Financial Statements

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR RURAL FAMILIES 4(1+3)
Lesson 14 : Management of Financial Resources

Financial Statements

  1. The Income Statement

  2. The Balance Sheet

  3. Operating Budget
    A budget projects sales and expenses for each month of a year to estimate the flow of cash. This helps you predict times that you may have cash shortfalls and prepare for them. It also allows you to compare over the year how you are performing in relation to your projections.

  4. The Cash Flow Statement

  5. Ratios and Quality Indicators
    Financial ratios look at relationships between various numbers generated by your financial statements. The ratios allow you to analyze how different aspects of your business are functioning. If there are problems, they help you locate what is causing the problems. The ratios give you a deeper look into specific parts of your business so that you can see what is working and what is not.

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