Why I buy this one ?
- Money connects to thousands of banks and updates balances automatically, letting you easily stay on top of your finances.
- The Money Bill Calendar lets you see upcoming and paid bills at a glance.
- Work toward long-term goals like buying a house, budgeting for college, or saving for a vacation by first reducing debt.
- Money makes it easy to get organized for tax time, with professional tips from tax experts, Tax Estimator and Deduction Finder tools, and exporting of your data to tax preparation software.
- Money 2006 Deluxe gives you access to credit scores and percentile rankings and helps assess credit risk levels.

What our customer's say!

"Great software.", This is exactly what I needed, and at less than half the price that the store want!

"Now more forecast in Bills Summary", The greatest feature to previous versions was the ability to highlight items to see where you stood with each bill. No longer! The genius at Microsoft who has more money than Uncle Sam decided common folks do not need a bills forecast.

"Full of math mistakes", Be careful with this software! I don't know why these smart people made so many simply math mistakes, you can find errors everywhere on the portfolio and report pages.

"Buggy product, mistake to buy. Will take refund.", I have been using Money 2002 for years. But one thing I have problem with the money 2002 product is its investment verification. It seems to have problem match stock with its symbol and the actual company name. For example, if the broker download has Microsoft and you want to make it MSFT, the product seems to get into a endless loop of verification. I think it happen when you have two stocks in a particular download that you want to match.

So I brought Money 2006 (not listen to advice on this board), thinking the bug has been fixed. Surprise! I had the same issue. Worst is that I went through a hour verifying 50 transaction and get stucked with the verification loop I talked about. So I save and exit the program, restarted it. The money asks me to start from the beginning of 50 transactions again. That's when I decided that I have wasted my money on this product.

I am a software engineer. I think Microsoft must have tons of extremely bright engineers working on this product. But I am disappointed. This is no mean to make a personal attack on Microsoft. May be the product management has to take blame for this. I don't know....
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"Great feature from previous versions removed!!!!", Overall a great product. I have been a Money user for 5+ years however this year they removed a feature in the Bill Summary / Calendar that was a must. It allowed you to hightlight and drag over upcoming bills and forecast cash flow based on the current amount in your checking account. It was an awesome feature. Anyway 2006 no longer has it and Microsoft confirmed to me it was removed.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"I'm sticking with Money 2004", I have downloaded and used the demo on two separate occasions now (I'm a slow learner I guess). Both times ended in frustration and my reinstallation of Money 2004. The interface isn't nearly as intuitive as 2004. When I set up my mortgage, the ammoratization schedule was completely wrong. The catagories are not nearly as nice or extensive as 2004. I really tried to like Money 2006, but between the bugs and the frustration it is a step backwards from Money 2004. I strongly reccomend trying before buying.

"Like Money Express from the old version? Don't buy this.", I had Money 2004, and loved its "Money Express" feature. It was the icon in the system tray that displayed your upcoming bills and/or deposits whenever you logged on to the computer. Very handy for letting you know when bills were coming due.

I upgraded to Money 2006 Deluxe recently, and found out that Microsoft did away with this feature. Now I'm asking myself why I wasted my money.

One usually assumes that when you upgrade to the latest version, you'll get more features, not less. What's that expression about assuming???

"Please try before you buy.", I ordered this item, and before the CD arrived, I downloaded it from the msn website to try it out (Thanks to the advice given one of the other reviews here). The software installed well, but would not let me log in because it would not recognize my 'passport'. I went over my passport ID, changed it, etc, and ... well, the same problem. I then created a new email ID, new passport ID, and .. well, it still would not let me log in. I cannot understand the logic of selling a piece of software whose functioning is linked to something outside. What is Microsoft thinking?? Do they want everyone to start using Hotmail (and other MSN services) merely because they want to get Money? I tried all the tricks suggested on their passport website (turned off my cookie/pop-up blocker, etc), but still no luck. I tried logging into Money after a day, in case the passport ID needed some time to be recognized - still no luck. So, I actually spent a total of 2+ hours, trying to get in to try the software, and it would not let me. So, frustrated, I un-installed the software, and then cancelled my order. I am amazed that Microsoft would allow such a situation to be created - but then, knowing how dysfunctional MS office and Windows can sometimes be, I am not surprised. My advice - PLEASE download the trial software before you place an order here.
I wish I could give my experience a negative score (minus 4 seems appropriate for what I went through).

"Save yourself some aggravation...", I'm a MS Money 2003 owner, and was sorely disappointed with '06. First of all, the detailed budget feature was broken with no hope for a patch from MS, and it looks like MS actually removed functionality. It was promptly returned.....

"why god why", Number 1 Concern: why do they need you to sign into Passport everytime? There is absolutely no explanation for it except for a vague and disturbing "privacy policy". I downloaded the trial version and was extremely disappointed. Absolutely nothing worked and I am very knowledgeable about software and all it's quirks. PLEASE do not waste your money.