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I spent 14 hours yesterday updating a year's worth of banking transactions. Why? Because my Microsoft Money program stopped recognizing the file extentions and wouldn't open the downloaded transactions from my bank. GRRR.
So, I now have Quicken. Downside is that it's a different file type. I had to download the entire year worth of transactions again. That means I had to approve all 2500 (yes... Two Thousand Five Hundred) transactions again. Holy cow... we do 200 transactions a month? That's INSANE.
Anyway, I was able to find $17,000 in tax deductions though. That was pretty nice. Now I have a good starting place for simplifying our finances. The new program works better and worse than Microsoft Money. Matching duplicate transactions isn't possible. That's a pain in the...er...
So, I now have Quicken. Downside is that it's a different file type. I had to download the entire year worth of transactions again. That means I had to approve all 2500 (yes... Two Thousand Five Hundred) transactions again. Holy cow... we do 200 transactions a month? That's INSANE.
Anyway, I was able to find $17,000 in tax deductions though. That was pretty nice. Now I have a good starting place for simplifying our finances. The new program works better and worse than Microsoft Money. Matching duplicate transactions isn't possible. That's a pain in the...er...
Labels: Banking, Microsoft Money, Quicken, Taxes
