Small Business Financial Management Kit For Dummies

by Tage C. Tracy, John A. Tracy

Overview

Perk up profits and protect your assets

The fun and easy way^® to manage your company's finances and remain solvent

Need to get a handle on the financials of your business? This hands-on guide has all the tools you need to manage your day-to-day affairs and grow your business, from preparing financial statements to improving cash flow. The CD features down-to-earth templates to help you run your business, along with step-by-step guidance.

all this on the bonus CD-ROM

Realistic, down-to-earth Excel-based templates that you can tailor-fit to your business.
Use the templates to analyze different scenarios so that you can make better decisions.
The templates provide many useful forms and formats for P&L and cash flow reports, and for many other financial statements and reports that are critical in managing your business.

For details and complete system requirements, see the CD-ROM appendix.

Discover how to:

Plan a budget and forecast
Streamline the accounting process
Raise capital and request loans
Invest company money wisely
Choose your legal entity
Avoid common management pitfalls

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118051405
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/11/2011
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	596,425
File size:	20 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Tage C. Tracy, CPA, is the co-author, along with John Tracy, of How to Manage Profit and Cash Flow. John A. Tracy, CPA, is the author of Accounting For Dummies.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: Improving Your Profit, Cash Flow, and Solvency.

Chapter 1: Managing Your Small Business Finances.

Chapter 2: Understanding Your P&L and Profit Performance.

Chapter 3: Getting Up to Speed on Cash Flow from Profit.

Chapter 4: Keeping Your Business Solvent.

Part II: Using Tools of the Trade.

Chapter 5: Protecting the Family Jewels.

Chapter 6: Scrutinizing Your Costs.

Chapter 7: Practical Budgeting Techniques for Your Business.

Chapter 8: Making Decisions with a Profit Model.

Part III: Dealing with Small Business Financial Issues.

Chapter 9: Jumping Through Tax Hoops.

Chapter 10: Raising Capital for Your Business.

Chapter 11: Diagnosing Your Financial Condition.

Part IV: Looking at Service and Manufacturing Businesses.

Chapter 12: When You Sell Services.

Chapter 13: When You Make the Products You Sell.

Part V: Reaching the End of the Line.

Chapter 14: Putting a Market Value on Your Business and Selling.

Chapter 15: Hanging Up the Spikes and Terminating Your Business.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Management Rules for Small Business Survival.

Chapter 17: Ten Hard-Core Financial Tools and Tactics.

Appendix: About the CD.

Index.