Intuit Quicken Deluxe 2000

Quicken is one of those packages that I’ve been using for years, upgrading as I go, but, I suspect, never really making full use of the previous version before being talked into the next. Of course, Intuit are in good company here, MS Office being another case in point. My home accounts used to be a homespun MS Excel affair, which was merely a list of known my monthly commitments with room to add my income at the top of the list itself, with plenty of spare spaces left for visits to an ATM and credit card payments. Of course, being a spreadsheet, I could make the balance take care of itself, but it always struck me that there must be a better, ...

I got Quicken 2000 Deluxe from amazon.co.uk for £44.99, and this included two free extra books, the first a UK Tax Guide, which was very useful for helping me to check my taxable income in the UK, as I am currently based overseas, and the second was a Motley Fool guide to investing. The Motley Fool Guide was of no particular use, since I am currently not in a position to start investing in stocks and shares, and so other than a cursory glance, that book has remained unopened. The tax guide however, produced in association with LloydsTSB has prove to be more useful, and I would imagine that it probably it a lifeline to those who don't have any other forms of ...

Since I have been earning money, I have always been slightly obsessed about keeping it under control (far too obsessed if you ask my husband!). In the early days, before I discovered computers, I would write down everything we spent or committed and try to keep tags on all our direct debits and standing orders. From there I moved on to a spreadsheet and then a simple database. That was when I discovered Quicken. Quicken has enabled me to feel in control of our finances. What I particularly like about it, is the ability to plan ahead. The 'forecasting' option allows you to enter details of all of your future income and expenses and then using information ...