Simply Accounting by Sage 2008 – now larger databases and up to 10 concurrent users!

Simply Accounting by Sage 2008 helps small businesses run more efficiently and professionally. This fully bilingual, versatile product offers payroll¹, tracks projects, manages inventory, prepares budgets and forecasts, and generates insightful reports using existing data.

Developed in Canada, Simply Accounting 2008 tracks revenue and expenses, prepares invoices, pays bills, and calculates GST/HST and PST/QST. You can rest easy with Simply Accounting’s full-time audit trail that cannot be turned off. And you can store up to seven years of financial history to comply with government regulations.

Setup is simple; answering just a few quick questions will get you on your way. And if you need more help, all Sage Software products are backed by award-winning customer support. ²

Simply Accounting 2008 saves you time and money by facilitating your accounting tasks, allowing you to focus on your business, not your business software.

¹ Additional fees apply for payroll tax updates and automatic payroll calculations.
² Sage Simply Accounting will provide you with free customer support for one case within 30 days of product registration. Additional support is available for a fee.

Simply Accounting by Sage 2008 – What's New

New 2008 Features

Home Screen Redesign

Simply Accounting now has a new look – Easy to use interface designed to replicate your workflow. See the new Home Screen.

Ability to work in 2 fiscal years at a time

Enabling the "automatic reversal/correction" feature for transactions dated in the previous fiscal period makes year-end adjustments much easier.

Transfer Money Journal

Easily transfer money between accounts with the new transfer funds journal available in the banking module. Also supports multicurrency transactions.

Full 7 years of historical data

Keep detailed information as required by CRA audit standards.

New Database

More robust, greater security, and faster for users with high volume of transactions and/or records.

Report Enhancements

• Save reports in PDF format.
• Customization of reports – Dynamic sorting, moving, resizing of columns directly in the report.
• Refresh on demand – To minimize the time delay caused by having all open reports refresh every time a new transaction is posted.
• Print Preview & Select pages to print – Saves paper and time.
• Export to Excel with formatting intact – Saves time (no need to duplicate formatting effort).
• CTRL+F find feature – Saves time; quickly locate any term or value in the report.
• Increased Performance – Ability to generate, scroll, etc at much faster rate.
• Report Layout changes – Embellish reports to a standardized format.

Visual feedback when completing transactions

To re-assure new users that the transaction didn’t just disappear. Also, displays journal entry number that’s been assigned in the confirmation window.

Show invoice subtotal amount in the sales window

In addition to showing up on the printed form, it will now appear on screen.

Show PAID on invoice when invoice has been paid.

Show invoice date in payments and receipts.

What version is right for me?

For a personalized demonstration, answers to any questions, or pricing please contact: Mark Landry-Doran at 780-232-4966 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it