Instructions | Projections |

                         
  Instructions:  From your marketing plan enter your projected sales for the next 12 months in step 1; Existing firms should enter historical sales data from the 3 months immediately prior to this planning period (Step 1a);  In Step 2 you are asked to estimate when those sales will occur. If you have historical data, take each month of the preceding year and divide it by that period's sale and enter the % for that month.  New firms should give a "best guess" estimate based on the entrepreneur's understanding of the market.  In Step 3, estimate your cost of goods sold by using the basic formula shown next to the COGS box - divide the COGS by sales for the period and enter the %;  In Step 4 calculate or estimate your operating costs and divide by sales for the period.  Next, enter the actual values for depreciation, interest expense and cash on hand.   Yellow areas are for user input on both sheets.    
  When you are finished, click on the projections tab at the top of this sheet to go to the cash flow schedule.    
   
    Sales from 3 months ending prior period  
  Enter Your Assumptions Here  
         
Step 1 Project Total Sales for Year Step 1a      
   
Step 2 Project months by %  
  Monthly %  
  Jan  
  Feb  
  March  
  April  
  May  
  June  
  July  
  August  
  September  
  October  
  November  
  December  
  Total Sales - must equal 100%  
    Goods Available for Sale  =  Beginning inventory + Freight in + purchases 
Step 3 Project Cost of Goods Sold by %   Cost of Goods Sold = Goods Available for Sale - Ending inventory  
   
Step 4 Project General Operating Cost %*  
  *Include all payroll, benefits, selling, occupancy, and G&A costs.  
   
Step 5 Project Total Depreciation for year $  
   
Step 6 Project Total Interest for year $  
   
Step 7 Project Beginning Cash $  
   
     
   
Step 9  Go to projection page and put in your own assumptions for A/R Collection (Line 20)  
     and Accounts Payable (Line 24 & 25) in cash budget area.  
  Put in projected capital purchases in Line 27.  
  Put in projected principal and interest payment in Line 28  
  Review ending cash and put in draw down or pay off on Line of Credit (Line 32).  
   
Step 10 Review Graph on Worksheet 3