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Quicken Home & Business 2009 [OLD VERSION]

From: Intuit

List Price: ~~$99.95~~
Buy New: $39.45
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Seller: timarcade-movies_and_music
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

70 reviews
Sales Rank: 222

Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Home & Business
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3

MPN: 406492
Model: 406494
UPC: 028287019232
EAN: 0028287019218
ASIN: B001D1Q7WK

Release Date: September 9, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Maximize tax deductions â categorize expenses as business or personal
•	Identify potential deductions and track deductible expenses like mileage and office supplies
•	Never miss a billâ stay on top of bills due and paid
•	Monitor profit and loss and overall business performance in the Business Center
•	Bring your personal and business accountsâ credit cards, brokerages, online banksâ together (online services require internet access and are subject to change)

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Quicken Home & Business Software 2009 gives you the personal financial features found in Quicken Premier plus smart home business tracking tools.

Product Overview

See how Quicken Home & Business 2009 can help you save.

Quicken Home & Business Overview (1:42)

Watch introductory videos and get step-by-step instructions on how to add your online banking and credit card accounts.

Quicken shows you what's coming in, going out, and most importantly, what's left over each month to spend or save.

See what bills have already been paid, what's coming up, and if you have enough left in your accounts to cover them -- all in one convenient place.

Manage both your personal and business finances together in one place
Bring your personal finance and home based business accounts together -- including online banking, credit card, loan, 401(k) and investing accounts. Avoid the hassle of going to multiple web sites. Now you can see it all in one place with just ONE password. Access over 6,000 banks, brokerages and other financial institutions -- including PayPal. (1)

Track business expenses paid for with a personal account
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 home based business is doing
The Business tab gives you an overall snapshot of what's coming in for the month, what's going out, and what's left in your accounts. Easily track your business' profit or loss -- check in anytime to see how your home business is growing.

Never miss a bill
See what bills have already been paid, what's coming up and if you have enough left in your accounts to cover them -- all in one convenient place. Set reminders to pay bills on time and instantly check past bills if you need to verify an unusual charge or transaction.

Save money and shop smart
Quicken's new, free service -- Quicken Picks -- helps you make the most of every dollar. Quicken Picks seeks out the best online coupons and discount offers just for you -- on the stuff you care about. And with Quicken Picks, you get cashback on all your purchases, helping you save even more. You can sign up for Quicken Picks anytime within your Quicken 2009 software.

Watch your savings grow
An insightful "My Savings Plan" summarizes your actual spending and compares it to what you planned to spend for the month. Quickly understand what's left over each month for you to invest.

Optimize your complete investment portfolio online
The Quicken.com Investing Portfolio gives you a 360° view across all of your investments -- anytime, from anywhere. Define goals, set targets, and perform thorough analysis of your 401(k), mutual funds, and stock investing with advanced tools and investing reports. Get alerts on your favorite stocks and funds to help you make informed decisions about your portfolio.

Maximize deductions and simplify your taxes
Make sure you capture all your deductions -- including mileage and expenses for specific jobs, or even household expenses that you can partially write off. The business tax deduction summary lets you instantly see your tax deduction status throughout the year to help avoid any April 15th surprises. Easily export your data directly to TurboTax for fast and accurate tax preparation. (2)

Get help and guidance when you need it
In the Setup tab, you can watch introductory videos and get step-by-step instructions on how to add your online banking and credit card accounts. Enjoy guidance and helpful tips on every page to help you stay on top of regular tasks like downloading transactions or scheduling bills. Instantly connect to the Quicken Community.

Enjoy free support when you buy, install or upgrade Quicken
If you need help purchasing, installing or upgrading your new personal finance software, free phone support is available for Quicken Premier 2009 through December 31, 2009. For more information, visit our Help & Support area. (3)

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
If you're not 100% satisfied, return Quicken Home & Business 2009 finance software with your dated receipt within 60 days of purchase for a refund of the purchase price (Return shipping and handling charges are not included). (4)

What's New in 2009

Improved! Never miss a bill
See what bills have already been paid, what's coming up and if you have enough left in your accounts to cover them -- all in one convenient place. Set reminders to pay bills on time and instantly check past bills if you need to verify an unusual charge or transaction.

New! Save money and shop smart
Quicken's new, free service -- Quicken Picks -- helps you make the most of every dollar. Quicken Picks seeks out the best online coupons and discount offers just for you -- on the stuff you care about. And with Quicken Picks, you get cashback on all your purchases, helping you save even more. You can sign up for Quicken Picks anytime within your Quicken 2009 software.

Improved! Optimize your complete investment portfolio online
With a new look and feel and smarter navigation, the new Quicken.com Investing Portfolio gives you a 360° view across all of your investments -- anytime, from anywhere. Define goals, set targets, and perform thorough analysis of your 401(k), stock investments, and mutual funds with advanced tools and investing reports. Get alerts on your favorite stocks and funds to help you make informed decisions about your portfolio.

New! Get help and guidance when you need it
Enjoy guidance and helpful tips on every page to help you stay on top of regular tasks like downloading transactions or scheduling bills. Instantly connect to the Quicken Community.

Improved! Connect to more financial institutions
We are constantly adding new financial institutions to help you better connect to all of your accounts. Quicken Home & Business 2009 personal finance software now offers access to over 6,000 banks, brokerages and other financial institutions -- including PayPal.

What's more, we make it easy to upgrade
Jump right in -- Quicken 20009 easily reads and imports your existing Quicken data.

(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 6,122 participating financial institutions as of 05/21/08.
(2) TurboTax sold separately.
(3) 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.
(4) If you're not 100% satisfied, return Quicken software 2009 with your dated receipt within 60 days of purchase for a refund of the purchase price (return shipping and handling charges not included).

Product Description
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Customer Reviews:

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Why did I wait so long? October 24, 2009
Science guy
Why, oh, why did I wait so long to start using Quicken? After using MS Money for years, I was forced to find another financial program after Microsoft threw in the towel. I find Quicken to be a much more intuitive and easy to use program. Set up was an absolute breeze. I recommend it highly.

1 out of 5 stars

Home & Business October 12, 2009
Jo Anna Thompson

The print is so small, it is impossible to read.

Trouble with the check numbers. If you activate the alarm system, then
the next time you try to print a check, the program closes.

1 out of 5 stars

Not MS Money October 5, 2009
S. Wallace (Lexington, KY USA)
I was a Quicken user way back in the early days, but have been a MS Money user for the past 10 years (at least through the '99 version). Due to MS dumping the product and my auto downloads failing to work, I've been forced on to another product (yes, you can still use MS Money, no, I don't plan to manually download). Been using Quicken H&B for 2 months now.

After reading about several competing products including some open source projects, I decided to give Quicken a try. After all, they make an ok tax program and one would think they could at least mimic some MS functionality (or other way around). I saw a lot of negative reviews, but it's hard to tell when the user is the problem and when it's the software.

Short of it is that I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone. While it does more or less work, I've found a lot of things that I just don't like.

1. Stability. I can expect a crash at what appears to be about 20% of the time (each time being unique sessions). Crash sometimes just opening. Crash most usually clicking on a tab to change screens (view a report, see summary, etc). I'm always fearful I'm going to lose my last 15 minutes of work.
2. If you've used MS Money, prepare to be very disappointed in how everything overall works. I kind of like the accounts list on the side (better navigation for that than Money), but everything else is at least 7 years behind Money.
3. Overall navigation is insane. It just feels like 20 people worked on each section independently and then tried to fit it all together with buttons scattered all over every screen. Finding my way around to simple things is such a pain that I've found I don't watch things as closely now as I used to with Money.
4. Other nitpicks I won't bother with on how accounts work, the failure of reconciling downloaded transactions to manually entered ones...

On the plus side, I purchased the download from Amazon and as usual it worked great. Installation was a breeze, updated to the R6 version (latest as of this writing) and even tried the MS Money data transfer utility. Side note - just prepare to lose about everything you have - the transfer program is not much more than a joke. I spent enough time trying to fix what it did import that I finally gave up and deleted all my transactions prior to 2 years ago.

So... Given the stability of the product alone, I would not personally purchase this product again, although I will give the 2010 version a try when it comes out and hope for the best. It takes a lot of effort to set up a financial package, so I was reluctant to do trials of competitive products, but if 2010 can't live up to the last version of Money, off I'll go...

5 out of 5 stars

Quicken 2009 October 3, 2009
Dawn (Pennsylvania)
I used a prior version years ago and like the ease of reconciling my checkbook. I don't do well with the traditional pencil and calculator making this a great time management item. I am also able to track my Flexible Spending Account and business related expenses associated with starting a new business. If you have a complex business, you may need more to manage the business aspect of your finances.

1 out of 5 stars

Any Alternatives to Buggy Quicken with No Technical Support? September 27, 2009
SanjeevP (Michigan, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Intuit is a despicable company now. This is the same that company came out with really functional and reasonably priced products in early 1990's like Quicken, Quickbooks & Turbotax.

But somewhere in late 1990's this company was taken over by the same crooks who run the Wall Street. Instead of attracting users to upgrade to their product's new versions by improving them, like Apple does, the nitwits at Intuit blackmail you to upgrade to newer versions of Intuit products by taking away the functionality of earlier versions. For example they are blackmailing users into upgrading to Quicken 2009 by dropping support for online banking in earlier versions; and to Quickbooks 2009 by dropping support for payroll in earlier versions.

Now Intuit's motto is to gouge the customers as much as they can by hook or crook (mostly) by extorting them to upgrade to a poorly functional and buggy newer version.

1. They are forcing Quicken users to upgrade to 2009 version by blackmailing them: dropping support for online banking in earlier versions.

2. The newer version, Quicken 2009, is poorly functioning & buggy (as detailed by other reviewers too), not a better product. The program shuts down every time I try to accept an individual downloaded transaction. The only way to stop that is to click on "Accept all"

2. Periodically the programs refuses to read the file and I have to restore the backup file. I used to backup once a month with earlier versions and now I do it every time I exit the program.

4. Online support to download transactions is also limited: for example I cannot download transactions for my credit card from Charles Schwab Bank.

5. After the upgrade they provide very limited technical support. For all practical purposes there is no technical support. They do not even provide a tech support phone number to call. You can contact them from the web site when they provide you with a useless ticket number. Instead they direct to Quicken User Communities. After taking your money, they want other users of Quickbooks to provide you with technical support!

6. So Intuit got your money, you got a buggy software with poor functionality, and no technical support. You cannot even do now what you were able to do in an earlier version. You paid money to go from a functioning product to a buggy software.

What a trade off! Basically Intuit screwed you.

Purchasing Quicken is, of course, just the beginning of the upgrade ordeal. Real nightmare starts when you start getting all those error messages. After you install Quicken 2009, you will find that it has become cluttered with useless features that you do not even need. At the end you are left with the feeling: Intuit has screwed me.

Every time you deal with Intuit, you will be left with a bad taste and hate for this company. Not only they blackmail you into upgrading, every time you have to pay the full price of newer version, there is no upgrade price. And you can get Quicken cheaper at Amazon than buying from Intuit directly.

I hate dealing with Intuit and dumped their Turbotax for Taxact in 2004 and was planning to dump Quicken for Mint. And now they have purchased Mint! What are the alternatives to Quicken? Please leave your response in the comments section and help us dump Quicken.

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