XERO U.K. : Free Sage to Xero conversion / Move to Xero online accounting software and escape Sage's price increase. A special offer available until September 30.

Xero writes: Sign up before the end of September and Xero will arrange a free conversion of your data from Sage, meaning you don’t have to stress.

They have launched this promotion as a reaction to news that Sage will be increasing the price of their Sage 50 Accounts software for small businesses by up to 90%!

The process appears to be straightforward, they are utilising Movemybooks, an external company, who are also able to convert accounting data from QuickBooks to Xero.

The data they are able to transfer is as follows:

• Customer details
• Supplier details
• Chart of accounts
• Account balances
• Customer balances
• Supplier balances
• Individual transactions as requested

They do not transfer over the ‘non core’ following items:

• Departments / Classes
• Budgets
• ​Stock Items
• Product / Sales Items
• Sales / Purchase orders
• Estimates
• Memorised transactions
• Invoice and other templates
• Timesheets / Time Records
• Payroll and employee records​
• Accounts that have never had any transactions

They utilise strong encryption and so any data will be safe during the process.

On the face of it, this is an attractive offer as we often come across clients who are looking for a better accountancy package, though are reluctant to risk impact to their business through the upheaval of the conversion process. The offer covers the previous two years worth of accounts only.

At least once the accounting data has been migrated to Xero, you no longer need to worry about upgrading or managing the client software, as it is all run by Xero, in the cloud. The normal method of access is via a web browser or App.

You can learn more about the promotion below. If you are thinking of moving to Xero and are looking for an experienced pro-active accountancy practise, please contact us.

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