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Showing or hiding the post details screen when posting invoices 

When posting sales or purchase invoices, the Post invoice screen allows you to personalise several aspects of the resulting journal entry, depending on the invoice type: Sales: Journal and Description for the journal entry Purchases: Journal, Posting date and Description for the journal entry If you do not want to see this screen appear the



Cancelling your Sage Active subscription 

You have the option to cancel your Sage Active subscription at any time should you decide to do so. The cancellation period for your Sage Active subscription is at least 30 days from the date that you request cancellation. Cancellation will then take effect on the next effective date as per your terms and conditions.


Accounting configuration: German legislation 

Before carrying out accounting operations, the various accounting elements should be configured. In Accounting configuration, you can set a default account length as well as the default third party, sales and tax accounts. This configuration process formalises the accounts in use and sets the methods for encoding different operations, such as purchases, sales, and taxes.


Accounting configuration: Spanish legislation 

Before carrying out accounting operations, the various accounting elements should be configured. In Accounting configuration, you can set a default account length as well as the default third party, sales and tax accounts. This configuration process formalises the accounts in use and sets the methods for encoding different operations, such as purchases, sales, and taxes.


Accounting configuration: French legislation 

Before carrying out accounting operations, the various accounting elements should be configured. In Accounting configuration, you can set a default account length as well as the default third party, sales and tax accounts. This configuration process formalises the accounts in use and sets the methods for encoding different operations, such as purchases, sales, and taxes.


Creating terms for payment in three instalments 

The application comes with several payment terms that you can take inspiration from to add more. When you create payment conditions, you can for example set the specific day for the payment to take place. In this example, the second due date is forced to 3 possible dates. To create terms for a payment in


Disabling automatic numbering for third parties 

If you want to manage the numbering of third parties yourself, you will need to activate manual numbering for each element concerned. German legislation This process is not available for German legislation due to DATEV formatting restrictions. Access the sequence numbers. Settings > Business – Sequence numbers Select the Entity (customer, supplier, or employee) to


Advice for importing journal entries 

To import data into Sage Active, review the following instructions and information. Respect the file structure. Do not delete the first three lines of the CSV file: Line 1: This header line contains the titles of the data that needs to be included. Asterisks indicate that it is mandatory to include this data in the


Importing journal entries 

You can import journal entries to complete an existing database and therefore avoid manual data entry in the application. Before importing your data, open the Import preparation checklist. Complete the necessary actions in this list to minimise the potential for errors when importing your data. To import journal entries, first download the import template. This



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