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What financial software do you use?

KelJu

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I'm becoming more serious about my budgeting. I am slashing everything I can in order to pay off student loans and credit cards faster. I am making a lot more money than I ever have before, plus soem nice possible business partnerships have coem up, and I would liek to have soem capitol.

I have used quickbooks, but I think that is a little more than I really need. I will be tracking my small business financies as well as personal. Anybody use Quicken? i have never used it, but I hear good things.

I would love if people could recommend some software packages and tell me why they like them.
 
It's been awhile but I thought Quicken was the easiest to use.
 
Excel.

oh and a piece of advice - chances are your student loans have a very low rate so pay those off last!
 
Quick Books is okay.

We use Peachtree, but it is much to envolved for personal use. IMO.
 
MtnBikerChk said:
Excel.

oh and a piece of advice - chances are your student loans have a very low rate so pay those off last!
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Actually, my loans are subsidized which means no interest. I will definitely pay them off last. My credit card is first, then the laptop, then I might put some money in the bank, and finally I'll pay off the student loan.
 
I use Quicken. It's easy to use and has some very good features that I like to use. I frequently use it for online banking, paying bills, downloading statements, etc. As long as you enter the data correctly, there a many different reports that can be generated as well as useful graphs. It's especially handy come tax time.

There is one catch, though. The last version I purchased cost $39. After 3 years, they stop supporting it and it no longer works with online banking. Planned obsolence, so you have to upgrade every 3 three years to continue online banking. Think of it as renting the software for just over $1 per month. All it takes is paying 3 bills and I've already broken even. :thumbs:
 
Triple Threat said:
I use Quicken. It's easy to use and has some very good features that I like to use. I frequently use it for online banking, paying bills, downloading statements, etc. As long as you enter the data correctly, there a many different reports that can be generated as well as useful graphs. It's especially handy come tax time.

There is one catch, though. The last version I purchased cost $39. After 3 years, they stop supporting it and it no longer works with online banking. Planned obsolence, so you have to upgrade every 3 three years to continue online banking. Think of it as renting the software for just over $1 per month. All it takes is paying 3 bills and I've already broken even. :thumbs:
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How do I know it will work with my online banking system software?
 
KelJu said:
How do I know it will work with my online banking system software?
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I would look for a link from your online banking site (after you log-in) that says "Download statement." This is where I have seen "Download to Quicken," and other formats before.
 
KentDog said:
I would look for a link from your online banking site (after you log-in) that says "Download statement." This is where I have seen "Download to Quicken," and other formats before.
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Awesome. I just got mine downloaded into quicken.
 
FishOrCutBait said:
well.

how about both?
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Business is taking off, but it is a shit ton of work. Lots of stress. I have to manage a lot. I have to make sure everything is in order, bills are paid, customers are happy, taxes are recorded, ect. I don't have a day off. I am workign 7 days a week, and now a close friend who first taught me antique restoration wants to team up with me. He will brign a completely different strength to the company. We hoep to soon be the Antique experts of Mobile. We will move antiques, buy/sell antiques, and restore antiques. We would be a power house.


The financial stuff is coming along, and I got my online banking to export my statement as a quicken file. I will be working on making sure I log any and all financial transactions.
 
That's cool - I guess the IT stuff kind of died then?
 
KelJu said:
Business is taking off, but it is a shit ton of work. Lots of stress. I have to manage a lot. I have to make sure everything is in order, bills are paid, customers are happy, taxes are recorded, ect. I don't have a day off. I am workign 7 days a week, and now a close friend who first taught me antique restoration wants to team up with me. He will brign a completely different strength to the company. We hoep to soon be the Antique experts of Mobile. We will move antiques, buy/sell antiques, and restore antiques. We would be a power house.


The financial stuff is coming along, and I got my online banking to export my statement as a quicken file. I will be working on making sure I log any and all financial transactions.
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Dang dude sounds like the business has expanded far beyond your original vision for it.

Are you really ready for that? If so, you have a lot of money you could make, and as you already know, a lot of time to invest. If not man, you may want to check your goals for this situation.

I am glad that things seem to be falling into place though! that is always a good situation to be in.
 
Prince said:
Quickbooks is the king of small business accounting software, everything is compatible, e.g. downloading from banks, and if your business grows you can stay on Quickbooks.
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but it's my worst nightmare.

it's so easy to screw up.
 
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