Preparing a forecast
A forecast is your best guess at how much revenue and cost your business will generate in the coming years. The forecast can be feel daunting for entrepreneurs, but don't worry - the articles in this section will help.
- Printing from the Forecast tab
- Preparing a forecast
- Changing the start date of your forecast
- Entering starting balances for an existing company
- Forecasting your revenue streams
- Using multiple forecasts to create scenarios
- How do I edit or delete forecast entries?
- How can I include more forecast details in my plan?
- Using a calendar year vs. a fiscal year in your forecast
- Changing the forecast length and years of monthly detail
- How do I forecast sales growth?
- Entering direct costs
- What is the difference between direct costs and expenses?
- Entering expenses
- Entering personnel
- Understanding head count details for personnel
- Employee-related expenses: changing the Burden Rate
- How do I locate my salaries and wages in the Profit and Loss?
- Entering loans, interest, and loan payments
- Entering a loan with a custom payment schedule
- How LivePlan's financial statements handle loans and other financing
- Entering an investment
- Entering a line of credit
- Entering asset purchases
- Forecasting varying amounts over time
- Forecasting unit sales revenue streams
- Entering recurring charges (subscription) revenue streams
- Reading the Profit and Loss (P&L) statement
- Reading the Balance Sheet
- Reading the Cash Flow statement