The value of a package has to be in the eye of the beholder, or in this case, a Newbrain user. This one is now given away free with a new Newbrain - which is a very different matter from having to pay nearly £20 for it. My review is based on the assumption that you are buying it.

I'm not sure who this program is aimed at. It performs without apparent problems, but you have to do a lot of preparation work before you can use it. So perhaps there's a market for it in the busy offices of accountants, where junior clerks can do the spadework first.

It would certainly be a good idea to buy Money Which? from the Consumer Association at the same time. And if money is limited, then the Which? algorithms would be a better buy; at the end of the day you'd be more likely to have understood what you have submitted to your local tax office or financial adviser.

A.H.