Product Description: Plan, save and control your finances with Quicken Deluxe 2008. Quicken lets you see your finances your way, instantly. Now it's easier than ever to manage a personal budget, pay bills on time, track your investments, maximize tax deductions - and find more ways to save. Quicken Deluxe 2008 gives you all of the features of Quicken Starter Edition - plus additional tools to help you manage spending and savings.
Discount Shopping: Start saving for what you and your family really want--vacations, better day care, a new home--by staying on top of your everyday spending. Quicken Deluxe 2008 replaces the old-school concept of "personal money management" with a smarter way to keep track of your money and set longer-term savings goals.
Bring your online accounts--including banking, credit card, loan, 401(k), and investing accounts--together all in one place.
See a monthly calendar of your paychecks, bills and expenses to help you schedule bills, set reminders and--most important--help avoid late fees.
A new "My Savings Plan" instantly shows a summary of your actual spending and compares it to what you planned to spend for the month.
Store important documents and statements in one place.
Save for the bigger things you and your family really want. Quicken Deluxe 2008 gives you all the tools you need to help you manage spending and savings
View all your finances in one place Bring your online accounts--including banking, credit card, loan, 401(k), and investing accounts--together all in one place. Avoid the hassle of going to multiple web sites and remembering multiple passwords. With Quicken, you see it all in one place and you need just ONE password.(1)
See where your money is going (a.k.a. "money management") Check in anytime to see exactly where your personal finances are at for the month. Quicken shows you what you have coming in, going out, and most important, what's left over each month to spend or save.
Pay your bills on time See a monthly calendar of your paychecks, bills and expenses to help you schedule bills, set reminders and--most important--help avoid late fees. Easily pay bills from within Quicken using Quicken Bill Pay or a third party bill pay service.(2)
New! See where you can save more A new "My Savings Plan" instantly shows a summary of your actual spending and compares it to what you planned to spend for the month. You can quickly see where you have room to spend or save more. Set flexible spending targets on regular expenses like gas and groceries and then easily check your progress throughout the month.
Save time at tax time--Works with TurboTax (3) Quicken Deluxe makes it easy to mark expenses as tax deductible through the year, so you have everything ready come tax time. Quicken Deluxe also exports your data directly to TurboTax, so you won't have to re-enter the same information twice.(3)
Store important documents and statements in one place Not only can you bring your online data into Quicken Deluxe, you can scan in bank statements, checks and receipts for easy reference. No more time wasted looking for receipts and statements--everything is stored in one central place.
Get free support when you buy, install or upgrade Quicken (4) If you need help purchasing, installing or upgrading your new software, free phone support is available for Quicken Deluxe 2008 through December 31, 2008.
What's New in 2008
Make saving as easy as spending
New! See where you can save more The new "My Savings Plan" instantly shows a summary of your actual spending and compares it to what you planned to spend for the month. You can quickly see where you have room to spend or save more. Set flexible spending targets on regular expenses like gas and groceries and then check your progress as you go through the month.
Improved! Now it's easier to categorize your expenses A reorganized and redesigned menu makes it easier than ever to categorize your expenses. You can also add extra details to any expense to help jog your memory--i.e., the specific restaurant for a dining expense or the trip destination for an airline ticket.
Improved! Smarter navigation makes it easier access the tools you need Easier navigation makes it faster to get around and discover the features and tools that work best for you. Clickable tabs let you switch between Quicken's main pages. And a new interactive account bar makes it clear which of your accounts you are working with at any given moment.
Track everything in one place
New! Track your 529 contributions Include 529 contributions as part of your overall net worth. See how you're progressing on your college savings goals.
Improved! More connections to more financial institutions Quicken Deluxe 2008 connects you to over 5300 banks, brokerages and other financial institutions--including PayPal. It's easier than ever to truly bring your accounts together in one place.(1)
New! Import your PayPal account transactions into Quicken Whether it's payments or income--or both--Quicken can now import your transaction data directly from PayPal.
New! Get reminders of scheduled bills and transactions--without opening Quicken If you're using Windows Vista, our new Quicken Billminder Gadget can remind you of scheduled bills and transactions directly from your desktop.
(1) Online features require Internet access and are subject to change. Services vary among participating financial institutions or other parties and may be subject to application approval, additional terms, conditions and fees. More than 5,322 participating financial institutions as of 6/05/07. (2) To pay bills in Quicken requires Quicken Bill Pay (sold separately) or a third party bill pay service (fees may apply). (3) TurboTax sold separately. (4) Email, Forums and Chat technical support provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Phone technical support provided Monday - Friday, 5:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT. Additional fees may apply.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Can't import MS Money files
If this will be your first personal finance application, or your finances are straightforward, I suggest Quicken because it seems to handle personal finances well without any bloat. However, if you're a long-time MS Money user looking to switch, you should think twice only because migrating your data is difficult to do and cannot be done completely.
I bought Quicken because I'm tired of how bloated and quirky MS Money has become and hoped Quicken would offer core functionality without ... Read More
Rating: - Crap
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Quicken came with my first Windows computer, a Packard Bell, back in 1996-ish. It also came with Microsoft Money. Both sucked then, but Money was better. I downloaded the trial version of Money and 20-minutes later uninstalled it. So I went to Wal-Mart and decided to give Quicken Deluxe a try. Long story short, it's even worse!
First of all, what modern day program doesn't allow you to order your transactions by date in descending order - so the most recent date ... Read More
Rating: - Upgrade from Quicken Deluxe 99 on XP
I have Windows XP. I've been running Quicken Deluxe 99 for a long time.
I starting getting more and more bugs in the program. I decided maybe it was time to upgrade to Quicken Deluxe 2008. I saw it on sale here for $[...] and jumped on it with the free shipping. WOW. I had read some negative reviews but decided I would just do everything manually and not try anything fancy like download information from a financial institution. Like before, each transaction would be entered manually and would ... Read More
Rating: - Quicken converting from Money
I had Money on my old machine but needed a different software as Money isn't compatible with Vista. The information re. Quicken said it could convert from Money - in the event I found it couldn't - but not before I'd bought it, taken it from the packaging and installed the software, so it was useless but unreturnable.
Warning - check that the software will do whatever you need it to do before opening the packaging.
Rating: - Solid product for my uses
I've used Quicken since 1993. I just upgraded from Quicken 2003 for Mac to Quicken 2008 Deluxe for Windows XP Home Edition, and have had absolutely none of the operational problems mentioned in other reviews. I had no problem saving my Mac 2003 data to a single "QIF" file and importing this file into Windows Quicken 2008 Deluxe. All data, including multiple accounts, etc., came in with no errors or other issues. (Note, however, that I only use Quicken for tracking basic checking and savings accounts, ... Read More