Free upgrades are always available automatically online, using your Quicken program and an active Internet connection. The most current release of Quicken 2002 is Release 2 (R2). R2 was made available in January of 2002.

R2 Release Information

This release contains the following enhancements and improvements:

Updated Tax Rates

• Updated tax rates for the Tax Center, Tax Planner, and Tax Deduction Estimator
• Changed the vehicle mileage rate for medical purposes to $0.13 per mile

Online Banking

• Quicken will once again prompt you to associate Web Connect files with Quicken to ensure Web Connect data is downloaded correctly

• Improved handling of certain types of transactions when downloading a 401(k) Web Connect file

• Only displays payments and transfers for review if the data or the status has changed

• Fixed incorrect color of transactions and ability to QuickZoom on transactions in the Tax Planner which occurred in certain situations
• Data for the 2001 tax year will be displayed if Actions > Show 2001 Tax Data is selected in the Projected Tax snapshot on the Tax Center

• Improved ability for Quicken 2002 to import from TurboTax 2001 and TurboTax for the Web
• Allow filing status to be changed and saved in Quicken after importing tax data from TurboTax
• Improved handling of exported Accounts Payable data from Home & Business to TurboTax

• Added "Online Backup" service to provide online backup service directly in Quicken - Modified the Quicken Services area to ensure services are in the correct category of services

• Limit selection of transactions that appear in the "Schedule These?" section to specific expense categories

• Correct Gain and Gain % values now appear for ESPP accounts

• Eliminated printing of return address when "Print Return Address" is not checked

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