Accounting system and management methods of transaction classifications that is simple, accurate and self-adapting

1. A computer implemented accounting system and transaction classification management method for categorizing transactions for a user comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a plurality of transactions, each transaction including a transaction party, a date associated with the transaction, and a transaction amount;

b) providing a set of transaction categories;

c) automatically associating one of the transaction categories with at least one of the received transactions from the set of transaction categories;

d) providing a set of reliability codes comprising at least two reliability codes, wherein the reliability codes are selected from the group consisting of colors, numbers, animations and glyphs;

e) selecting a reliability code from the set of reliability codes for at least one of the automatically selected transaction categories; and

f) displaying at least one of the received transactions with its selected reliability code.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of automatically selecting a transaction category comprises selecting a transaction category based on transaction categories used by other users.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the transaction party is displayed in the color of the reliability code.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of reliability codes comprises a code for a transaction category selected by the user.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the set of reliability codes comprises a code for a received transaction that does not have an automatically selected transaction category.

6. The method of claim 4 or 5 wherein the step of automatically selecting a transaction category comprises selecting a transaction category based on transaction categories used by other users.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the set of reliability codes comprises a code for transactions categorized based on transaction categories used by other users.