wilde@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Nick Wilde) (11/30/90)
Greetings. My wife and I are looking for a finance package to run on
a Mac (well, my wife is actually - she's the accountant of the household).
According to her, this is what she's looking for:
Checkbook tracking
Budget tracking (estimated vs actual to date)
Tax estimation
Tax "spreadsheet" that has form creation/modification abilities
so you don't have to buy a new package every year.
Live Tax Spreadsheet <-> Checkbook info so data only has to
be keyed in once.
Checkbook reconciliation with bank statement
Report building facility (i.e. look at all "misc" expenses, etc)
Templates for monthly/recurring bills (i.e. a standard form to
fill out every month with mortgage/gas/electric bills)
So, do any of you out there use a package that does much/all of this ?
If so, what ? How do you like it ? What don't you like about it ?
Your recommendations are eagerly solicited.
Thanx ! - Nick
P.S. E-mail please. If there's interest I'll summarize.
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Nick Wilde wilde@boulder.colorado.edu carl@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Carl Baltrunas) (12/03/90)
In article <1990Nov30.044642.24697@csn.org> wilde@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Nick Wilde) writes: >Greetings. My wife and I are looking for a finance package to run on >a Mac (well, my wife is actually - she's the accountant of the household). > >According to her, this is what she's looking for: > > Checkbook tracking > Budget tracking (estimated vs actual to date) > Tax estimation > Tax "spreadsheet" that has form creation/modification abilities > so you don't have to buy a new package every year. > Live Tax Spreadsheet <-> Checkbook info so data only has to > be keyed in once. > Checkbook reconciliation with bank statement > Report building facility (i.e. look at all "misc" expenses, etc) > Templates for monthly/recurring bills (i.e. a standard form to > fill out every month with mortgage/gas/electric bills) > >So, do any of you out there use a package that does much/all of this ? >If so, what ? How do you like it ? What don't you like about it ? > >P.S. E-mail please. If there's interest I'll summarize. I sent E-mail asking for "me too", but I thought I'd post to the net as well because I am also looking for the ability to print checks on the standard checks available from "Deluxe". (I'm also open to checks made by other vendors, but I have 300 checks [3 per page] that I want to push though my DeskWriter.) I don't need all the checkbook reconciliation stuff, but most of the other features mentioned above would be nice. I have to keep track of 1) household expenses, 2) my emerging mac software development company expenses and 3) my wife's emerging direct-mail company expenses. I need to keep these things separate and would like to do it all with one package instead of soemthing I can put together with: Word, Excel, MacInTax, etc... PS. I have heard of Dollars & $ense and Quicken, but I don't know anything about these products. Anyone with experiences to relate. Please E-Mail and I will post a summary. -Carl -- Carl A Baltrunas 408/922-6206|SMTP:carl@doctor.TYMNET.COM,carl@tymix.tymnet.com BT Tymnet (Network Services) |UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!doctor!carl PO Box 49019, MS/C41 |PDP-10 support: 36-bits forever! well, awhile! San Jose, CA 95161-9019 |(insert cute Macintosh quote here)