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1. Budgeting - If you have overspent on Food, the software will show you what you need to do - stop eating outside, cut down trips to grocery. Many software have budgeting modules that let you set monthly targets for how much to spend.
2. Manage payments - You will know how much balance you have left on the credit card, what is the minimum payment, what is the interest rate on the auto loan, when is the county tax due for your house….If you are planning a Debt Snowball to get rid of debt, a software will help you figure out the lowest debt and will calculate how long it will take to be debt free.
3. Automate savings - “Pay yourself first”, this basic rule can be implemented easily with software that lets you set up a direct deposit with your bank.
4. Help at tax time - When was the last time you used a real live person to help with taxes? And even if you did, what did they use to help compute your taxes? A personal finance software gives you all the information you need during tax time to simplify the data collection process.
5. Track net worth - It is not the salary, stupid!!! It is the net worth - that number which tells you that you have more assets than liabilities or that you have a huge amount of debt and need to start paying it down fast. A software gives you the overall picture and you will know whether you are on track.
6. Visual Representation - You will be able to track your debt, savings, investments on a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis with graphs and charts offered by many personal finance software.
7. Access to information - If you are a road warrior, text messages, email and RSS feeds will help you stay on track.
8. Social Networking - You will know exactly where you stand in your peer group - people with your education, people of your age, people in your industry, your state. You will be able to swap ideas with them and help each other out.
9. Planning for huge expenses - Buying a home, paying for college, saving for retirement - Software helps you come up with a target, a plan and tracks your progress.
10. Inventory expensive artifacts - You can take pictures and scan price tags of costly articles and store them. This inventory will help to get insurance and calculate your net worth.

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