Cash doesn’t just mean the physical money a business has in notes and coins. It also refers to cash in the bank – in other words, money that is available in the business’ bank accounts.

Cash flow is the movement of money in and out of a business over a period of time. Cash flow forecasting involves predicting the future flow of cash in and out of a business’ bank accounts.

In business, there are several uses for preparing cash flow projections or statements. In early-stage business situations, cash flow projections are needed to determine how much money is needed to ...

To project your cash flow, start by breaking down projected sales over the next year according to the percentage of business volume generated each month. Divide each month's sales according to ...

the outflow of expenses resulting from operating, investing and financing activities during a specific time period Cash flow statements and projections express a business's results or plans in ...