Microsoft Money

Microsoft had a personal accounting software which had various different levels depending upon your needs, unfortunately they no longer sell it, here is a description of the various options:

Money Essentials

  • Microsoft Money allows viewing of a snapshot of all online accounts in Microsoft Money. All different accounts can be added including; savings, investments and credit cards. Account information is automatically updated.
  • Automatic categorization possible of how money is spent over time.
  • Ability to see which bills are due and which bills have been paid already
  • Monitor key spending areas - such as clothing, entertainment and transportation. Spending categories are transformed into a visual image of the monthly spending. Money Essentials makes it possible to track monthly expenses, view income vs. expenses and compare budget to monthly spending.
  • Generate reports to ease the task of keeping in charge of your financial situation
  • Keeps are record of your financial transactions, this allows quick viewing to compare situations month on month or year on year.
  • System requirements are modest: Windows XP SP2/Vista, 300MB disk space, internet access, CD drive, 1GHz processor 1GB ram(Vista only)

Money Plus Deluxe

  • Contains all the useful features of Money Essentials
  • Convert information from Quicken into Microsoft Money automatically
  • Ability to attach links to receipts, rebates and warranties, so that you can keep tax, home inventory, and insurance record readily available.
  • Ability to check out articles from expert on MSN Money to improve the financial pictures, as well as sharing experiences with others on spending message board.
  • Schedule payments in advance
  • Preparing and filing taxes are easier with Money Plus Deluxe with expert tips from tax professional. Additional there are tool such as tax estimator and deductions finder to identify the most tax efficient way to handle your finances.
  • Keep better control of your credit rating

Money Plus Premium

  • Contains all the useful features of Money Plus Deluxe
  • Investment tracking - Ability to track your stocks, bonds, mutual funds and 401(k)s. Also provides seamless integration with MSN Money financial web site with update information such as stock screen, expert picks and more.
  • Makes it easy to plan for college tuition, home purchase or retirement.
  • Complimentary package of financial services included
  • Provides the tools to assist in potentially maximizing capital gains tax.

Money Plus Home & Business

  • Listing of products, inventory, services and pricing and then add them to invoices. It is simple to price services, track taxable items, do expenses or add discounts.
  • Monitor receivables and invoices.
  • Contains all the features of Money Plus Premium
  • Create estimates and invoices, with 14 new professionally design templates, and more ideas on their website
  • View reports and graphs
  • Pay multiple bills from multiple checking accounts all at once, schedule payments in advance and view upcoming bills.
  • Ability to do payroll online
  • Track Schedule C items