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by cfitz 2336 days ago
I have this same impression, but I also use Mint to organize my finances.

I'm a big fan of how I can categorize expenditures and export them as CSV's or charts, which I can then send to my accountant for an easy tax season.

Without this (so far) free tool - as I have not paid for anything Intuit related minus likely my personal data - my annual U.S. taxes would be a massive pain in the rear end, being that I'm self-employed.

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I use Wave, free accounting tool that has ledger and account-driven structure (i.e., you set, say a "Software" account, perhaps with a sub account of "subscription" etc.) I was able to use it to setup the exact structure I needed to categorize expenses/revenue to correspond to my Schedule C every year. Connects to credit cards and bank accounts to capture all of those transactions too. It's been extremely useful for me, though I'm not sure how long that will continue: They were purchased by H&R Block this past year.
Yup. As an avid Mint user, nothing as happened to Mint as far as I care. The people working on Mint competitors are probably going to get a rude awakening. Sharing one's bank and brokerage passwords is not done lightly, after all.
What tool will take Mint’s place for this exact use case?