Thursday 31 March 2011

Emailing Invoices from Tempo

Your PDF sales invoices now can be emailed to your client  from within Tempo.

When viewing your authorised invoice click the new "Email Invoice" near the top of the page.  A pop-up box will allow you to specify the email address.  By default your clients email address is shown but you can email the invoice to any where required.

Soon you'll be able to edit the content of the email but for now a default message is used.  Try emailing an invoice to you own address to see it in action.


New Dashboard!

Finally - we've jazzed up your dashboard.  Your dashboard is the page you see when you first log in to Tempo (or follow the Dashboard link).  The idea of this area is to provide you with a quick overview of relevant information.  For example - recently raised invoices, imminent company events (from your schedule) and quick links for common actions such as raising invoices.

It's pretty simple at the moment but soon we are releasing the feature for you to be able to choose from a list of "widgets" which will be shown on your dashboard.  Hence, it's totally customisable.

We're keep you posted on these developments but for now let us know what you'd like to see on your dashboard.

Tuesday 15 March 2011

Adding Users, Directors and Owners

You can now record individuals related to your organisation on Tempo.  For example, if your company has a new director you can add their details and assign them a user account.

You can also create accounts for other individuals who may need access to your records.  For example, you may employ a book keeper to tap in your expenses and so need to provide them with their own login details for Tempo.

From the main menu look for the "Individuals" section.

You may also have noticed the new 'Account' link (top right) this is where you can change your password etc.

Payroll Settings and Adding Employees

You can now add details of your PAYE scheme to Tempo.  Defaults such as payroll frequency and pay-run date can be set up according to your requirements.  In the main menu look for "Payroll Settings".

From here you can also add 'Individuals' as employees and set their salary levels.  We are still working on areas such as P46 etc but this will be released soon....

Wednesday 9 March 2011

Banking and Interest Charges

As well as recording the interest received on a bank account you can now record banking charges taken from your account.

This covers interest charges and transactional charges.  Go to the Banking section on the main menu and select the link "Charges".  From here you choose whether the charge was for interest or a transactional charge.  Provide the amount and date taken and select which account the charge was taken from.

Monday 7 March 2011

Recording Interest Received

If you are lucky enough to receive interest income into one of you business accounts be sure to record the transaction on Tempo.

Under the banking section of the main menu select "Interest" and provide the amount, date and paid-to account.  Your statement and income records will be updated automatically.

Transferring Funds Between Accounts

We've just released the facility for you to record money transfers between your company accounts.

From the Banking section of the main menu select Transfers.  Choose the account From and To and enter the date and amount of the transfer.  Your statements and balances will then be updated.

Note that both the From and To accounts are updated (you do not need to record the transfer twice!).

This should be used for:
  • Recording cash pay-ins and withdrawals
  • Recording money moved to and from a savings accounts
  • Recording when you paid off some or all of you company credit card
  • Recording any transfers between your company accounts

Wednesday 2 March 2011

New VAT Wizard

Calculating and filing your VAT returns is now pretty easy.  Your schedule shows when the VAT return is due and when the payment deadline is.

At the end of each period simply follow the VAT return link from your Schedule to see the figures for your latest return.

When you've paid the bill you simply follow the on-line instructions for recording the payment.