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How to Use a Financial Calendar in Personal Finance Software
An explanation of financial calendar features found in some software for managing personal finances.
4 Steps to Request a Copy of an Income Tax Return
It's easy to get a copy of a tax return that was filed in a previous year from the IRS. This tutorial shows you how to request a previously-filed return online.
Tracking Income in Personal Finance Software
It's important to track all sources of income in your personal financial software. This short tutorial explains why this is important and types of income that you may forget to enter into the software.
QuickBooks 2008 Review - QuickBooks Pro and Premier
QuickBooks has a 15 year old reputation for solid accounting software for small and mid-sized businesses. QuickBooks 2008 introduces new features to make learning how to use QuickBooks easier than ever, to ensure billable time is accounted for and to make it easier to share QuickBooks data with your accountant.
TurboTax vs H&R Block At Home
Get help with deciding between TurboTax vs H&R Block At Home by exploring the features and cost of each of these top selling tax software.
Financial Reports in Personal Finance Software
When you're choosing personal finance software, it's important to consider the types of financial reports available. Here's a rundown of the types of reports you might want to use.
How to Set up an Automatic Budget in Quicken
Quicken 2012 introduced a new tool for budgeting finances. This tutorial shows you how to set up an automatic budget in Quicken 2012 or later.
How to Set Up a Budget in Quicken 2011 or Earlier
Quicken tutorial takes you through creating a budget in Quicken. This tutorial covers creating a budget manually in Quicken, and has a link to another tutorial for creating a budget automatically in Quicken.
TurboTax vs H&R Block At Home 2011
Here's the bottom line on whether TurboTax or H&R Block At Home is the best tax software for tax year 2011.
Microsoft Money Tutorial: Download and Import Transactions
This Microsoft Money tutorial explains how to download transactions from your bank so you can import them into the software.
Microsoft Money Scheduled Interval Backups
This Microsoft Money tutorial explains how to set up backups on a schedule so your financial data is always safe.
Scheduling Automatic Backups in Microsoft Money
This tutorials explains how to schedule data back ups in Microsoft Money so the software backs up your data each time you use Money.
TurboTax 2011 Tax Software Tour
Trying to decide which tax software is best? Take a look at this TurboTax tour and review, with links to help for selecting the best tax software.
H&R Block At Home Tax Software Tour
This tour of H&R Block tax software will show you how the software works and will help you to choose the best tax software. Includes tax software reviews.
Set Up Accounts in Microsoft Money
Setting up accounts in Microsoft Money is very simple, and if your financial institution offers online services that work with Microsoft Money most of the account setup work is automated for you.
Setting up Investment Accounts in Microsoft Money Plus Sunset Deluxe
This Microsoft Money tutorial covers how to set up investment accounts to track stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, and other investments.
How to Use the Microsoft Money Home Page
Find your way around the Microsoft Money Home Page with this tutorial. Customize the Microsoft Money Home Page to make using Microsoft Money easier.
Create a Budget Automatically with Quicken 2011 or Earlier
Quicken will automatically create a budget for you based on transactions you've already entered. Quicken's automatic budget feature makes creating a budget easy.
Online Home Inventory Software
Using online home inventory software is useful for documenting all your personal property to back up insurance claims. Using the online version of this type of software has some advantages over the desktop versions. Read on to learn more.
Personal Home Inventory Software for Windows and Mac
Home inventory software makes it easy to keep track of personal belongings in the event you need to file insurance claims, document your estate or determine your net worth.
How to Choose and Use Home Inventory Software
Home inventory software adds conveniences and reporting that cannot be duplicated with a hand written home inventory. Learn what to look for in home inventory software, then read reviews of home inventory software picks.
Best Personal Finance Software and Tax Software
The best personal finance software and tax software of 2011 as chosen by About.com readers. Our readers voted for the best personal finance and tax preparation software in the About.com Readers' Choice Awards.
Manage Money Online or on Your Computer?
Take a look at the pros and cons of using an online money management and personal finance software for your Windows or Mac.
Customize Microsoft Money Toolbar
The toolbar in Microsoft Money is customizable to suit your personal needs. The Microsoft Money toolbar provides one-click access to your favorite areas of the software.
6 Tips for Choosing Small Business Accounting Software
Learn how to choose the best accounting software for your small business. Using accounting software saves hours of time compared to handling the books manually and is usually more efficient than using spreadsheet.