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- From: Larry F. Brauer <brauer@chinalake.navy.mil>
- Subject: Re: Quicken vs. Manage your Money
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- Subject: Re: Quicken vs. Manage your Money
- From: Pierre VonKaenel, pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:54:25 GMT
- In article <1993Jan22.205425.6811@scott.skidmore.edu> Pierre VonKaenel,
- pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.173752.16323@ee.gatech.edu>
- austin@eecom.gatech.edu (Mark
- >D. Austin) writes:
-
- >I used to use MYM many years ago (over a two year period). I dutifuly
- >entered my checks, credit card purchases, withdrawals from
- >checking/savings, mortgage, etc. It took a lot of time, *a lot of
- >time*, and after two years I sat back and considered what it all
- >meant. I could get nice charts of my income vs. expenditures,
- >categories where I spend my money, personal wealth - and I finally
- >realized, so what. I didn't change my spending habits - I only know
- >what they were. Had these incredible lists of credit card
- >expenditures, but what did that mean to me? I do recall once or twice
- >running a search on the lists to find a purchase. But overall, I came
- >to the conclusion that this was all a waste of time.
- >
- >Any others come to the same conclusions?
-
- I happen to keep all my financial records with MYM on my Mac. Some of
- the advantages show up at tax time, plus I have the advantage to check
- through out the year to see what my taxes might be. It allows me to be
- sure that I don't overlook anything when I file my taxes and everything
- is all in one place.
-
- MYM on the Mac also works well for tracking investments. It's easy to
- do, takes little effort, and it provides several methods of determining
- how you are doing. Plus, it provides a record of what I purchased, when,
- and the cost, which is needed for tax time when I sell.
-
- The value of the program, or any of these programs, probably is
- determined by how complex or simple your finances are. The more complex
- (assuming you don't have you own accountant), the more useful they are.
- I think it all depends on what you want to do, and how you will use the
- data. For tax purposes (immediate and future) as well as investment
- data, and information about how you spend money (which I don't use) it
- can be worthwhile.
-