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From: bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What's the best home finance package for the mac?
Message-ID: <10805@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 22 Aug 88 14:06:04 GMT
References: <495@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: Wolfskill residence; Anaheim, CA (USA)
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In article <495@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> Michael S. Czeiszperger writes:
> I've looked at a friend's copy of Dollars and Sense, but there's a
> couple of bugs, and I don't think its available anymore anyway.

It's still available, and is what I use currently.

> The ideal package for my purpose would allow the easy tracking of
> income and expenses, for the purpose of budgeting and taxes.  One
> thing I didn't like about D&S was the lack of features relating to
> taxes.  (I've never made enough to worry about itemizing, and the
> idea of keeping track of all those details is daunting)

I've been itemizing for awhile, and collect data all year with D&S which
I then export to MacInTax to fill in my return.  Entries in D&S can be
flagged as a "Tax Item", and the export utility will either total every-
thing in a catagory, or just the tax items.  Thus, you can have an
"interest income" catagory, and tally your IRA interest and your checking
account interest, but only have your checking account interest show up
in the totals you export to your favorite tax package.

I've used Dollars & Sense for more than three years now, and MacInTax for
the past two, and I've been satisfied.
-- 
	Roger L. Long
	dhw68k!bytebug