accounts Certification Level 1
To take this exam you will need to study either Stage 1 workbooks or Introduction to Sage 50 Accounts and Stage 1 classroom courses. The topics covered are as follows:
- Nominal Accounts: Creation and maintenance of nominal codes and budgets
- Customer Accounts: Setting up customer records
- Supplier Accounts: Setting supplier records
- Opening Balances: Preparation, planning and posting of Opening Balances
- Password security: Passwords and access rights
- Journals: Journals, settings, reversing and skeleton journals
- Bank Transactions: Bank, cash and credit card transactions; calculate net, defaults and transfers
- Invoices: Post invoices, credit notes and view nominal activity
- Customer Receipts: Post receipts and process disputed items
- Supplier Payments: Post payments, credit note matching and payments on account
- Error Correction: Error correction process and refunds
Sage 50 Accounts Certification Level 2
To take this exam you will need to study Stage 2 workbooks or Stage 2 classroom course. The topics covered are as follows:
- Bank reconciliation: Reconcile bank transactions with statements.
- Use the search facility: Understand search criteria, multiple search and wild cards
- Credit control reports both current and retrospective: Aged debtors and frequencies, current and retrospective reports
- Customer statements and overdue letters: Understand the different types of customer documentation.
- Dispute invoices: Flag invoices in dispute and understand reasons why.
- Write Offs and VAT Element: Writing off customer/supplier transaction and adjustment of VAT.
- Enter and process recurring entries: Setup and process Standing orders and repeat transactions
- Fixed asset register: Setup and post depreciation and disposing of an asset
- Prepayments and Accruals: Setup and process prepayments and accruals
- Create multiple Charts of Accounts: Understand the different formats used for Profit and Loss and Balance Sheets.
- Management Reporting: Produce management reports and Microsoft® Excel and Word integration
- Statutory Reporting: Perform a VAT Return, Run the Year End
Sage 50 Accounts Certification Level 3
To take this exam you will need to study Stage 3 workbooks or Stage 3 classroom course. The topics covered are as follows:
- Stock Plan your stock system
- Products Create product records
- Opening Balances Enter opening balances for stock levels
- Purchase Order Processing Create and process purchase orders
- Sales Order Processing Create and process sales orders
- Stock Taking Perform a stock take and make any necessary adjustments
- Period End For Stock Perform a stock period end and year end
- Delivery Addresses Create multiple delivery addresses
- Bill Of Materials Setup a product assembly
- Discounting Product pricing and discount structures
- Product Invoices and Credits Create product invoices and credit notes
- Quotations Create quotes and proformas
- Recurring Entries Setup recurring invoices and orders
- Foreign Currency Setup and use the foreign trade
Why certification?
Choose this exam if you want to stand out from the crowd and show the world you know how to use Sage 50 Accounts.
| If you're a Sage 50 Accounts user, Sage Certification provides:
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If you're an employer looking for training for your people, Sage Certification helps you: |
- Proof that you are a competent Sage user
- Credibility for potential employers
- Career advancement
- Increased earning potential
- Competitive advantage – it sets you apart in the job market
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- Increase employee competency
- Increase productivity
- Increase employee morale
- Simplify employee selection / hiring process
- Identify individual skills
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Prove your Sage Accounts skills
By taking an exam and gaining the Certificate of Accreditation from Sage, you will have taken an important step in your career. Your Certificate is designed to tell any potential employer that you have the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to operate Sage 50 Accounts (formerly Sage Line 50).
What to do now
- Starting on the route to certification is easy. We have training available via classroom courses, onsite training and workbooks with demo data CD ROMs. When you have completed the training you’ll be ready to sit the exam online at a time that is convenient to you.
- If you have completed your training and are ready for certification, please click the
button to be taken to our online shop (opens a new browser window or tab).
Advantage Services (Europe) Ltd are the number one Sage 50 Accounts training partner in the UK.
Please call 0845 641 0624 to discuss your training needs or fill in our enquiry form.
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