Cash Flow Forecasting

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A Levels (AQA AS BUSS1) Business Studies Mapa Mental sobre Cash Flow Forecasting, creado por lj.willis el 09/04/2014.
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Cash Flow Forecasting
  1. Cash Flow = The movement of cash into and out of a business over a period of time
    1. The timing of and relationship between cash inflows and cash outflows can be crucial to the survival of a business
    2. Cash inflows = are the receipt of cash into a business
      1. Examples include : Sales of goods, payment by debtor, loans received
      2. Cash outflows = are the transfer of cash from a business
        1. Examples include : buying materials, paying expenses, repaying loans, buying capital equipment
        2. Net monthly cash flow = the balance of a month's total cash inflow in relation to the month's total cash outflows
          1. Cash inflows
            1. Cash outflows
            2. Cash flow problems = A business with a negative net monthly cash flow struggle to meet day to day expenditure
              1. Cash flow forecast = the process of estimating the size and timing of cash inflows and outflows
                1. Cash inflows = cash in from sales
                  1. Cash sales estimated from sales forecast
                    1. Difficult for new businesses, may be over or under estimated
                      1. To a certain extent, it depends upon the scale and accuracy of research
                      2. Debtor payments estimated from sales forecast
                        1. Determined by credit terms offered to customers and their reliability
                      3. Cash outflows = cash out for purchases and payments
                        1. Payment of fixed costs
                          1. These should be easy to estimate on a month to month basis
                          2. Payment of variable costs
                            1. If sales are difficult to forecast accurately then costs are as well
                              1. Suppliers may change prices or payment terms
                            2. Net cash flow = The net result of cash inflows and cash outflows each month
                              1. Calculated as...CASH INFLOWS - CASH OUTFLOWS
                              2. Opening balance = How much the business has at the start of each month
                                1. The closing balance for one month becomes the opening balance for the next
                                2. Closing balance = How much the business has at the end of each month
                                  1. Calculated as...OPENING BALANCE + NET CASH FLOW
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