The Tax Center allows access to a whole host of tax-related tracking features to make tax time easier. Automatically track deductible expenses. The Tax Deduction Finder helps find potential savings. Tax data can be, of course, exported right into Intuit's companion product, TurboTax. As mentioned, new this year is a Tax Withholding Estimator to spot under- or over-withholding of income taxes.
The Planning Center includes links to a whole host of tools for planning finances. New with Quicken Deluxe 2000 are a series of Life Event Planners covering a child's college education, retirement, home purchase and several other events.
Managing finances has never been easy. With the changes in banking options and the ever-changing tax laws, it is more difficult now than ever. Quicken Deluxe 2000 will help make the most of your finances. Intuit continues to refine this software into a state-of-the art program, and leverages the full capabilities of the Internet to help plan and meet financial management needs.
Intuit continues to also offer a Quicken Basic edition that includes most of the Personal Financial Management Tools mentioned in this review, but does not include many of the other Investment Tools, Time and Money Saving Tools, Tax Planning or Financial Planning Tools.
