Sage + Estate Agents: Faster Bank Import
Estate agents manage client money accounts, commission income, and office expenses — all requiring careful reconciliation for compliance. If you use Sage for your accounting, you need a fast way to get bank statement data into the system.
BankScan AI for Estate Agents Using Sage
BankScan AI converts any bank statement PDF to CSV formatted for direct import into Sage. Convert your client money and office account statements to structured spreadsheets for faster reconciliation and compliance reporting.
The Estate Agents + Sage Workflow
Estate agents reconcile client money accounts holding tenant deposits and rent, match commission income against completed property sales, and track office operating expenses. Client money accounts must be reconciled separately from office accounts, with detailed records of every client fund movement maintained for compliance.
Key terms you'll encounter: client money account, completion statement, exchange of contracts, CMP scheme.
How It Works
Upload any bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Saves 2-3 hours per week on client money account reconciliation and commission tracking across property completions
AI formats for Sage
Output as CSV with Date, Details/Reference, Paid in, Paid out — Sage requires separate debit and credit columns rather than a single signed amount — dates in DD/MM/YYYY.
Import and reconcile
In Sage Accounting, go to Banking > select your bank account > Import statement. Upload the CSV, confirm column mapping (Date, Details, Paid in, Paid out), and import. Sage's bank reconciliation remembers previous matching rules, so repeat transactions from the same payee are auto-suggested for the same nominal code.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
Sage Features for Estate Agents
- Sage ready — Output formatted as CSV matching Sage's expected column structure
- Smart integration — Sage's bank reconciliation remembers previous matching rules, so repeat transactions from the same payee are auto-suggested for the same nominal code.
- Built for Estate Agents — Saves 2-3 hours per week on client money account reconciliation and commission tracking across property completions
- Software compatible — Output works directly with Reapit, Alto by Vebra, Xero
Import Steps for Estate Agents Using Sage
As an estate agent, here's how to get bank data into Sage:
- In Sage Accounting, go to Banking > select your bank account > Import statement
- Upload the CSV, confirm column mapping (Date, Details, Paid in, Paid out), and import
Common Import Issues
Sage requires separate Paid in/Paid out columns — a single Amount column will fail. Also rejects imports where the date column contains time stamps.
Sage Import — Built for Estate Agents
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