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Components of a Complete Financial Forecast

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Sales Forecast

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Cost of sales forecast

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Head count and personnel costs by department and employee benefits structure.

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Departmental budgets (e.g. Research and development, Marketing and Sales, General and Administrative)

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Operating statement

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Capital budget

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Financing (both equity and debt)

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Income tax accruals and payments

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Operating cycle computations including trade receivable, trade payables, inventory movements.

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Cash flow statements.  The cash flow statement reflects the effects on the company's operating statement of the "operating cycle", capital budget and financing components

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Balance Sheets.  The company's forecasted balance sheet (or financial position) is simply the application of cash flow for a given period added or deducted as appropriate to the opening balance sheet balances.

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Divisional and subsidiary consolidations, if applicable

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Footnote disclosure of significant accounting policies used and forecast assumptions made.

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Summary financial statements, production data and key financial ratios.

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Supplementary information which includes detailed sales, costs and inventory movement forecasted by product line.

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