The Windows Home Accountant program allows you to keep track of your household 
expenses, incomes, bank accounts, and credit cards.  You define three types of objects to 
the Home Accountant: Accounts, Transactions, and Categories.  Accounts represent 
either bank accounts, cash, or credit cards.  Transactions define a movement of funds 
into or out of accounts: a transfer is a movement from one account to another; an 
expense is a payment made from an account; an income is a deposit into an account 
from an external source, such as a salary.  Categories are a way of classifying 
transactions.  There are two general types of categories: Expense and Income.

Expense and income transactions must define both an account and a category.  Expense 
transactions name an account from which the expense is being paid, and the expense 
category.  Income transactions define an account into which the deposit is made and an 
income category.  Transfer transactions define two accounts: the 'from' account, where 
funds are withdrawn from; and the 'to' account, where funds are deposited into.  An 
example of a Transfer transaction might be the payment of a credit card bill, where 
money is transferred from a bank account into a credit card account.

A handy feature of Home Accountant is the ability to memorize commonly-entered 
transaction and recall them at a later time.  For example, monthly payment of the rent or 
mortgage could be a memorized transaction.  You store a model for the transaction 
within the budget file.  When you want to use the model as a live transaction, use the 
recall function to bring the model to the screen for entry as a real transaction.  The 
model transaction can contain all transaction detail with the exception of date and time, 
which are automatically updated with the current date and time when the transaction is 
recalled.

Three different reports can be generated by Home Accountant: an Account Status 
report, a Transaction report, and a Trends Report.  Two types of charts can also be 
created.  All reports can be viewed on the screen or sent to your printer via the Print 
option.

Simply execute the HOMEACCT.EXE program under Windows 3.1.  Make sure that all files,
including the two DLLs and the HLP file, are located in the same directory.  Once
you enter Home Accountant, pull up the Introduction under the Help pull-down menu and
read the help screens.

Registration for Home Accountant for Windows is $15, and it entitles
you to unlimited use of the product, a hardcopy user's guide, free upgrades, and technical
support from the program author.  Register through CompuServe Shareware
Registration service.