Review by Leah Berk

I used online tutorials and the Sage website to teach myself how to use the program. YouTube has a wealth of intro/beginner/intermediate/advanced video tutorials for helping one setup, run, and learn about the program. With a few hours’ time, I learned most of the basic functionality and felt competent enough to use Sage Premium Accounting for my small business.

The software is best for a small business or company that needs reliable accounting software, but doesn’t have a full-time or devoted accountant/financial advisor. Familiarity with basic accounting information/behaviors is useful for new users, but you’ll find Googling/Wikipedia to be your friend – I have little accounting/financial background and taught myself how to use the program without much trouble. It’s been invaluable for generating financial documents, like invoices, and has given my small at-home business a much more professional ‘polish’ to financial correspondence and documentation. I also feel a lot more well-prepared for the coming holiday season.

A major drawback is that it’s a subscription software, meaning it has planned obsolescence and will require renewal in a year.