How to manage or cancel subscriptions in Sage Accounting and Sage Payroll.
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Manage subscriptions
The Manage subscriptions page is where you will subscribe, change, resubscribe to, or cancel product subscriptions.
CAUTION: You must log in as the business owner or have relevant permissions to manage subscriptions.
NOTE: If you subscribed through the Apple store, go to the Apple Wallet to manage your Sage subscriptions.
- From the navigation bar, select your business name, then Manage business account.
- Select the Subscriptions (or Subscriptions and Invoices) tab.
- Select:
- Manage subscriptions. To start a product trial, subscribe to a product, or cancel a subscription
- Add New Product or Upgrade. To subscribe to another product or to upgrade a subscription
Your subscription changes and pricing show on the right.
NOTE: You're not able to add a new subscription to your product if it's for another business. You'll need to sign up for a new account.
Depending on the product, you can change your subscription in the following ways:
- Sage Accounting - While you can upgrade your subscription at any time, you cannot downgrade it. For example, go from Accounting Plus to Accounting Start. This is because your data gets formatted for the features in the higher tier product. It can't get reformatted for use with a lower tier.
- Sage Accounting Individual - You can downgrade from the paid plan to the free plan if you haven't exceeded the number of bank accounts allowed or the attachment storage limit
- Sage Payroll. You can add or remove employees any time. Keep in mind that the number of active employees you have in Payroll must match the subscription level. For example, if you have 25 active employees, you cannot change your subscription to 5-10 employees. Find out more about changes to Sage Payroll billing
- From the navigation bar, select your business name, then Manage business account.
- Select the Subscriptions (or Subscriptions and Invoices) tab.
- Within the box for the product, you want to cancel, select Cancel Subscription.
- Select Apply Selections.
- You can choose to speak to us if they wish or select Continue with cancellation.
- You should read the information carefully and then select a Reason for cancellation.
- Tick the box to confirm you have downloaded any required data.
- Select Cancel Subscription.
The screen will then appear saying "Your changes were applied". This means you've cancelled the subscription successfully. The Manage subscriptions screen will update to show the end date of the subscription and the option to re-subscribe. If you want to restart using your subscription, just log back in and enter your payment details.
You can subscribe to a subscription for Sage Accounting, Sage Payroll, Final Accounts, Corporation Tax, or Personal Tax (for an individual) to provide these services for any client.
Once purchased, you can open a product from the Products section in the client record.
To buy or manage client subscriptions:
- From the list in Client Management, select the client to which you want to add a product.
- Select Manage products from the Products section.

- Select Manage subscriptions.
- Select the product you want to buy and then select Apply changes.
- Follow any remaining steps to complete your purchase.
To review subscriptions your client pays for:
- From the client list, select the client.
- Select Manage products from the Products section.
- Products the client is paying for show in the Connected section.
If the option to cancel your subscription doesn't appear, follow this link for additional support to cancel your subscription (opens in a new window).
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