Ideas for home finance software please

tinalives

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pammyM_2

Thanks for the input re Money. Now I've spent a bit of time with it it looks a lot more useful than I'd thought. Thanks for the tip about Money for Dummies...definitely going to get that out from the library.

danield

I use GNUCash, which is free to download and use, however it only works on computers running Unix/Linux. It offers double-entry book-keeping, is very easy to use and can create a multitude of different financial reports.

pollyorange

Just about to post about this! I also have Money but find it time consuming. WIll give it another whirl! Thanks :T

philb120

Just to let everyone know Microsoft Money is Tescos deal of the day for £12.97. I know there were some vouchers flying around on the vouchers board as well so that may reduce the price.

Combat_Shopper

Scorour,

Thanks for your tips on MS Money. I want to get a financial package and this thread has confirmed that MS Money is the way ahead.

Could you or anyone else adivse me on which package to get? I want to access to about 7 accounts and to track some shares as well as the standard home accounting. Which of the packages should I get - Standard, Deluxe or Premium?

Well, that is my first post done - what a great site! :j

CS

scorour

Hi CS,
Not sure what currently are the different packages, always changing, afaik the cheapest version will do all you want, details of which on the tesco site....

http://www.tesco.com/entertainment/product.aspx?R=605399&bci=4294918256%7CHome/office

Before you commit, have a little look around the money site:
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/homepc/money/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=002#popup


Also, check your bank supports Money:
http://money.uk.msn.com/MyMoney/Microsoft_Money/Microsoft_Money/article.aspx?cp-documentid=143426

Let me know if you have any other questions, glad to help.

HLK

I bought the Uk version of Microsoft Money 2005 and although i can link to my bank though it I don't seem to be able to download statements. Bank of Scotland is listed as one of the banks supported but there anren't clear instructions anywhere. I did an 'export' via money and then tried to 'import' the file but I get a 'file corrupted message. can anyone help ?

scorour

HLK,
Not sure of your exact problem, 1st thing to check is the following link, this addresses common issues with OFX type downloads to Money...

http://money.mvps.org/faq/article/29.aspx

If this does not help, post any more details you can and I will see if I can help further.

Ossifere

HLK wrote:

I bought the Uk version of Microsoft Money 2005 and although i can link to my bank though it I don't seem to be able to download statements. Bank of Scotland is listed as one of the banks supported but there anren't clear instructions anywhere. I did an 'export' via money and then tried to 'import' the file but I get a 'file corrupted message. can anyone help ?

To use most UK banks, you need to activate the download from the bank's website itself. You will get offered the choice of OFX or QIF download (go for OFX if given the choice).

To import, you need to import as a statement (an option is on the file-> menu, rather than an account, although Money 2005 should just import it automatically.

There are also OFX checkers out there, just in case the bank sends an invalid statement.