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Move to Sage
Give yourself a head-start when you move your accounts to Sage Accounting
Free, automated data conversion
Moving your old accounting information to Sage Accounting is simple. All you need to do is spend a few minutes going through the easy-to-follow steps in our online software, then we will convert your data for you, and email you when your converted data is ready – typically within a couple of hours – and you can then complete your data migration.
Moving to Sage from another software platform, and taking up to two years of transaction history with you, is FREE when you use Movemybooks.
What can I convert?
We can convert to Sage Accounting from:
UK Sage 50/Instant*
UK Sage Accounting
UK Xero
(Standard & Premium only)
UK QuickBooks Desktop**
UK QuickBooks Online
(Essentials & Plus only)
KashFlow
*Sage50 v14 (2008) onwards
**QuickBooks Desktop 2009 onwards
NOTE: We only convert to Sage Accounting, not to Sage 50 or any other desktop version of Sage.
What gets converted?
Our software will move the chart of accounts, customer data, supplier data and individual transactions for the current and previous accounting years.
All of the nominal/general ledger, customer and supplier balances will be the same as in the source data.
Please take a look at the post-conversion tasks to see what might need to be tidied up once your conversion is complete (this exercise generally takes only 30 minutes or less).
Is it really FREE?
Sage will pay for you to move your accounting data from another software platform, making this service FREE for you. (There is a small charge of £180 + VAT to move your accounting data to Sage Accounting from Sage 50.)
If you would like to take additional years of transaction history with you, these cost £75 + VAT per year. You can also opt to include Sage department information for an extra £75 + VAT.
If you know the period of accounting you wish to convert, and your year-end, you can use our Pricing Wizard to quickly check how much your proposed conversion will cost.
How it works
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, please take a moment to read the important information below. If you have any questions, just ask us. Once you’re ready to start your migration, hit the ‘Get Started Now’ button at the bottom of the page, and we’ll take you through the process.
Thinking of
doing a Sage trial?
If you want to take advantage of Sage Accounting’s free trial we recommend that you use a different email address for the trial to the one you will want to use for any ongoing Sage company login. Unfortunately, the way Sage works means that your email address is used as your unique user identifier, and once you’ve used an email address for a trial we will be unable to use that same email address to set up your new Sage account and migrate your data. If you have an alternative email address we would recommend you use that one for your trial.
The important bit
PLEASE READ BEFORE USING MOVEMYBOOKS
To convert from another cloud platform, you will need to authorise us to access your current platform, and our web application will take care of the rest.
To convert from desktop accounting software, you will need to have the data open in Sage or QuickBooks so that our data uploader can access it.
We convert all of the core, important accounting data for you. This includes your chart of accounts and all of the balances on those accounts. Customer and supplier contact details, together with the balances on all customer and supplier accounts, are converted too. We also copy your individual transactions in detail.
Please understand that it is impossible to make an exact copy of your data in a different accounting system. There will be some information that we can’t convert and some information may look a bit different when converted (see Limitations of service). You can be confident, however, that your financial data will be accurate overall.
Due to the limitations imposed on us by the software you are converting from and to, there may sometimes be a little tidying up work that you’ll want to do once the conversion is complete. We’ve done our best to make sure this is as little as possible and provide you with full guidance on these post-conversion tasks (see Completing post-conversion tasks).
For more detailed information on the limitations of what we can and can’t convert, and guidance on completing the post-conversion tasks, click the following links:
Your questions answered
What is Movemybooks?
Movemybooks is online software by Ledgerscope, experts at providing productivity tools for accountants. Movemybooks extracts company accounting and financial data from your old accounting system, converts it and loads it into Sage Accounting. We can currently transfer data from Xero and QuickBooks Online.
How much does the service cost?
You’ll be pleased to know that Sage will pay for your conversion from another software platform, allowing you to migrate up to 2 years of historic data. (There is a small charge of £180 + VAT to move your accounting data to Sage Accounting from Sage 50.)
If you would like additional years of transaction history, these cost £75 per year. All prices exclude VAT.
We will need to create new Xero businesses for each conversion and you will be responsible for the monthly subscription to Sage.
If you know the period of accounting you wish to convert, and your year-end, you can use our Pricing Wizard to quickly check how much your proposed conversion will cost.
Is Movemybooks endorsed by Sage?
Yes. Although Movemybooks is not part of Sage, we work in partnership with Sage to ensure we’re able to transfer data swiftly and accurately. Sage recommends using Movemybooks to transfer data to Sage Accounting from Xero or QuickBooks Online.
How long will it take to transfer the data?
Up to two working days but it’s often much sooner.
How will the data be used?
When you provide us with access to your data, our software simply converts it to Sage Accounting format. We don’t review it in detail, share it with anyone outside our business, or use it for anything else. We do not retain the data permanently and it will be deleted from our servers after 30 days.
How will the data be protected?
Our online software is protected by strong encryption. This scrambles the data, making it virtually impossible to intercept and decode online. Data is stored encrypted on our servers. We also make sure data is encrypted when we transfer it to Sage. For more information please refer to our Security FAQ.
Can I move more than two years of transactions?
Yes, at an additional cost per extra year.
If you know the period of accounting you wish to convert, and your year-end, you can use our Pricing Wizard to quickly check how much your proposed conversion will cost.
I’ve already created a Sage Accounting business, can I still convert data to that account?
No, the business needs to be created at the time of the conversion.
A new Sage Accounting business is required for each conversion. For business owners we need to create this for you and transfer it to you after the conversion completes. For accountants we need to send you a file and instructions on how it needs to be imported into your Sage Accounting Partner Edition.
What software can I convert from?
You can convert data from Xero, Sage 50, QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online and KashFlow.
Can I convert data with foreign currencies?
Data which includes foreign currencies will be converted in the same way as other data. However, all foreign currency amounts will be changed to the home currency values. Factors specific to each software, and beyond our control, usually mean the conversion result is not completely accurate. It is not possible to fix your conversion further with respect to foreign currencies – this is the best outcome that is possible.
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