Looks like they are not worried about taxes ever becoming simpler. Intuit has spent about $11.5 million on federal lobbying in the past few years to kill bills that would have simplified taxes. [1]

[1] http://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-maker-of-turbotax-...

I still love Microsoft Money for personal finances. A large DB can get slow, but an SSD fixes that.

Plus, it's free:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/Results.aspx?q=microso...

It would be awesome if financial companies were required to provide free api's along with the full financial history. Currently companies like BOA charge you for automated access to your account and others actively limit Mint, for instance, from retrieving information on behalf of customers.

I switched from Quicken to Moneydance some time ago. The export/import worked fine. I had been a Quicken customer a 10-15 years and I was just so infuriated with all the UI churn to justify the upgrades and their turning off online transactions after a few years, FOR NO REASON.

MD is written in Java, it's simple, it's supported, they come out with new versions, and you can upgrade if you want.

I am not at all affiliated with the company that makes Moneydance. Just a completely satisfied customer who didn't want to pay Intuit another penny, for the rest of my life.

Demand Force one of the asset they are trying to sell was acquired just 3 years ago for 450 Million.

You would think executives making these decisions will have some consequences :).

What is a good, active cloud based personal finance software service? The ones I have come across look ok, but aren't actively developed.

Doesn't say in the article but I assume they are keeping Mint? Desktop apps like Quicken (and the similar Microsoft Money) were dead to me the minute that came on the scene (almost 9 years ago at this point).

The tax law should be as simple as this: there is a BGI (basic guaranteed income) and every dollar above at a fix percentage regardless how wealthier you are.