The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 700

WT Sharpe · 06-22-2010, 12:09 PM

All this talk about taxes brings to mind financial software. I used MS Money for years, and now it's been discontinued. I've tried Quicken, but I find it confusing and have given up on trying to figure out how to sync it with my financial institutions. Does anyone know of any easy to use alternatives to MS Money?

Here the rant: Quicken sucks.

here's the vent: sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

GeoffC · 06-22-2010, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

All this talk about taxes brings to mind financial software. I used MS Money for years, and now it's been discontinued. I've tried Quicken, but I find it confusing and have given up on trying to figure out how to sync it with my financial institutions. Does anyone know of any easy to use alternatives to MS Money?

Here the rant: Quicken sucks.

here's the vent: sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Me too - I've used Money for years and despite 'archiving', the program is getting slower and slower ...
I've, to date, found no alternative ....

kennyc · 06-22-2010, 12:24 PM

I used quicken for a number of years but really just for budget purposes and never used it to connect on-line....

I pretty much do it all by hand.

other than taxes which I use TurboTax to do.

pilotbob · 06-22-2010, 12:28 PM

If you get an annual tax rebate check you are doing something wrong. You are basically lending money to the government for free. You should adjust your withholding so your return isn't more than $100 or so.

Of course, some people do this (over withhold) because they have no discipline and can't save. They use the tax return as their christmas club or annual vacation money. To those people I still say... reduce your return so it is minimal, open a money market type savings account and have your employer direct deposit $100 a month to it out of your net pay check.

BOb

LCF · 06-22-2010, 03:19 PM

That's what I'm witnessing now:

happy_terd · 06-22-2010, 03:24 PM

recluse · 06-22-2010, 03:37 PM

Wait a minute...

LCF, who's burning books?

kindlekitten · 06-22-2010, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LCF

That's what I'm witnessing now:

what's up with that? what's going on?

poohbear_nc · 06-22-2010, 04:16 PM

I believe it's this story: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87971

kindlekitten · 06-22-2010, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LCF

That's what I'm witnessing now:

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

I believe it's this story: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87971

thanks pooh

SneakySnake · 06-22-2010, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

All this talk about taxes brings to mind financial software. I used MS Money for years, and now it's been discontinued. I've tried Quicken, but I find it confusing and have given up on trying to figure out how to sync it with my financial institutions. Does anyone know of any easy to use alternatives to MS Money?

Here the rant: Quicken sucks.

here's the vent: sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

I do all my personal stuff in excel. It can do more than most proprietory software, you just have to do your own modelling. (Note to self...get back to reading that huge VBA book now that it is on reader)

For business I found Quickbooks (which is a Quicken product) quite good but like any software has its problems. Being an Ozzie I would probably not be of much use to you as a lot of our stuff is different.

Currently I don't actually sync with the bank etc. I download to Excel then upload to the accounting program.

The only US stuff I have done was in an online program called NetSuite.

I know this probably doesn't help. So here have a puppy.....

badgoodDeb · 06-22-2010, 07:50 PM

Ooooooohhhh! He is so cuuuuuute!

vivaldirules · 06-22-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Ooooooohhhh! He is so cuuuuuute!

Cuuuuuuuute! What a good doogie to protect her cellphone, too.

vivaldirules · 06-22-2010, 08:37 PM

Okay, doggie, I know you're hiding the iPad. So give it up! NOW!!!!

Verencat · 06-22-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

(...)
here's the vent: sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Hé-hé!

Two pages about taxes just made me really, really sleepy!

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WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	All this talk about taxes brings to mind financial software. I used MS Money for years, and now it's been discontinued. I've tried Quicken, but I find it confusing and have given up on trying to figure out how to sync it with my financial institutions. Does anyone know of any easy to use alternatives to MS Money? Here the rant: Quicken sucks. here's the vent: sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	I used quicken for a number of years but really just for budget purposes and never used it to connect on-line.... I pretty much do it all by hand. other than taxes which I use TurboTax to do.

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