Manage Finances and Develop Financial Plans

Manage Finance and Develop Financial Plans, Fifth Edition, shows you how to control financial results effectively in a small business. To do this, you need to: keep relevant records; report operating results; and plan financial performance.

This book is divided into three parts. Part A, Manage Finances: Financial Records, investigates simple financial records and record-keeping procedures and legal requirements for records. Part B, Manage Finances: Financial Reports, then examines preparing and analysing simple financial reports including income statements, cash flow statements and balance sheets. A business’s tax obligations are also addressed. Finally, Part C, Develop Financial Plans, examines profit planning, capital expenditure, budgeting, cash flow management and financing decisions.There is also a glossary at the end of the book of key record-keeping and financial terms, and a comprehensive index.
 
 Each chapter has exercises within the text, a list of key terms, and a multiple-choice quiz. There are also assessment activities at the end of key chapters. The answers to the quizzes can be found at the end of the book.
 
 After reading this book, you should be able to record, report and plan financial performance to successfully run a small business."

Part A

Chapter 1 - Financial records overview,

Chapter 2 - Source documents

Chapter 3 - Cashbooks

Chapter 4 - Other financial records

Chapter 5 - Records maintenance

Part B

Chapter 6 - The income statement

Chapter 7 - The cash flow statement

Chapter 8 - The balance sheet

Chapter 9 - Financial results evaluation

Chapter 10 - Taxation reports

Part C

Chapter 11 - Profit planning

Chapter 12 - Capital expenditure proposals

Chapter 13 - Budgeting and control

Chapter 14 - Cash flow management

Chapter 15 - Financing decisions.