Cash Flow For Dummies

Grasp cash flow management and make your business more appealing on the market
Are you a small business owner, accountant, or entrepreneur responsible for cash management? This hands–on, friendly guide is your plain–English manual to cash flow basics. You′ll get valuable tips, techniques, and information on the fundamentals of cash management to maximize cash flow and understand how it affects the quality of your company′s earnings.
Cash flow 101— get a clear overview of cash flow basics and how it all fits into the bigger picture of running a business
Make a statement — find out how to read balance sheets and income statements from a cash flow perspective
Get down to the nitty gritty — understand how to judge a company′s liquidity, secure external capital to start and maintain a company, and avoid cash shortfalls
Management frame of mind — discover how business owners and managers need to manage cash flow to prevent leakages, theft, and fraud; how to manage disbursement cycles to improve cash flow; and how to manage the selling cycle to improve cash flows
Open the book and find:
A refresher on fundamental accounting topics
How to identify basic types of cash activities
The scoop on the big three financial statements
Ways to analyze cash flow
Liquidity vs. available cash
Everything you need to know about planning and projections
Real–world examples that help drive home critical concepts
Keys to managing cash flows in a small business
Learn to:
Grasp the basic principles of cash flow management
Secure business with positive and consistent cash flow
Bring financial security to your company
Distinguish profit and cash flow from profit

Spis treści:
Introduction 1
Part I: Fitting Cash Flow into the Big Picture of Running a Business 7
Chapter 1: Getting in Sync with the Rhythm of Cash 9
Chapter 2: Why Accrual Accounting Is Essential 23
Chapter 3: The Big Three Financial Statements 37
Chapter 4: Getting a Grip on the Statement of Cash Flows 59
Part II: Using Financial Statements to Assess Cash Health 81
Chapter 5: Mining the Balance Sheet for Cash 83
Chapter 6: Digging Deeper into Cash Flow 113
Chapter 7: Understanding Liquidity versus Available Cash 131
Part III: Getting Intimate with Your Company′s Cash Flow Needs 157
Chapter 8: Creating a Business Plan to Secure Cash 159
Chapter 9: Building Best–in–Class Projection Models to Manage Cash 173
Chapter 10: Identifying and Securing External Sources of Capital 193
Chapter 11: Knowing When to Use Debt to Finance Your Business 213
Part IV: Managing Your Business with Cash Flow in Mind 239
Chapter 12: Covering the Basics of Cash and Cash Activity 241
Chapter 13: Preventing Cash Losses from Embezzlement and Fraud 267
Chapter 14: Managing the Selling Cycle to Improve Cash Flows 281
Chapter 15: Managing the Disbursement Cycle to Improve Cash Flows 311
Part V: The Part of Tens 331
Chapter 16: Ten Keys to Managing Cash Flows in a Small Business 333
Chapter 17: Ten Tales of Cash–Flow Woes 341
Index 351

Nota biograficzna:
Tage C. Tracy is principal owner of TMK & Associates, an accounting, financial, and strategic business planning consulting firm.
John A. Tracy is Professor of Accounting at the University of Colorado in Boulder and the author of Accounting For Dummies.

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Grasp cash flow management and make your business more appealing on the market
Are you a small business owner, accountant, or entrepreneur responsible for cash management? This hands–on, friendly guide is your plain–English manual to cas h flow basics. You′ll get valuable tips, techniques, and information on the fundamentals of cash management to maximize cash flow and understand how it affects the quality of your company′s earnings.
Cash flow 101— get a clear overview of cash flow basics and how it all fits into the bigger picture of running a business
Make a statement — find out how to read balance sheets and income statements from a cash flow perspective
Get down to the nitty gritty — understand how to judge a company′s liquidity, secure external capital to start and maintain a company, and avoid cash shortfalls
Management frame of mind — discover how business owners and managers need to manage cash flow to prevent leakages, theft, and fraud; how to manage disbursement cycles to improve cash flow; and how to manage the selling cycle to improve cash flows
Open the book and find:
A refresher on fundamental accounting topics
How to identify basic types of cash activities
The scoop on the big three financial statements
Ways to analyze cash flow
Liquidity vs. available cash
Everything you need to know about planning and projections
Real–world examples that help drive home critical concepts
Keys to managing cash flows in a small business
Learn to:
Grasp the basic principles of cash flow management
Secure business with positive and consistent cash flow
Bring financial security to your company
Distinguish profit and cash flow from profit