Quicken Basic 2006 [Old Version]

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Product Features

• Personal finance software that works just like your checkbook
• Create and follow a personalized budget; manage cash flow; balance checkbook
• Pay bills on time; view complete financial picture in minutes
• Save time and money on taxes; track expenses and find hidden deductions
• Connect to bank and credit card sites; works with 2,500+ financial institutions

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009XB14M
• Item model number: 283652
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 16, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #927 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Quicken Basic 2006 works just like your checkbook, so it's easy to get started: you can see your complete financial picture in minutes, and feel confident your charges, payments, and deposits are accurate. Track spending, pay bills on time, balance your checkbook, create and follow a budget, save time and money on taxes, and more.

Features:

• Track your checking, savings, and credit-card transactions in one place. Reconcile your bank statements and balance your checkbook in minutes. The math is automatic, so you can feel confident your finances are accurate.
• Pay bills right from your computer: write and print checks or pay bills online.* We'll remind you about upcoming payment due dates, so you can avoid late fees and penalties.
• Create and follow a personalized budget. No matter what your financial goals, we'll help you put together a plan that works.
• Manage your cash flow. Know what transactions are coming, so you'll know exactly how much you can save or spend.
• Save time on taxes. Track tax-related expenses, find hidden deductions, and transfer your data directly to TurboTax.*
• Quickly connect to your bank and credit card sites: Quicken Personal Finance Software works with over 2,500 financial institutions.* You'll have complete, up-to-date records without the effort.

*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. TurboTax and Quicken Bill Pay subscription sold separately.

Product Description

Quicken Basic 2006 lets you track your finances in minutes. Quicken Basic works just like your checkbook, so it's easy to get started: you can see your complete financial picture in minutes, and feel confident your charges, payments and deposits are accurate. Track spending, pay bills on time, balance your checkbook, create and follow a budget, save time and money on taxes, and more. Plus, download credit card, banking and brokerage transactions from your participating financial institutions in just minutes — Quicken Personal Finance Software works with over 2,500 financial institutions.* *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. 2,500 participating financial institutions as of 8/1/05. TurboTax and Quicken Bill Pay subscription sold separately

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

83 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Quicken is a good product, but 2006 missed the boat!, December 6, 2005

By	FredB "FredB" (Elverta, California (Sacramento County)) - See all my reviews

I have been a Quicken user since it was a DOS application back in the mid `80s. It has always been a very good and reliable product. However: Quicken 2006 is by far the worst release of Quicken Intuit has ever produced. There are many improvements that make it better, but the drawbacks trump any advantage to upgrading. If you are considering buying Quicken for the first time I highly recommend it, but if you can still get a Quicken 2005 version I would recommend you buy it rather than this version. If you are considering upgrading, I would suggest you keep your prior version of Quicken and wait to see if Intuit corrects the many discrepancies in this version, or corrects them in their 2007 product.

Amongst the many things needing correction in this version is the way group scheduled transactions are handled. I opened a new checking account and wanted to change the register a scheduled transaction group went into from the old to the new account. I found Quicken 2006 no longer allows you to do this. You either must change it manually each time you add the transactions to you register or delete the group and create an identical group pointing to the new register. All previous versions of Quicken allowed you to change registers with out any trouble. Also: I inadvertently said to skip a transaction group recording. No problem: All I need do is edit the group and change the "Next Scheduled Date" back to the date skipped...wrong! Quicken 2006 no longer allows you to modify the "Next Scheduled Date". All of this information is grayed out when you edit the group. Once again my only option was to delete the group and create a new identical group with the inadvertently skipped due date as the beginning date. Again: All previous versions of Quicken allowed you to make these modifications. I started an online chat with Quicken support on these and other issues only to find out what I told you here. There is no longer any way to accomplish what I needed to accomplish in Quicken 2006. At the end of one chat session the technician I was chatting with told me he had received more questions on these issues than any other issue. He suggested I submit a suggestion request Intuit put these functions back into the current product, which I did. If enough people do so it is possible Intuit will correct these discrepancies and make this product the excellent product it has always been. There are many other issues, but this should be enough to let you know this product needs correction before it is worth upgrading to.

Now that I have tore this product apart let me say this: Quicken is still a very good product. I would highly recommend it over its only real competition, Microsoft Money. There are many improvements made to Quicken 2006 that are good. If they correct these few shortcomings it would be worth upgrading to. Intuit has always been a very good company producing high quality software. They missed the boat with this version, but I expect they will make adjustments to rectify these discrepancies. If not with updates to this version then in their 2007 release.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly Pleased, October 25, 2005

By	Valeriebmn - See all my reviews

Previously I used Microsoft Money 2000 and attempted to switch over to Money 2005 but what a nightmare!!!! I uninstalled Money 2005 and swore off money programs all together. However, I recently bought a PDA and wanted to use it to track my finances. I read the reviews and there are a few items that I would encourage you to look at if you are going to buy this product:

1. Is your bank on the list of 2000+ banks
2. Does your bank charge to download Quicken files

One of my banks that I have savings in is not on the list but this is no big deal as it is a savings account that I don't touch. And my primary bank does not charge to download Quicken files.

If your good with this than this is an awesome program. Easy to use, well set up, only as many bells and whistles as you want to use but no so confusing that it negates it basic purpose. My faith has been restored in money programs.

Furthermore, I also purchased the Pocket Quicken, which was just as easy to install and use. I highly recommend these programs.

46 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great new features, but I miss the QuickTabs from version '99, September 21, 2005

By	L. Homan "L. H." (Indiana) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I upgraded from Quicken '99 because I was forced to when I bought a new computer (my '99 software came bundled with my old computer.) I was perfectly happy with the seven-year-old version, but I've found a lot of impressive new features in version 2006. The most exciting is the abilitly to scan a picture of a receipt or other document and attach it to a register transaction. I haven't had the time to learn all the new features, but it is user friendly enough to start using right out of the box if you are familiar with older Quicken versions. One feature I do miss is the QuickTabs that I've used in Quicken '99 and 2001. (I've taught with 2001 in my high school finance class.) Importing my old data from version '99 was a piece of cake, too, even though it had to do an intermediate conversion.