Course Overview

Learn how to install Sage Instant Accounts and set up the software for optimum performance for your particular business.  Gain an in-depth knowledge of every aspect of the software, and learn to use Sage Instant Accounts with ease and confidence.

Pre-requisites

No previous experience required.

Qualification

ICS Sage Instant Accounts Diploma

Support and benefits

• Complimentary software: Sage Instant Accounts V14
• Access to a dedicated tutor and student advisors to guide you through your studies
  

Key topics

• Introduction to Sage Instant Accounts

Learn how to install the software and navigate the program. Discover how to enter your company’s information.

• Accounts and Records

Explore the nominal ledger and learn how to create, amend and delete nominal records. Examine the three types of bank accounts. Study the various nominal control accounts. Discover how to create customer and supplier records, and how to enter opening balances.

• The Customers’, Suppliers’ and Bank Ledgers

Learn how to operate the customers’ and suppliers’ ledgers; for example, discover how to post customer or supplier invoices. Explore the bank ledger.

• The Products Module and the Invoicing Module

Explore the products module and learn how to plan a products database and how to create product records. Examine all the different features of the invoicing module.

• Credit Control, the Financials Module and Housekeeping

Learn how to use Sage Instant Accounts to manage your credit control. Explore the financials module, considering VAT, Year End and other financial matters. Examine general housekeeping procedures, such as backing-up important data.

Course Code

N82

Hours of study

9 months / 60 hours

Technical requirements

Minimum system requirements: Pentium 400 MHz processor; 64MB RAM (128MB for Windows 2000 and XP); 50MB of free space.

Outline

You’ll complete five assessments during your course. It is simple and easy to complete these assessments online via the ICS Student Community. When you complete an assessment online, it is marked instantly, meaning that you receive your result straightaway. This allows you to progress through your course without delay. It is, however, also possible to handwrite your answers and post these to ICS.

Assessment Breakdown

• Assessment 1: 20 multiple choice questions
• Assessment 2: 20 multiple choice questions
• Assessment 3: 20 multiple choice questions
• Assessment 4: 20 multiple choice questions
• Assessment 5: 20 multiple choice questions

Notes

Each multiple choice question comes with two or three potential answers. Only one of these answers is correct; the others are wrong. You must identify the correct answer.