Peachtree Premium Accounting for Construction 2008 Now Available

ATLANTA, GA -- Sage Software announced the availability of the Peachtree by Sage 2008 product line, which includes the new version of Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Construction. The Peachtree 2008 line includes an array of customer-driven enhancements that save time around daily tasks such as invoicing, document management, and utilizing reports and forms.

"We've built Peachtree Premium Accounting for Construction to address major pain points for small construction firms. By including capabilities to help them better manage their operations, from sub-contractors to employees, Peachtree Premium Accounting for Construction can assist them with staying on top of critical details, and better forecast for the highs and lows of doing business," said Connie Certusi, general manager of accounting solutions, Sage Software. "The customer-designed advancements we've brought with Peachtree 2008 combine more intuitive and easy to use features with the industry specific functionality and trusted double-entry accounting our customers appreciate to ensure accuracy and keep a firm hand on their company's activities."

In developing this release, Sage Software worked closely with small businesses through its Customer-Connected Design Center to identify opportunities to enhance functionality and introduce new features. The features and enhancements detailed below reflect product performance improvements, and the greater control small businesses can exercise within Peachtree:

-- Invoicing - using the new Broadcast Invoices feature, small businesses can save time by creating one invoice in just a few clicks, and send it to any number of customers based on many filtering options.

-- Reporting - small businesses now have the control to customize 19 of the most popular accounting reports within Peachtree using 100 available fields in which to add information. The reporting improvements also include 50 new filters, 30 new sorts and greater drill-down capabilities. Peachtree 2008 also offers a new Transaction Detail Report which is a comprehensive report that enables small businesses to see key information related to any transactions from one location.

-- Forms Design - a new design screen offers small businesses more flexibility for adding color, logos and other information to customize the standard layout on forms such as invoices, sales orders, quotes, etc. Additionally, standard form layouts can be modified easily by turning on and off fields from the transaction screen, and the changes are automatically reflected on the printed form.

-- Document Management - Peachtree 2008 includes a new document management feature that enables small businesses to add attachments to records such as vendors, employees, inventory items, payroll checks, or quotes directly within the product for better tracking and management. All file types are supported with this feature including Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheets, Microsoft® Word documents, photographs and scanned files.

-- Inventory - businesses with physical inventory can now select the number of decimal points they desire up to a maximum of five for both the quantity and unit price fields. This feature is ideal for companies that need to track specific unit or quantities beyond a standard two decimal settings, allowing for a more precise representation of their inventory and pricing structure.

Using Peachtree Premium Accounting for Construction, construction-based small businesses can track progress billing, calculate labor burden, monitor insurance expiration dates, and companies using an accrual based accounting method can also manage retainage payables and receivables. Additionally, Peachtree Premium Accounting for Construction 2008 comes with Crystal Reports® for Peachtree to provide even greater operational and financial analysis with customized reports.

Pricing and Availability

The manufacturer's suggested retail price for Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting for Construction 2008 single user is $599.99 and for multi-user is $1199.99. High value competitive rebates are available from Sage Software for customers on other small business accounting packages. Call 800-228-0068 for more details.