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7 Reasons Why you should Prepare a Cash Flow Projection
Managing your Cash Flow

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Module 1 | Managing your Cash Flow | |
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Unit 1 | Managing your Cash Flow Pretest | |
Unit 2 | 5 Tips for Getting Paid Quickly | |
Unit 3 | 5 Steps for Managing your Cash Flow | |
Unit 4 | 5 Ways in which Business Cards Offer Better Advantages than Checks | |
Unit 5 | 7 Reasons Why you should Prepare a Cash Flow Projection | |
Unit 6 | 3 Essential Sections of a Cash Flow Statement | |
Unit 7 | Managing your Cash Flow Posttest |
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Hi. In this video, we will learn why it is important to have a Cash Budget.
Cash budget is an important tool in the hands of financial management for the planning and control of the working capital to ensure the solvency of the firm, and thus, ensure that you have enough cash on hand. A business should have at least 90 days of cash on hand to ensure they remain healthy financially.
Here are 7 Reasons why you should prepare a Cash Flow Projection:
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It is Helpful in Planning. Cash budget helps planning for the most efficient use of cash when there is a oversupply and what to do when it is low
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Forecasting the Future needs. Cash budget forecasts the future needs of funds, its time and the amount well in advance.
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Maintenance of sufficient cash Balance. Cash is the basis of liquidity of the enterprise and a Cash budget helps in maintaining the liquidity.
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Controlling Cash Expenditure. Cash budget acts as a controlling device of various departments expenses
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Evaluation of Performance. Cash budget acts as a standard for evaluating the financial performance.
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Testing the Influence of proposed Expansion Programme. Cash budget forecasts the inflows from a proposed expansion or investment programme and testify its impact on cash position.
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Basis of finance Co-ordination. Cash budget helps in coordinating the various finance functions, such as sales, credit, investment, working capital etc.
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