Calculate Your Business's Cash Flow
Cash flow is the lifeblood of any small business. Monitoring your cash inflows and outflows is crucial for managing expenses, planning for growth, and ensuring your company's long-term financial stability. Use our easy-to-use Cash Flow Calculator to get a clear picture of your business's cash position and identify areas for improvement.
Understand the Financial Health of Your Business
Received from customers
Cash received from your customers for the period. Make sure this amount is based on your actual receipts, not your booked sales. An increase in your accounts receivable may increase your profit on paper, but it does not change your cash flow.
Received from customers
Cash received from your customers for the period. Make sure this amount is based on your actual receipts, not your booked sales. An increase in your accounts receivable may increase your profit on paper, but it does not change your cash flow.
For inventory
Total cash paid for the period to purchase inventory. Like your cash received, your cash paid during a period should be your actual cash payments.
For insurance
Total cash paid for insurance, advertising, rent payments and lease payments.
For payroll
Total cash paid for your payroll and employment taxes.
Other payments
Any other cash paid during this period for your operations. This may include one-time expenses or incidentals such as postage, couriers, or office supplies.
Operating total used:
$0
Cash flow from Operations:
$0
Interest paid
Total interest expenses you paid during this period.
Investment total used:
$0
Investment total received:
$0
Include any cash received during this period from the sale of assets, including real estate, tangible assets and intellectual property.
Cash received from the sale of any investments held. This includes the sale of investments in other companies, the sale of stock and the sale of bonds. It does not include issuing new stock or bonds for your company. This source of income is included in the financing section of your cash flow statement.
Any other cash received from your investment activities.
Cash used to purchase capital equipment or land for use in your business.
Cash used to purchase new or increase the holdings of your investments. Like the sale of investments, only include the purchase of external investments. Stock buy back, and debt retirement are included in the finance section of your cash flow statement.
Cash used for any other investment activity.
Financing total used:
$0
Financing total received:
$0
Net new borrowing for the period. Include new borrowing as well as the net increase in any line of credit borrowing.
Net cash received from issuing stock. Make sure this is the net amount, after any fees have been taken into account.
Any cash received from the owner(s) for the period.
Total loan principal repayments for the period. Do not include interest. Interest is included in the operating expenses of the cash flow statement.
Any cash dividends paid for the period.
Any other financial distributions made during this period.
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Identify cash flow issues before they become major problems
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Pinpoint areas where you can cut costs or increase revenue
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Make informed decisions about investments, expansions, or debt management
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Ensure you have adequate funds to cover day-to-day expenses and growth objectives
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Cash at beginning of period
Total cash available at the beginning of the period.
Cash at end of period:
$0
Cash at end of period
Total cash calculated for the end of the period. If this amount is lower than your beginning balance, your business has a negative cash flow. If this amount is negative, you may need to increase your cash flow to maintain your current operations.
Net Cash Flow = $0 - $0 = $0
This negative net cash flow of $0 indicates that your business spent $0 more than it brought in during that time period.
In other words, your business had to use $0 more in cash than it generated, likely requiring you to dip into savings, take out a loan, or find other ways to cover the shortfall.
This kind of negative cash flow can be a sign of financial strain and is an important metric for small business owners to monitor closely.