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Microsoft Money Plus provides all the tools you need to handle your finances in one place. The new Insights feature allows you to get a glance at your finances without even launching Money. Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe includes additional tools for managing capital gains and investment taxes.
 Spending Insights alert you when you've reached or are nearing your spending limits. |
 Cash Flow Insights show what's flowing in and out of your accounts. |
 Bills Insights alert you if bills are overdue or due soon. |
Included in Money Plus Premium
- Subscription to GainsKeeper for managing capital gains
- Track your donations using H&R Block DeductionPro
- 90-day trial of RealMoney from TheStreet.com
- Track chores, allowance, and more with My Reward Board
- Credit report and 1-year monitoring from Experian
- Free year of the Motley Fool Green Light newsletter
- 1-year free online backup for Money from Carbonite
- Get a free PayScale Premium subscription for 6 months
- Turn photos into real U.S. postage with PhotoStamps (with purchase)
- IdentitySweep lus insurance from MyPublicInfo
Taking Money's award-winning features to a whole new level.
Microsoft Money Plus still provides all the tools you need to handle your finances in one place. But it also gives you a quick glance--without launching Money--at the financial information you need to keep you on top of your finances like never before.
Money's key features are still here:
- Manage your money your way, from the big picture down to the details.
- Forecast cash flow and stay on top of monthly spending.
- Tackle tax time with ease, from finding deductions to estimating taxes.
- Improve your investment strategy with help from the experts at MSN Money.
- Help protect and improve your credit, and reduce your debt.
Plus, there's so much that's new--Insights!
With Insights, get a desktop glance at the information you need most, without launching money.
Spending Insights--Alerts you when you've reached or are nearing your spending limits.
Cash Flow Insights--See what's flowing in and out of your accounts.
Bills Insights--Alerts you if bills are overdue or due soon.
Plus, enjoy even more new and improved features:
Link to statements, checks, or images from a transaction. Quickly add links to images and other files to keep important records and information handy, organized, and up-to-date.
Background banking helps ensure your account information is up-to-date.
Which version is right for you?
DELUXE | PREMIUM | HOME & BUSINESS | |
| KEEP YOUR FINANCES IN SHAPE | |||
| Balance your checkbook | • | • | • |
| Cash Flow Insights give you a glance at spending | • | • | • |
| Automatically categorize spending | • | • | • |
| Bills Insights show upcoming and overdue bills | • | • | • |
| Know which bills are paid and due | • | • | • |
| Enhanced background banking keeps information up-to-date | • | • | • |
| IMPROVE YOUR FINANCIAL PICTURE | |||
| Create and manage a budget | • | • | • |
| Link to statements, checks, or images from a transaction | • | • | • |
| Stay on top of credit and debt | • | • | • |
| Spending insights help you stay on top of spending | • | • | • |
| Tips, tools, articles, and integration with MSN Money | • | • | • |
| Value pack of financial services | Up to $450 Value | Up to $900 Value | |
| Plan for retirement, college, and other goals | • | • | • |
| MANAGE TAXES | |||
| Export to tax preparation software | • | • | • |
| Estimate taxes and find hidden deductions | • | • | • |
| Minimize capital gains taxes | • | • | |
| MANAGE INVESTMENTS | |||
| Analyze your portfolio, manage 401(k) and IRA | • | • | • |
| Track U.S. markets, commodities, currencies, and more | • | • | • |
| View Morningstar ratings in the popular ETF Center | • | • | • |
| The Motley Fool CAPS on MSN Money | • | • | • |
| Make tax-smart investment choices | • | • | |
| MANAGE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS | |||
| Create estimates and invoices | • | ||
| View business reports and graphs | • | ||
| Do your payroll online | • | ||
| Monigot invoices and receivables | • | ||
| Track Schedule C items | • | ||
Product Description
Microsoft Money Plus Premium Win32 English US Only CD Mini Box Non-Rebate
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
51 of 54 people found the following review helpful
I have been using MS Money for several years now and it has been a good experience. The improvements from year to year are modest. There are still reasons to upgrade though. First, each version of Money is only good for two years of online services. These services include price quotes for stocks and mutual funds, banking services, and so forth. Second, if you upgrade only once in many years, then the program might have trouble performing the update for you. It has to convert your computer file of financial history to a new format (it changes every year).
I have started a discussion topic "How to enjoy Microsoft Money" that is visible on the product page. This topic explains how I have avoided serious problems using Money.
The most significant competitor to Money is Intuit Quicken. Both programs are good. Recent versions of Quicken became increasingly restrictive about exporting data from the program. That is what prompted me to switch to Money.
I have started a discussion topic "How to enjoy Microsoft Money" that is visible on the product page. This topic explains how I have avoided serious problems using Money.
The most significant competitor to Money is Intuit Quicken. Both programs are good. Recent versions of Quicken became increasingly restrictive about exporting data from the program. That is what prompted me to switch to Money.
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
I've really come to the conclusion that there is not much else whiz-bang you can add to Money and Microsoft has come to the same conclusion. The product really has not changed much since '02. The reason I bought this version? I had to, my 2 years were up from my '06 version. Microsoft stops you from downloading account updates after two years.
Pluses:
- good product, not as buggy as older new release versions
Minuses:
- previous reviewer correct, previous owners of Money are not allowed to use the credit reporting feature
- nothing really new. I've only noticed a new way to budget (and it is just OK)
- one of my accounts was valued at $30 million after converting, I looked at the details of the account and deleted the suspicious entry and re-entered it, that fixed it (repair did not work)
- have to purchase again in two years (I'm assuming), to continue to download account updates
I guess I wished I just purchased the deluxe version. . . Overall, doner just OK with MS Money
Pluses:
- good product, not as buggy as older new release versions
Minuses:
- previous reviewer correct, previous owners of Money are not allowed to use the credit reporting feature
- nothing really new. I've only noticed a new way to budget (and it is just OK)
- one of my accounts was valued at $30 million after converting, I looked at the details of the account and deleted the suspicious entry and re-entered it, that fixed it (repair did not work)
- have to purchase again in two years (I'm assuming), to continue to download account updates
I guess I wished I just purchased the deluxe version. . . Overall, doner just OK with MS Money
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I have been using MS Money since 1994. I usually upgrade every 3 years to get the new features. I was forced to upgraded to Money Plus (2008) since the newer versions of Money only allow 2 years of online access.
I am a power user of Money, tracking 31 accounts with nearly all of them automatically updated via the online update feature. I use Money 3 times a week.
The upgrade looks exactly the same as Money 2006. Even after looking at the 'New' features that have been added in Money Plus, I find the changes to be very, very weak.
The one change I have noticed is the time to open my Money file has increased from <1 min in Money 2006 to over 4 minutes with Money Plus (2008). I am not sure why there is an issue with the new version. I have archived my data from 1994 to 2003 and have ran the repair utility, neither of which helped the performance.
If I was not required to upgrade because of the two year subscription limit, I would not see any need to upgrade to Money Plus. Let's hope MS puts out a more compelling product in future releases.
I am a power user of Money, tracking 31 accounts with nearly all of them automatically updated via the online update feature. I use Money 3 times a week.
The upgrade looks exactly the same as Money 2006. Even after looking at the 'New' features that have been added in Money Plus, I find the changes to be very, very weak.
The one change I have noticed is the time to open my Money file has increased from <1 min in Money 2006 to over 4 minutes with Money Plus (2008). I am not sure why there is an issue with the new version. I have archived my data from 1994 to 2003 and have ran the repair utility, neither of which helped the performance.
If I was not required to upgrade because of the two year subscription limit, I would not see any need to upgrade to Money Plus. Let's hope MS puts out a more compelling product in future releases.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
DON'T BUY THIS OR ANY M'SOFT MONEY PRODUCT!
Not only does the program not work well. Microsoft is abandoning this software line at the end of the year. So you won't get support on anything else. Read more
Published on June 20, 2009 by R. Fuller
Between Quicken and MS Money I choose Money
I have used MS Money since very beginning and found it simple, elegant and straightforward. It does everything you expect it to do but... Read more
Published on August 9, 2008 by Occasional Spender
Money98/99 Users: WARNING!!!!!!!
Microsoft, WHY IS THERE NO WARNING ON THE PACKAGE FOR PREVIOUS MONEY 99 USERS?????
I previously have been using MS Money99. Read more
I previously have been using MS Money99. Read more
Published on July 24, 2008 by David P. Winters
Very useful program, but less stable than it used to be
--Existing qualities--
MS Money does an excellent job of tracking & reporting on net worth, account balances, and investments. Read more
MS Money does an excellent job of tracking & reporting on net worth, account balances, and investments. Read more
Published on January 21, 2008 by S. Armato
Minor changes/ hardly worth the trouble
I was a long time user of Quicken and Turbotax until about 5-6 years ago. Intuit decided to make registration and activation such a royal pain that it completely screwed up all of... Read more
Published on December 22, 2007 by In the Middle of the Road
Review of Microsoft Money Plus Premium
Money Plus Premium
Only reason I had to upgrade to Microsoft Money Plus Premium, is because Microsoft wants all its users to upgrade money every two years so that they... Read more
Only reason I had to upgrade to Microsoft Money Plus Premium, is because Microsoft wants all its users to upgrade money every two years so that they... Read more
Published on November 17, 2007 by Upendra Athalye
BACKUP BEFORE YOU UPGRADE
Make sure to backup your money files before you upgrade. This version of Money will "upgrade" your money files into some unuseable format for earlier versions. Read more
Published on November 14, 2007 by S. Chen
A Poor Upgrade
This has got to be, by far, the worst upgrade product I have ever seen. There is only one reason, I mean one reason only for this upgrade: because Microsoft forced me into it by... Read more
Published on November 6, 2007 by Jay Campbell
Very Unstable
After I have installed Money Plus on Windows Vista, I would have to reinstall it twice the past two months. Read more
Published on October 30, 2007 by Tianzhen Lin
Money Plus Premium
Very satisfied, easy transition from previous version. Works like it is supposed to unlike Quicken 2008 Premium which I also use. Read more
Published on September 26, 2007 by P. Bernard
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