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Quicken 2008 Starter Edition
New Quicken Version for 2008

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Quicken 2008 Starter Edition has basic tools for managing financial accounts in one place.
Quicken Starter Edition provides basic tools for managing your financial accounts all in one place.

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Quicken 2008 Starter Edition provides basic tools for managing your financial accounts all in one place. Quicken 2008 Starter Edition was developed for young adults or those who are new to using personal finance software, but anyone who is looking for very basic financial software will enjoy using this version.

With Quicken Starter Edition, you can see monthly expected income, expenses and the difference between to the two so you can readily determine how much you can put into savings, paying down debt or for discretionary spending.

Other Quicken 2008 Starter Edition features include:

  • Categorize expenses for budgeting purposes.
  • Quicken Financial Calendar with transactions and daily balances.
  • Reconcile and balance accounts.
  • Download payments and income directly from Paypal accounts.
  • Update accounts online to reduce the need to enter transactions.
  • Mark tax deductible expenses to generate reports to help with completing income taxes, or import into TurboTax.
Quicken 2008 Starter Edition retails for $29.99, although you can compare prices for Quicken Starter Edition from online outlets.

Quicken Starter Edition Exclusions
Quicken 2008 Starter Edition is not backwards-compatible and will not import data from other versions of Quicken. Quicken Starter Edition does not include the following features found in other Quicken 2008 versions: Quicken attachments, Quicken account bar, Vista gadgets.

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