Microsoft recently released updated versions of their personal finance management software called Microsoft Money. Microsoft Money Plus comes to aid the average user and offers different available tools for keeping a closer watch on finances.  According to the company there are many enhanced utilities provided including alerts on overdue or due bills, detailed cash flow analysis and tracking different markets. You could even have only key information available on your desktop so that you will not have to open the entire application to quickly find out how your finances are. Chris Jolley, manager of the Financial Products Group at Microsoft, a company that is offering personal finance software for 17 years now declared:

“Everyone is busy these days, and sometimes you just need to know your account balance or check out whether you have enough extra cash to splurge on dinner, an amazing outfit or the latest ‘must have’ golf gadget,”

Microsoft Money Plus is used by the company as a way to deliver third party financial services to users like investment education, identity theft monitoring and tax preparation.  This has been done through several partnerships Microsoft has signed with important companies in the domain like TheStreet.com, Experian and H&R Block.

Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe sells for $49.99 and a $20 mail in rebate offer. The premium version of the software is available for $79.99 with a $30 rebate. The Home and Business edition costs $89.99 witha $30 rebate. Soon we will also see a basic edition available for download at $19.99. In order to run the application Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista is needed.