Hand your bookkeeper a clean Sage import, not a pile of invoices
BOOKAR exports your sales invoices, supplier invoices and — for Sage 50 — payments in the formats Sage expects, coded to your own Sage nominal codes.
It removes the part of the month that nobody enjoys: reading job invoices off a screen and typing them into the ledger. The work has already been coded as it was done, so the export is a file to import rather than a task to work through.
Live — export formats for Sage 50, Sage 200 and Sage Business Cloud.
Sage in BOOKAR — at a glance
- Formats
- Sage 50 / Sage 200 and Sage Business Cloud
- Sales
- Customer invoices, fully coded
- Purchases
- Supplier invoices in their own export
- Payments
- Optional payments export for Sage 50
- Codes
- Your Sage nominal codes, mapped once
What the Sage integration does
Everything is coded at the point the invoice is raised, so the export is a by-product of the work rather than a separate exercise.
Your nominal codes
Each BOOKAR nominal code carries an optional Sage code. Set them once and every export uses your ledger structure rather than ours.
Sales invoice export
Customer invoices export with their lines split across the right nominal codes — labour, parts, MOT, tyres, sublet and the rest.
Supplier invoice export
Purchase invoices come out in their own Sage 50 or Sage Business Cloud format, so the purchase ledger is fed from the same source as the sales ledger.
Payments, if you want them
Sage 50 exports can optionally include payments, so cash and card receipts are posted alongside the invoices they settle.
VAT handled at source
Tax treatment is set on the invoice line in BOOKAR, so it comes through on the export rather than being decided again at import time.
An export log
Every export is recorded with its period, format and contents, so it is clear what has already been posted and nothing goes across twice.
From the job to Sage and back
Four steps, all of them inside the work your team is already doing.
Map your codes
Add your Sage nominal codes against the BOOKAR ones. Anything left blank falls back to the BOOKAR code.
Work the month
Raise invoices and record supplier bills as normal. Coding happens as the work is done.
Run the export
Choose the format — Sage 50, Sage 200 or Sage Business Cloud — the period, and whether to include payments.
Import into Sage
Bring the file into Sage. The export log records what went, so the next run picks up where this one left off.
Why garages turn it on
Plenty of established garages are on Sage and have no intention of moving. The integration meets that where it is.
- No manual re-entry of job invoices into the ledger
- Consistent coding, because it is set once and reused
- Sales and purchases fed from the same system
- Payments posted alongside the invoices they clear
- A clear record of what has already been exported
- Month-end that takes minutes rather than a day
About Sage
Sage is one of the most established names in UK business accounting, and Sage 50 in particular remains a fixture in independent garages and the accountancy practices that serve them.
BOOKAR supports the desktop line — Sage 50 and Sage 200 — as well as Sage Business Cloud, for both customer invoices and supplier invoices.
Visit SageSage — the facts
- Supported
- Sage 50, Sage 200, Sage Business Cloud
- Documents
- Sales invoices, supplier invoices, payments
- Coding
- Optional per-code Sage nominal mapping
- Method
- Structured export files
Common questions about Sage
Which Sage products are supported?
Sage 50 and Sage 200 share an export format, and Sage Business Cloud has its own. Both are available for sales invoices, and both have a matching supplier invoice export.
Do I have to use Sage nominal codes?
Only if yours differ from the BOOKAR ones. Each nominal code has an optional Sage code; where it is blank, the BOOKAR code is used instead.
Can I export payments too?
Yes, for Sage 50 — payments are an opt-in on the export, so you can include them or leave them to be handled through bank reconciliation.
The rest of the stack
BOOKAR connects to the suppliers, data providers and payment platforms a UK garage already runs on.
See Sage working inside BOOKAR
Book a demo and we will show you the integration on a real job, using the suppliers and systems your garage already uses. No obligation, and no scripted tour.
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