Cash flow forecasting, EDA - cash flow forcast

Opportunity Hamilton

A cash flow forecast is the most important document you are ever likely to use in a business; most commonly these are spreadsheets. It helps you determine how much money is coming in, and how much is going out, usually on a month-by-month basis for the next 12 months.

You add up all your predicted sales and take away all the predicted expenses. If you get this the wrong way round (more money goes out than comes in), you can quickly see how long you have left in business. If you get this the right way round (more money comes in than goes out), then you can plan for new opportunities, markets, products and growth.

If you have never created a cash flow forecast before, or if you are looking to start a business from scratch, then the hardest aspect of a cash flow forecast is trying to predict sales. How can you determine what sales you will get before you have started?

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