Reviews, tips and discussions about Quicken personal finance software, from the perspective of the Canadian user. Quicken software has always lagged behind in terms of features in Canada, but it is getting worse every year. There is no real version for the MAC and the PC version barely works with current Canadian banks, but there are promises of things getting better. We remain skeptical of these promises.
Each year Canadians are herded into buying new copies of the software, with little or no new features, this is not how customers should be treated. The vendors continue to wonder why the software’s popularity is dropping? Stop taking your customers for granted, and they will gladly buy this useful software product for financial planning.
Calendars are an important tool for financial literacy. If you don’t write things on your calendar or diary about when to pay, what can happen? Nothing good, your calendar needs to always be up to date and ready to show you what needs to be paid in the short and long term.
Quicken 2012 is a good financial tracking program, from Quicken. Plenty of useful tools for tracking spending and your investments.
Explore the ramifications of PC Financial changing their credit card provider from CIBC to Royal Bank, including the differences of using the PC MasterCard. Learn more about how to successfully import transactions to Quicken.
Do you use online financial services (other than your banks web site)? Do you think your data is safe? Good questions.
Learn about medical expenses and your Federal Tax returns. Find out how to claim deductions for expenses, such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
