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Äriplaan Essentials: Kirjutamine Rahavoogude projektsiooni

Business Plan Essentials: Writing a Cash Flow Projection

See on lõpus oma äriplaani, kuid rahaline kava osa on osa, mis määrab, kas teie äriidee on elujõuline ja on oluline osa määramisel, kas teie plaan läheb suutma tõmmata ligi investeeringutele oma äri idee.

Põhimõtteliselt rahastamiskava osa koosneb kolmest finantsaruannetes kasumiaruandes on rahavoog projektsioon ja bilansi ja lühike seletus / analüüs kolme väite.

See artikkel viib teid läbi ettevalmistamise kõigi nende kolme finantsaruannetes. Kõigepealt aga pead kogunevad mõned finantsandmed peate uurides oma kulud.

Mõtle oma ärikulude jagatud kahte kategooriasse; Teie alustamise kulud ja oma tegevuskulusid.

Kõik kulud saada oma äri ja töötab lähevad alustamise kulud kategooriasse. Need kulud võivad hõlmata:

  • Ettevõtte registreerimise tasud
  • Business litsentsimise ja lubade
  • alustades inventuuri
  • Üürile hoiused
  • Alla makseid vara
  • Alla makseid seadmed
  • Utility loodud lõivud

See on vaid valik käivituda kulud; oma nimekirja tõenäoliselt laiendada niipea kui hakkate kirjalikult neid.

Tegevuskulud on kulud hoida oma äri tegevuses. Võtke neid asju sa lähed maksma iga kuu. Teie nimekiri tegevuskulud võib hõlmata:

  • Palgad (sinu ja töötajate palgad)
  • Üüri või hüpoteegi maksed
  • telekommunikatsioon
  • kommunaalteenused
  • Toored materjalid
  • ladustamine
  • jaotus
  • edendamine
  • laenumaksete
  • Kontoritarbed
  • Hooldus

Veelkord, see on lihtsalt osaline nimekiri, et sa lähed. Kui olete oma tegevuskulud nimekirja lõppenud, kokku näitan sulle, mida see maksab teile, et hoida oma äri töötab iga kuu.

Korruta see number 6, ja sul on kuue kuu prognoosi oma tegevuskulusid. Seejärel lisage see siia kokku teie alustamise kulud nimekirja, ja sul on ballpark näitaja oma täielikku alustamise kulusid.

Nüüd vaatame pannes mõned finantsaruannete oma äriplaani koos, alustades kasumiaruandes.

Kasumiaruandes

Kasumiaruandes on üks kolmest finantsaruannete et teil on vaja lisada rahastamiskava osa äriplaani.

Kasumiaruandes näitab oma tulud, kulud ja kasum teatud ajaks. See on läbilõige oma äri, mis näitab, kas teie äri on kasumlik oli sel ajal; Tulud – Kulud = kasum / kahjum.

Kuigi asutatud ettevõtetel enamasti toota kasumiaruanne iga kvartali maksude või isegi kord eelarveaastal eesmärgil äriplaani kasumiaruanne peaks tekkima sagedamini – kuus esimesel aastal.

Siin on kasumiaruanne malli esimeses kvartalis teenuse põhinev äri. See järgneb selgitus, kuidas kohandada seda kasumiaruanne malli toote-põhine äri.

Oma firma nime
kasumiaruanne 1. kvartalis (aasta)
  Jan veebruar  Mar  kogusumma 
TULU
  Services
    Service 1    
    Service 2    
    Service 3    
    Service 4    
  Total Services    
     
  Miscellaneous
    Bank Interest    
  Total Miscellaneous    
TOTAL REVENUE    
     
EXPENSES
  Direct Costs
    Materials    
    Equipment Rentals    
    Salary (Owner)    
    Wages    
    Pension Expense    
    Workmen’s Compensation Expense    
  Total Direct Costs    
     
  General and Administration (G&A)
    Accounting and Legal Fees    
    Advertising and Promotion    
    Bad Debts    
    Bank Charges    
    Depreciation and Amortization    
    Insurance    
    Interest    
    Office Rent    
    Telephone    
    Utilities    
    Credit Card Commissions    
    Credit Card Charges    
  Total G&A    
TOTAL EXPENSES    
     
NET INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES    
INCOME TAXES    
NET INCOME    
 

Not all of the categories in this Income Statement will apply to your business. Leave out those that don’t apply and add categories where necessary to adapt this template to your business.

To use this template as part of the business plan, you’ll need to set it up as a table and fill in the appropriate figures for each month (as indicated by the line “row listing each month”).

If you have a product-based business, the Revenue section of the Income Statement will look different. Revenue will be called Sales, and the inventory needs to be accounted for. Here is an example showing how the cost of inventory is calculated in the Revenue section:

Company Name
Income Statement for the 1st quarter of (year)
  Jan Feb  Mar  Total 
REVENUE    
  Sales$3000$4,100$4,300$11,400
    Cost of Goods Sold
    Opening Inventory$1000$1500$1500$4000
    Purchases$1000$1200$1200$3400
    Freight$200$300$350$850
    Minus Closing Inventory-$1200-$1000-$900-$3100
  Total Cost of Goods Sold$1000$2000$2150$5150
  Gross Profit$2000$2100$2150$6250

The Expense portion of the Income Statement, however, is very similar to the template I’ve provided above.

Ready to move on to the next financial statement that you need to include in the Financial Plan section of your business plan? The Cash Flow Projection is next.

The Cash Flow Projection

The Cash Flow Projection shows how cash is expected to flow in and out of your business. For you, it’s an important tool for cash flow management, letting you know when your expenditures are too high or when you might want to arrange short term investments to deal with a cash flow surplus. As part of your business plan, a Cash Flow Projection will give you a much better idea of how much capital investment your business idea needs.

For a bank loans officer, the Cash Flow Projection offers evidence that your business is a good credit risk and that there will be enough cash on hand to make your business a good candidate for a line of credit or short term loan.

Do not confuse a Cash Flow Projection with a Cash Flow Statement. The Cash Flow Statement shows how cash has flowed in and out of your business. In other words, it describes the cash flow that has occurred in the past. The Cash Flow Projection shows the cash that is anticipated to be generated or expended over a chosen period of time in the future.

While both types of Cash Flow reports are important business decision-making tools for businesses, we’re only concerned with the Cash Flow Projection in the business plan. You will want to show Cash Flow Projections for each month over a one year period as part of the Financial Plan portion of your business plan.

There are three parts to the Cash Flow Projection. The first part details your Cash Revenues. Enter your estimated sales figures for each month. Remember that these are Cash Revenues; you will only enter the sales that are collectible in cash during the specific month you are dealing with.

The second part is your Cash Disbursements. Take the various expense categories from your ledger and list the cash expenditures you actually expect to pay that month for each month.

The third part of the Cash Flow Projection is the Reconciliation of Cash Revenues to Cash Disbursements. As the word “reconciliation” suggests, this section starts with an opening balance which is the carryover from the previous month’s operations. The current month’s Revenues are added to this balance; the current month’s Disbursements are subtracted, and the adjusted cash flow balance is carried over to the next month.

Here is a template for a Cash Flow Projection that you can use for your business plan (or later on when your business is up and running):

YOUR COMPANY NAME
CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS
  Jan Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun 
CASH REVENUE
  Revenue from Product Sales      
  Revenue from Service Sales      
TOTAL CASH REVENUES      
       
CASH DISBURSEMENTS
  Cash Payments to Trade Suppliers      
  Management Draws      
  Salaries and Wages      
  Promotion Expense Paid      
  Professional Fees Paid      
  Rent/Mortgage Payments      
  Insurance Paid      
  Telecommunications Payment      
  Utilities Payments      
TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS      
       
CASH FLOW      
       
OPENING CASH BALANCE      
CLOSING CASH BALANCE      

Where:

CASH FLOW = TOTAL CASH REVENUES – TOTAL CASH DISBURSEMENTS

OPENING CASH BALANCE = CLOSING CASH BALANCE from the previous month

CLOSING CASH BALANCE = OPENING CASH BALANCE + CASH FLOW

Once again, to use this template for your own business, you will need to delete and add the appropriate Revenue and Disbursement categories that apply to your own business.

The main danger when putting together a Cash Flow Projection is being over optimistic about your projected sales. Terry Elliott’s article, 3 Methods of Sales Forecasting, will help you avoid this and provides a detailed explanation of how to do accurate sales forecasting for your Cash Flow Projections.

Once you have your Cash Flow Projections completed, it’s time to move on to the Balance Sheet.

The Balance Sheet

The Balance Sheet is the last of the financial statements that you need to include in the Financial Plan section of the business plan. The Balance Sheet presents a picture of your business’ net worth at a particular point in time. It summarizes all the financial data about your business, breaking that data into 3 categories; assets, liabilities, and equity.

Some definitions first:

Assets are tangible objects of financial value that are owned by the company.

A liability is a debt owed to a creditor of the company.

Equity is the net difference when the total liabilities are subtracted from the total assets.

Retained earnings are earnings kept by the company for expansion, i.e. not paid out as dividends.

Current earnings are earnings for the fiscal year up to the balance sheet date (income – cost of sales and expenses).

All accounts in your General Ledger are categorized as an asset, a liability or equity. The relationship between them is expressed in this equation: Assets = Liabilities + Equity.

For the purposes of your business plan, you’ll be creating a pro forma Balance Sheet intended to summarize the information in the Income Statement and Cash Flow Projections. Normally a business prepares a Balance Sheet once a year.

Here is a template for a Balance Sheet that you can use for your business plan (or later on when your business is up and running):

YOUR COMPANY NAME
BALANCE SHEET As At __________ (Date)
ASSETS$LIABILITIES$
Current AssetsCurrent Liabilities
  Cash in Bank   Accounts Payable 
  Petty Cash   Vacation Payable 
  Net Cash   Income Tax Payable 
  Inventory   Customs Fees 
  Accounts Receivable   Pension Payable 
  Prepaid Insurance   Union Dues Payable 
Total Current Assets   Medical Payable 
    Workers Compensation Payable 
    State/Provincial Tax Payable 
Fixed Assets: Total Current Liabilities 
  Land   
  Buildings Long-Term Liabilities 
  Less Depreciation   Long-Term Loans 
Net Land & Buildings   Mortgage 
  Total Long-Term Liabilities 
Equipment   
Less Depreciation TOTAL LIABILITIES 
Net Equipment   
  EQUITY 
  EARNINGS 
  Owner’s Equity – Capital 
  Owner – Draws 
  Retained Earnings 
  Current Earnings 
  Total Earnings 
    
  TOTAL EQUITY 
    
TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 

 

Once again, this template is an example of the different categories of assets and liabilities that may apply to your business. The Balance Sheet will reproduce the accounts you have set up in your General Ledger. You may need to modify the categories in the Balance Sheet template above to suit your own business.

Once you have your Balance Sheet completed, you’re ready to write a brief analysis of each of the three financial statements. When you’re writing these analysis paragraphs, you want to keep them short and cover the highlights, rather than writing an in-depth analysis. The financial statements themselves (the Income Statement, Cash Flow Projections, and Balance Sheet) will be placed in your business plan’s Appendices.

Author: Ahmad Faishal

Ahmad Faishal is now a full-time writer and former Analyst of BPD DIY Bank. He's Risk Management Certified. Specializing in writing about financial literacy, Faishal acknowledges the need for a world filled with education and understanding of various financial areas including topics related to managing personal finance, money and investing and considers investoguru as the best place for his knowledge and experience to come together.