You can customize the names and terminology used in Sage 50 Accounting to reflect your company's industry and business practices. This may be useful if you prefer Sage 50 Accounting to use the same terminology as your industry, or if you want to record additional information, such as a shipping address for vendors or an emergency contact for your employees.
Sage 50 Accounting allows you to specify a name for the user-defined elements in the program, such as:
Note: If you rename any of the payroll deduction boxes, you should also change the names of the corresponding linked accounts in the Accounts window.
You can change your terminology in Sage 50 Accounting (on screen and in reports) by selecting alternate terms that are based on the industry type of your company. You can choose industry-specific terms for:
Change the names of payroll income and deduction boxes
Change the name of your provincial tax and workers' compensation organization
Change the names of the boxes on the Additional Information tab for a set of records
Change the names of the additional information boxes on transaction windows
Change the name of the project module
Change the names of user-defined expenses on employee records
Change the names of entitlements on employee records
Switch to accounting or non-accounting terminology
Change the terms used for customers and sales
Change the terms used for vendors and purchases