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    Quicken 2008 Home & Business [OLD VERSION]

    Quicken 2008 Home & Business [OLD VERSION]

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    From: Intuit
    Category: Software

    List Price: $99.95
    Buy New: $26.95
    You Save: $73.00 (73%)



    New (33) Used (4) from $26.95

    Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars 56 reviews
    Sales Rank: 81

    Format: Cd-rom
    Platform: Windows Xp
    Media: CD-ROM
    Edition: Home & Business
    Autographed: No
    Memorabilia: No
    Batteries Included: No
    Operating System: Windows XP
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
    Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.4

    MPN: 403616
    UPC: 028287017214
    EAN: 0028287017337
    ASIN: B000U0AEE2

    Release Date: September 9, 2007
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

    Features:
      • Perfect for home business owners and self-employed professionals
      • Track personal and business expenses in one place and see how your business is doing
      • Capture all your possible business deductions and see your tax deduction status throughout the year
      • Connect to your bank, credit card, 401(k)s, or brokerage accounts with a single password
      • Make online banking even better--bring all your personal and business online accounts together in one place

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      • TurboTax Business 2007

    Editorial Reviews:

    Amazon.com
    If you have a home business or are self-employed, you need Quicken Home & Business 2008. It is the only Quicken software that brings your personal and business finances together--while letting you manage them both separately--for a complete view of your financial picture.

    Easily see your total financial picture -- including your business and personal finances.

    Quicken helps you identify transactions you enter as business or personal, income or expenses, with a single click.

    See a monthly calendar of your paychecks, bills and expenses.

    Scan in and attach related documents to particular accounts or projects, so you have everything you need in one place for easy reference at tax time.

    Because, for you, business is personal.
    Quicken Home & Business 2008 gives you the personal financial features found in Quicken Premier plus smart business tracking tools.

    Manage both your personal and business finances together in one place
    Easily see your total financial picture--including your business and personal finances. You can manage them together or separately--and view them as you wish.

    Manage your business expenses from personal accounts
    Because Quicken Home & Business tracks both your personal and business finances, it's easy to track business expenses you paid for with a personal account--i.e., office supplies on a personal credit card or dinner out with a client you paid for with personal cash.

    Instantly see how your business is doing
    The redesigned Business Center gives you an overall snapshot of your business and personal finances--what's coming in for the month, what's going out, and what's left over in your personal and business accounts. A new Profit and Loss view helps you see how your business is doing overall for the year.

    Easily track and categorize business expenses
    Quicken helps you identify transactions you enter as business or personal, income or expenses, with a single click. Avoid having to enter the same data twice. Quicken remembers the first time you enter a business transaction, then applies the same information to similar entries in the future.

    View all your finances in one place.
    Bring your personal and business accounts--banks, 401(k) or other IRA, online brokerages--together in one place. Avoid the hassle of going to multiple web sites and trying to remember multiple passwords.(1) With Quicken you can you can see it all in one place with just ONE password.

    Maximize deductions so you can minimize your taxes
    Quicken Home & Business makes it easier than ever to categorize deductions. What's more, the business tax deduction summary lets you instantly see your tax deduction status throughout the year to help maximize your deductions and help avoid any April 15th surprises. Easily import data to TurboTax.(2)

    Pay your bills on time
    See a monthly calendar of your paychecks, bills and expenses to help you schedule bills, set reminders and--most importantly--help avoid late fees. Easily pay personal or business bills right from within Quicken with Quicken Bill Pay or a third party bill pay service.(3)

    Keep important documents together and protected
    Just scan in and attach related documents to particular accounts or projects, so you have everything you need in one place for easy reference at tax time.

    Get free support when you buy, install or upgrade Quicken(4)
    If you need help purchasing, installing or upgrading your new software, free phone support is available for Quicken Home & Business 2008 through December 31, 2008.

    What's New in 2008

    Get what you need to stay on top of your business

    • New! Get help finding deductions you may have missed
      Clearly see your business tax deduction summary to date in the Business Center--and see other possible deductions that Quicken has found to help make the most of your tax return.
    • New! Easily track your business' profit or loss
      The new Profit and Loss view in the Business Center lets you check in anytime to see how your business is growing.
    • New! Get a total picture of where you stand
      The Cash Flow Center gives you an overall snapshot your business and personal finances--what's coming in for the month, what's going out, and what's left over in your business and personal accounts.

    Clearly keep track of expenses

    • Improved! Categorizing your expenses is easier than ever
      A simple drop down menu makes it faster to categorize your income and expenses as business and personal--right from your register. You can also add extra important details to any transaction, so you can assign it to a particular business, client or project.

    Let Quicken do the heavy lifting

    • Improved! More connections to more financial institutions
      Quicken Home & Business 2008 connects you to over 5300 banks, brokerages and other financial institutions--including PayPal. It's easier than ever to truly bring your accounts together in one place.(1)
    • New! Import your PayPal account transactions into Quicken
      Whether it's personal payments or business income--or both--Quicken can now import your transaction data directly from PayPal.
    • New! See where you can save more
      A new "My Savings Plan" instantly shows a summary of your actual spending and compares it to what you planned to spend for the month. Quickly see where you have room to spend or save more. Set flexible spending targets on regular expenses like gas and groceries and then check your progress as you go through the month.
    • Improved! Smarter navigation makes it easier access the tools you need
      A more intuitive navigation makes it easier and faster to get around and discover the features and tools that work best for you. Tabs let you quickly switch between Quicken's main pages. And a new interactive account bar makes it clear which of your accounts you are working with at any given moment.
    • New! Get reminders of scheduled bills and transactions--without opening Quicken
      If you're using Windows Vista, our new Quicken Billminder Gadget can remind you of scheduled bills and transactions directly from your desktop.
    (1) Online features require Internet access and are subject to change. Services vary among participating financial institutions or other parties and may be subject to application approval, additional terms, conditions and fees. More than 5,322 participating financial institutions as of 6/05/07.
    (2) TurboTax sold separately
    (3) To pay bills in Quicken requires Quicken Bill Pay (sold separately) or a third party bill pay service (fees may apply).
    (4) Email, Forums and Chat technical support provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Phone technical support provided Monday - Friday, 5:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT. Additional fees may apply.


    Product Description
    Quicken Home & Business 2008 brings your personal and business finances together for a complete view of your financial picture. Get smart business tracking tools to track expenses you paid for with a personal account. The redesigned Business Center gives you an overall snapshot for what's going out from your accounts, what's coming in during the month and what's left. Quicken remembers the first time you enter a business transaction to avoid needing to enter the same data twice. This applies to similar entries in the future to help identify transactions you enter as business or personal, income or expenses, with just a single click. Bring your personal and business accounts such as banks, 401(k) or other IRA, online brokerages together in one place. Avoid surprises during tax time by categorizing deductions and instantly see your status throughout the year with the business tax deduction summary. See a monthly calendar of your paychecks, bills and expenses to help you schedule bills, set reminders and help avoid late fees. Quicken Home & Business exports your data directly to TurboTax, so you won't have to re-enter the same information twice.


    Customer Reviews:   Read 51 more reviews...

    1 out of 5 stars run away, run far far away   August 20, 2008
    Detail Guy (Washington, DC)
    I should have listened to the other reviews on this one. I'm still a fan of turbotax, and thought, hey this should work well with it, but was I ever wrong. Fundamentally the product has the right features and reports but it just doesn't tally well, which is after all what financial software is supposed to do. I have spent 10-15 hours just trying to get a couple of accounts to tally accurately and they never do. Its not by some large margin, but a couple hundred bucks here and there and you start to lose trust in the accounting application's fundamental capabilities. At this point I'm resigned to use it account approximately and report on "roughly" the right numbers but that really just isn't good enough for what is supposed to be basic accounting software.
    One example of a bug, on credit cards from MBNA it doesn't download the interest charged, and won't let you manually put the number in when you try an reconcile.

    Anyway, I would recommend people steer clear of this bloatware. You'd be better of just using excel.



    1 out of 5 stars The Blue Screen of Death Generator   July 29, 2008
    Bassam O. Osman (Grand Terrace, CA USA)
    1 out of 2 found this review helpful

    After much deliberation, I upgraded from the very stable MSMoney to Quicken 2008 Home and Business. It works fine when it works, featurewise, not a whole lot diferent from comparable MSMoney version. Except for this nasty feature: As you work along in quicken, quicken decides it is time to reboot your PC, so you get the infamous windows Blue Screen and pop, you are rebooting, whether you like it or not.

    Support is useless, unless you want to pay to train their support staff and do the Quality Assurance and Testing on their product. Big mistake, now I have to re-convert everything back to MS Money.



    1 out of 5 stars Nice Features But Unusable Due to Bugs   July 23, 2008
    Krellster (Pleasant Ridge, MI USA)
    1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    Avoid this software at all costs. I'm a long term Quicken user (15+ years) and, though they keep adding nice features in terms of reports, views and tools, they are unusable due to problems like the software using up 100% of the P.C.'s CPU without ever letting up. When certain views are selected, the CPU will go to 100%, with Quicken being the culprit, and it never lets go. Only terminating the process by way of the Task Manager is your only lifeline. Even then, it seems that Quicken leaves the P.C. in a bad state. I've only had this problem with Home & Business 2008.

    I do have to agree with the other reviewers in that there are other quirks that leave you feeling less than confident about how Quicken handles your financial data. This was never the case with version from the 90's. They've tried to add too many features and have given little attention to software quality.

    If you are thinking about this software for the first time - forget it! If you have a migration path away from it - take it!



    3 out of 5 stars Pain in the rear to get started. Need accounting background...   July 17, 2008
    APB (TX)
    1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    I have a small photography business and use this to keep books.

    Takes some serious effort to get started and the help files are worthless for understanding how to set things up.

    Get a good book on accounting and you should be okay.

    CONCLUSION:
    Takes some work but is an okay solution.



    1 out of 5 stars Quicken gets worse with each version--I'll never buy it again   July 8, 2008
    The Range of Light (California)
    1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    I've purchased at least eight versions of Quicken and I will admit I only used them when I absolutely had to. Now, I really need the kinds of features that Quicken claims to have and I am extraordinarily, completely and utterly disappointed. The interface has gone from mildly annoying to completely opaque and illogical. I am happy to say Intuit/Quicken will never get another dollar from me. The lowest rating I am allowed to give this program is a single star, negative stars would be more appropriate.

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