If you have ever tried to open a task in Sage 50/Peachtree and it showed up on the Windows task bar but no window ever appeared, don’t worry. You can usually solve the problem with a few simple keyboard commands.
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In Sage 50/Peachtree the error “Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation” means that there is a problem in the user-maintained tax table. It may mean that the file was damaged. But if the error appeared after a tax update was installed there is another likely explanation.
If you ever print envelopes to mail to your customers, vendors, or employees, you can save time by setting up a custom form in Sage 50-US Edition. Then you’ll be able to print an envelope with just a few clicks, instead of retyping or copying and pasting names and addresses.
The “Waiting on Bill” option in Sage 50/Peachtree allows you receive inventory before you have an invoice for it. This tip explains how and why you should use it, as well as how to work around some of its shortcomings.
Sage 50 will let you sell more inventory than you have on hand. But how does that affect inventory and cost of goods sold?
Recurring Transaction Setup
Aug 28
If you manually enter the same transaction every week, month etc, recurring transactions can save you time.
Pricing Formulas
Jul 31
Pricing formulas can make it easy to changes prices for your whole inventory.
Learn how to combine budget and actual data using a custom income statement to make a year-end projection.
If you have customer that are also vendors, you may want to offset the A/R and A/P balances against each other. This tip shows you how to do it easily.
Peachtree can print both 1099-MISC and 1099-INT forms. And on the 1099-MISC, amounts can go in up to 11 different boxes. This tip will show you the 2 settings in Peachtree that make it easy to get your 1099s to print correctly.
