Microsoft® Money Plus Deluxe brings all your personal accounts — banking, credit, and investment — into one place and provides the tools you need to help you improve your credit and debt and tackle tax time with ease, so you can spend less time worrying about your money and more time enjoying it.

Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe includes the tools you need to help improve your financial outlook –new Insights gives you smart technology that helps you manage finances right from your desktop.

Whether you are upgrading, switching from Quicken* or using Money for the first time, getting started is a breeze. Money Plus Deluxe can automatically download your account information, update your existing Money file or convert Quicken information, so you can get started managing your finances easily†.

Insights, with alerts customized by you, are smart new tools that keep you in the know about the information you need most, right from your desktop, even when Money isn’t open. Bills Insights alert you when bills are overdue or due soon. Cash Flow Insights gives you a fast convenient view of your spending and deposits, as well as your account balances. Spending Insights keep on top of the spending you care about most.

By attaching links to receipts, rebates, and warranties, you can keep tax, insurance and home inventory records readily available right in Money. You can easily link to product or warranty information on a manufacturer’s website, so you won’t have to worry about a misplaced owner’s guide.

Check out articles from the experts on MSN Money related to a category to help improve your financial picture. Share your ideas and hear from others on the spending message boards.

It’s simple to track spending in categories you want to watch closely—like dining out, entertainment or clothing. Easy-to-understand charts show you exactly where your money is going.

Money Plus Deluxe allows you to manage your bills using multiple online accounts. Schedule payments in advance. Know what has been paid and what is due, so there are never any surprises.

Money lets you see the big picture or drill down to the details. Flexible views let you easily move between top-line information like daily spending, savings and budgets to more detailed information.

Money Plus Deluxe makes preparing and filing taxes easy with expert tips from tax professionals. Tools such as the tax estimator and deduction finder help identify savings and make exporting data to tax preparation software simple.

Money Plus Deluxe helps you protect and improve your credit, reduce high-interest debt, and learn more about your credit rating.

Money Plus includes a savings & spending budget to help you plan for retirement, savings, and debt reduction as well as your monthly expenses. It is the comprehensive budget solution that helps you see your savings grow and your debt shrink.

Windows Vista, Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later operating system.

130 MB of available hard-disk space, plus an additional 200 MB while installing product updates.

Internet access (requires an internet service provider (ISP); local and/or long-distance telephone toll charges may apply).

Most online features require you to sign-in to Money with your Windows Live ID (email and password).

Audio output capability (optional).

SVGA graphics card or compatible video graphics adapter; SVGA color monitor with a minimum of 256 colors, capable of displaying 800 × 600 resolution; 16-bit color recommended.