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Make a proper financial plan is an exercise that requires significant knowledge of basic financial tools. First of all we have the basics of corporate finance and accounting very clear, and you have to master the structure and different components of a company’s financial statements. But to build a good financial plan is also very desirable to have a solid background in business management and have experience estimating and modeling business variables.

It is very common for a professional who has worked primarily in technical areas or an entrepreneur who needs to create the financial plan your business have deficiencies in some of the points mentioned. It is unusual for a professional or an entrepreneur ever have modeled a business financially, so they find a particularly difficult and complex, and they feel very inseguros.fiananzas

After years of reviewing financial plans for business development projects of the students in the MBA program at the EOI Escuela de Organización Industrial, I like to point out five tips that may alleviate the sometimes insurmountable deficit of experience of not having made a variables and estimate a company’s financial modeling.

1. Understand the business

We must become a little expert in the field in which you want to work. Even if it is a very technical field is desirable to learn a minimum knowledge allowing us to understand the business. This will, contrast and understand all information used in the plan. The aim is to prevent parts of the project has become for us a black box that can only be interpreted by the business manager or a technician in an area.

Conclusion: You can not model something that is not well understood.

2. Use common sense

It is very usual common sense left out of the spreadsheet that we created. Take the basic assumptions of the model using common sense. Seek the arguments you would use if someone rebutting these hypotheses to contrast and see if they are solid arguments or not. As you progress in modeling occasionally look back and be critical of what they’re doing. It is customary to take hardly defensible hypothesis or disprove the initial hypotheses also to get into the modeling exercise.

Conclusion: It is essential to use common sense and be very critical of our model.

3. Make a simple exercise

The spreadsheet is a very powerful but very dangerous tool. It is common to find an entrepreneur bogged down with cumbersome financial model that has gotten out of hand and without being able to square it. Experience shows that make a very detailed planning exercise does not imply that a better financial plan. The aim is to anticipate what will happen, and this is best done with a simple model but correct.

Conclusion: It is always best to make a simple financial model and complicate later.

4. Simulate the cash flow statements in the long term

Many books state that the cash in the financial plan allows you to square the balance. Many entrepreneurs believe that it is therefore necessary to create a box to reach cash flow equal to the duration of the project. That’s true if you have modeled everything right in the profit and loss accounts and balance sheet. But usually the first modeling of a project to have some inconsistencies, so it is recommended to estimate the three financial statements (income statement, balance sheet and cash flow) and try square. The probability of not having treated uniformly an element of the plan in the income statement and balance sheet is reduced so much.

Conclusion: use the cash to match the balance is very dangerous because it does not detect inconsistencies in the financial model to operate the cash balance as a cushion to hide any errors.

5. Create scenarios

Sensitivity analysis is an exercise that attempts to see the sensitivity of our business plan to the variation of the main variables of the project. Despite having such a powerful tool for this task as the spreadsheet is not usually enough time to devote to this exercise. Experience shows that the probability that the key variables behave as we estimated in the model is not very high, so creating scenarios is essential to understand what actually might happen.

Know your budget -
One of the first things that traders want to know from you is the amount you can afford. It can be difficult to answer this question if you do a little homework. Before considering the retailer exactly your budget. Want to know how much you pay each month. It is also important to consider for the future. For example, say you can afford to pay $ 400 per month now. But you know that in a year, you have to give up your current job, he decided to return to school full time. Insist on this plan and no more than bites to chew in the future.

Do not Get The Facts On-line
Before visiting the dealership, here are three words, because without a car. There are many facts without a car online. You can even find a way to make a proper report on the vehicle you are interested in abandoned car, the Internet offers you all the information you need — models, colors, prices, options, whatever. All car manufacturers now have Web sites. In most of these sites, you can make your vehicle through the choice of the model and all the options you want. At the end of the construction of the virtual vehicle, you receive an EIA. (Price) that can and should take to the dealer. This saves time and energy because you know exactly what you want and you know the approximate price. Again, do online research as much as possible. Do you know what you are looking for. Because they are used to buy, you may need a little more flexibility in options and specifications. But there is much of an idea of what you are looking to buy. Go online and check out Consumer Reports and other car websites giving you the objective information you need to make a wise decision.

Unfinished, with a case a broker (Mark), now appears a new term that is a broker News (Marta), a villager’s response is now more openness of information literacy as the current era. Two terms that may not be a new term to the experts in their field or for those who have long information literacy. But for ‘ordinary people’ this term they may be a new hearing. As with any other term that developed in 2009 when the General Election, Prita Mulyasari, Case Antasari, conflict-Police Commission, Scandal of Century Bank, etc..

Unfortunately, over time and as the mass media agenda setting that reduces the intensity of coverage, especially on topics that are not yet completed, the terms that were developed in those cases also involved a new sink and replaced the term. And the term which is now on the rise is simply a case a broker or middleman News or Mark and Martha

Mark the term itself has only reached the top of the popularity over time and as the discovery of the perpetrators of other markus, proved a popular new term follow-up that any broker or Marber News abbreviated Marta. Marta term itself is on the rise as resource persons allegedly engineered (markus) by TV One. Read the rest of this entry »

Until now the tax issue is still a hot debate among the governments of Indonesia, this is caused by information from the Directorate General of Taxation which reported that there were 6,368,662 taxpayers owner of Tax Payer Registration Number (TIN), which has not delivered the Notice of Annual (SPT) to tax 30 April 2010 then.

Director of Compliance and Revenue Potential of the Directorate General of Taxation Taxpayer Petrus Tambunan states (WP) who are currently enrolled in the Directorate General of Taxes as of April 30 this year reached 14,101,933 people. However, the new received 7,733,271 yag SPT SPT.

“From these figures, the ratio of tax compliance was 54.84%,” and is the highest ratio of taxes to pay compliance issues. The rate was the worst figure in southeast asia.

WP compliance ratio was increased from the previous year which amounted to 52.61% with a total of 10.28959 million registered WP. While the returns received only 5,413,114.

Peter says it will continue its efforts to increase compliance with the delivery of this tax return. The trick with doing inventory on the WP and the taxpayers who do not or have not submitted tax returns and tax return income tax period for VAT tax year / fiscal period of the previous and current year.

“We will issue and send a reprimand, appeals, tax bills,” he explained.

Besides, Peter says it provides socialization taxation rights and obligations concerning the implementation of taxation to the taxpayer, especially the new WP.

“We will also send a letter of thanks to the 1000 WP the potential of his tax returns on corporate income is received on time with a sample letter there,” he said.

Relative impoverishment of the middle class and working class, with a background of fever of consumerism and aggressive pressure from the sophistication of the financial system, encourage borrowing to maintain consumption growth and, this, the overall economy. When in the year 2007 to accelerate the mortgage crisis, which later came, with successive steps, is a resounding collapse of a speculative building that foundation is the spiral growth of private debt.
Private debt cycle and collided with the wall. In the U.S. case, this is reflected in the housing crisis is still not finished. Many families continue to lose their homes, and certainly there will be some time before property prices to recover pre-crisis levels. This puts the brakes on lending and require adjustments in the family budget, chances are, will be extended for several years. This, in turn, undermines the sustainability of U.S. economic growth, just because, so far, support is primarily from the demand side, household consumption. Read the rest of this entry »

Business and financial information in Indonesia today is getting better from day to day, this can be seen from the development of businesses in all sectors began to walk and show progress, especially in the industrial sector and agriculture and trade. Trust the private sector to invest in Indonesia is quite encouraging. From some surveys by direct interviews to say that the potential owner of the business to reap the huge profits they could likely achieve in the next few months.

Financial information and salaries

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani in explanation of the draft Government Work Plan 2011 in Musrenbangnas 2010, Jakarta, Wednesday (28 / 4), promises to increase salaries and pension principal cities of civil servants (PNS), members of the military, and police, amounting to 10% in 2011 . This is a part of the basic policies of central government personnel expenditure in 2011.

“Shopping will no increase in staff salaries of civil servants, military, and police, as well as retirement,” said Sri.

Not only that, the increase in personnel expenses in 2011 also continued to accommodate the provision of salaries to the 13th and 13th of pension provision for pensioners

8 ways to secure finance in the household budget so that financial security be guaranteed.

Here are some tips from the budget that has been developed by financial experts to help people build a better sense of financial security.

1. Changing the way we think about budgeting is the most effective of all the possibilities for the study council budget. Think about your budget as a sort of spending plans. Most people think that the budget is just another term to restrain their spending. However, if you create a spending plan that helps you focus more on the best ways to spend their money and create the right balance between your wants and needs.

2. The other end to the budget, that really makes sense, is that if you really intend to save money, you should ensure that expenditure is much smaller then your earnings. This is the basis for forming any kind of financial security. To create a smart spending plan is important that you know what the total revenue and total spending.

3. Creating a solid financial plan plays an important role in helping to save money and achieve all their financial long-term goals.

If your goal is to maintain a minimum $ 300 monthly savings, but the excess cash is only reached $ 200 per month, you must provide your financial goals or your cost. This requires taking a good look at their priorities.

4. Keep your first priority. Whatever the approach to the budget you may want to take, it is very important that you first pay off all essential bills before switching to non-essential luxuries. Read the rest of this entry »