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Editorial Review:

Quicken Home & Business 2008 brings your personal and business finances together for a complete view of your financial picture. Get smart business tracking tools to track expenses you paid for with a personal account. The redesigned Business Center gives you an overall snapshot for what's going out from your accounts, what's coming in during the month and what's left. Quicken remembers the first time you enter a business transaction to avoid needing to enter the same data twice. This applies to similar entries in the future to help identify transactions you enter as business or personal, income o

If you have a home business or are self-employed, you need Quicken Home & Business 2008. It is the only Quicken software that brings your personal and business finances together--while letting you manage them both separately--for a complete view of your financial picture.

Easily see your total financial picture -- including your business and personal finances.

Quicken helps you identify transactions you enter as business or personal, income or expenses, with a single click.

See a monthly calendar of your paychecks, bills and expenses.

Scan in and attach related documents to particular accounts or projects, so you have everything you need in one place for easy reference at tax time.

Because, for you, business is personal.
Quicken Home & Business 2008 gives you the personal financial features found in Quicken Premier plus smart business tracking tools.

Manage both your personal and business finances together in one place
Easily see your total financial picture--including your business and personal finances. You can manage them together or separately--and view them as you wish.

Manage your business expenses from personal accounts
Because Quicken Home & Business tracks both your personal and business finances, it's easy to track business expenses you paid for with a personal account--i.e., office supplies on a personal credit card or dinner out with a client you paid for with personal cash.

Instantly see how your business is doing
The redesigned Business Center gives you an overall snapshot of your business and personal finances--what's coming in for the month, what's going out, and what's left over in your personal and business accounts. A new Profit and Loss view helps you see how your business is doing overall for the year.

Easily track and categorize business expenses
Quicken helps you identify transactions you enter as business or personal, income or expenses, with a single click. Avoid having to enter the same data twice. Quicken remembers the first time you enter a business transaction, then applies the same information to similar entries in the future.

View all your finances in one place.
Bring your personal and business accounts--banks, 401(k) or other IRA, online brokerages--together in one place. Avoid the hassle of going to multiple web sites and trying to remember multiple passwords.(1) With Quicken you can you can see it all in one place with just ONE password.

Maximize deductions so you can minimize your taxes
Quicken Home & Business makes it easier than ever to categorize deductions. What's more, the business tax deduction summary lets you instantly see your tax deduction status throughout the year to help maximize your deductions and help avoid any April 15th surprises. Easily import data to TurboTax.(2)

Pay your bills on time
See a monthly calendar of your paychecks, bills and expenses to help you schedule bills, set reminders and--most importantly--help avoid late fees. Easily pay personal or business bills right from within Quicken with Quicken Bill Pay or a third party bill pay service.(3)

Keep important documents together and protected
Just scan in and attach related documents to particular accounts or projects, so you have everything you need in one place for easy reference at tax time.

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 Home & Business 2008 through December 31, 2008.

What's New in 2008

Get what you need to stay on top of your business

• New! Get help finding deductions you may have missed
  Clearly see your business tax deduction summary to date in the Business Center--and see other possible deductions that Quicken has found to help make the most of your tax return.
• New! Easily track your business' profit or loss
  The new Profit and Loss view in the Business Center lets you check in anytime to see how your business is growing.
• New! Get a total picture of where you stand
  The Cash Flow Center gives you an overall snapshot your business and personal finances--what's coming in for the month, what's going out, and what's left over in your business and personal accounts.

Clearly keep track of expenses

• Improved! Categorizing your expenses is easier than ever
  A simple drop down menu makes it faster to categorize your income and expenses as business and personal--right from your register. You can also add extra important details to any transaction, so you can assign it to a particular business, client or project.

Let Quicken do the heavy lifting

• Improved! More connections to more financial institutions
  Quicken Home & Business 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 personal payments or business income--or both--Quicken can now import your transaction data directly from PayPal.
• 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. 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! Smarter navigation makes it easier access the tools you need
  A more intuitive navigation makes it easier and faster to get around and discover the features and tools that work best for you. Tabs let you quickly 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.
• 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) TurboTax sold separately
(3) To pay bills in Quicken requires Quicken Bill Pay (sold separately) or a third party bill pay service (fees may apply).
(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:

Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

J&R Music World Computer World Purchase - Quicken:

My order was sent promptly and was received in good condition. I purchased the 2008 Home & Business Quicken and was able to get it for a very good price. I recommend this vendor.

Works great for business, church, and personal finances!:

I use it for business, church, and personal finance records. It works great, and has good report and chart options.
It downloads transactions from credit card and bank accounts online. However, it is a bit clumsy in how it accepts these downloaded transactions. Be careful, or it will fill in category and memo information from a memorized transaction because it recognizes the payee, but this particular transaction may not have anything to do with "Memo: Bible for Mom's Birthday" just because the payee... more info

Can't do without it!:

I've used Quicken for years now and have gone through several versions. I've never had the problems that other users have mentioned in the reviews. I use it for both my personal and business finances, and I can't imagine doing without it. Definitely recommend, and I have no desire to switch to another competing software!
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run away, run far far away:

I should have listened to the other reviews on this one. I'm still a fan of turbotax, and thought, hey this should work well with it, but was I ever wrong. Fundamentally the product has the right features and reports but it just doesn't tally well, which is after all what financial software is supposed to do. I have spent 10-15 hours just trying to get a couple of accounts to tally accurately and they never do. Its not by some large margin, but a couple hundred bucks here and there and you start to lose... more info

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