[PLUG] Is Moneydance an alternative to TurboTax?

Jason Martin nsxfreddy at gmail.com
Sat Apr 18 19:34:27 UTC 2009


On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Michael Robinson
<plug_1 at robinson-west.com> wrote:
> http://moneydance.com/
>
> They offer a Linux version, but I can't tell if this is tax software or
> not.  Yes my taxes are filed, but I'm thinking about the future.

Moneydance is a great program (I use it), but it is personal finance
software, not tax software.  You can use the categories to keep track
of tax-related spending and withholdings, but it does not inherently
provide any tax features.  There is a free trial version.  Note it is
Java under the hood, which is why it is cross-platform.  The
Windows/OSX/Linux versions just have convenient launchers included.
There is a python interface and API to allow extensions, though I
haven't played with it much.

It is not free, but so far they have allowed free upgrades to newer
versions ever since I bought it.

Cheers,
Jason



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