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COSMI Balance My Checkbook (Windows)

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from: COSMI


I was looking for a simple checkbook program and I found it in this item. I have even taught my elderly parents how to use it and we all agree it is great. Recommend for the basic bookkeeper in your home.

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Quickbooks Premier 3 User Industry Edition 2008 [OLD VERSION]

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from: Intuit

October 14, 2007
I have been using Intuit products since Quicken first came out for my business. They are a great low end accounting product. Very user friendly and they are able to manage larger companies all the time.
Support with Intuit has always been expensive and now is NOT domestic. With the purchase of the 2008 Quickbooks you get free 30 day support for your start-up. What needs to be made clear is, this means "Web Call Back Service". In other words, you go on the web, submit your question and return phone number, and they are supposed to call you back within 30 minutes. I say supposed because they took 1-1/2 hour to call me back the first time from India. This can be very maddening when you are in the middle of an install, especially in a multi ... Read More:

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Working For Yourself: Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Consultants

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by: Stephen Fishman

September 30, 2004
I've looked at, bought, and borrowed several other books like this one, but none offered anywhere near the detail on income and self-employment tax that this book does. There are actually several chapters (5) dedicated just to taxation, including rates, audit trends, pros and cons of doing things one way over another, even information on paying estimated taxes that was written in a way that I finally understood it. I went through it all extensively with a highlighter, and came out understanding much more than when I'd asked my retired CPA uncle. As a newcomer to the self-employed workforce, I was grateful for the information I found here.

Oh, and the rest of the book is great too! The suggestions for record-keeping, documenting expenses, ... Read More:

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TurboTax Federal Basic 2006 Win/Mac [OLDER VERSION]

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from: Intuit, Inc.

November 21, 2006
I have been using TurboTax for many years, and each year their product gets more invasive, less functional, and much harder to install. This year it finally reached the point of being negative utility (i.e., worth far less than the hassle).

I am a little suspicious of any program that requires administrator access to run, but that's another matter. Once the TurboTax is running, it opens up all kinds of application ports and tries to phone home, claiming it needs 'updates' to run. Their product did the same thing last year, but this year it's just gotten out of control. Several months ago I upgraded my router to one with a higher-spec firewall, which apparently doesn't allow some of the nonsense that Intuit is trying. Their help says that ... Read More:

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TaxCut 2005 Deluxe + State [Old Version]

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from: Block Financial

November 22, 2005
very easy to use and by far the best software I have used to date. I feel very sorry for Accountants.

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H&R Block Taxcut 2006 Premium Federal + State + Efile

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from: H&R Block

November 15, 2006
I have been using their e-file product for years and am never disappointed. Makes tax prep almost painless and so nice to get the job done without the hassles of mailing in data.

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Quicken Basic 2007 [OLDER VERSION]

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from: Intuit

August 13, 2006
I see a lot of negative reviews but the product worked for me. My Toshiba laptop came with an older version of Quicken so I upgraded to this version without significant issues.

I will agree that each new version is somewhat worse than the previous versions but I am able to download my bank and brokerage accounts into Quicken and it does keep the data there for me.

I don't care for the new reports section as no matter how I save a report for one security when I bring it up later all subsequent securities have been added to it. That is frustrating but not a deal breaker.

I'm not a Quicken cheerleader but this is a passable piece of software.
You have to buy the update to print out some tax documents.
Also can't download ... Read More:

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Quicken Basic 99 Windows

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from: Intuit

September 30, 2004
Write a review about the Quicken Basic 99 Windows is very ease. In my country, Brazil, the better homebanks has compatibles Quicken's files. Actualy, the time is very short and Quicken is the solution.

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Microsoft Money 2007 Deluxe [OLD VERSION]

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from: Microsoft Software

July 27, 2006
It is a lovely tool that manages my day-to-day expenses and incomes. I can't imagine not having it.

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Peachtree By Sage Complete Accounting 2007

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from: Sage Software

July 04, 2006
I've supported Ptree and a few other accounting products for years. In 2000, I used Ptree to teach accounting at UC Extension. I chose it because the software was so easy to learn -- and so class time would be spent on accounting.

But in recent years the product (specifically, Premium 2007, and Premium 2009) has become limited and not kept up with other products.
In the product description, above, there are some problems. The screens for Customers and Vendors look great (in the screen shots). What they don't show you is that INSTEAD of customers, Ptree actually shows *every* invoice.

So you cannot just sort and see the largest customer (or vendor) balance, and then drill in. Apparently, according to support, this has been a problem in ... Read More: