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The financial planning process begins with long-term or strategic financial plans. These,
in turn, guide the formulation of short-term or operating plans and budgets. Generally, the
short-term plans and budgets implement the firm’s long-term strategic objectives.
Long-term financial plans are part of an integrated strategy that, along with production
and marketing plans, guides the firm toward strategic goals. Those long-term plans
consider the following:
✔ Proposed outlays for fixed assets
✔ Research and development activities
✔ Marketing and product development actions
✔ Capital structure
✔ Sources of financing
Short-term financial planning begins with the sales forecast. From it, companies develop
production plans that take into account lead (preparation) times and include estimates of
the required raw materials. Using the production plans, the firm can estimate direct labor
requirements, factory overhead outlays, and operating expenses. Once these estimates
have been made, the firm can prepare a pro forma income statement and cash budget.
With these basic inputs, the firm can finally develop a pro forma balance sheet.
The key input to the short-term financial planning process is the firm’s sales forecast. This
prediction of the firm’s sales over a given period is ordinarily prepared by the marketing
department. On the basis of the sales forecast, the financial manager estimates the
monthly cash flows that will result from projected sales and from outlays related to
production, inventory, and sales. The manager also determines the level of fixed assets
required and the amount of financing, if any, needed to support the forecast level of sales
and production. In practice, obtaining good data is the most difficult aspect of forecasting.
The sales forecast may be based on an analysis of external data, internal data, or a
combination of the two.
An external forecast is based on the relationships observed between the firm’s sales and
certain key external economic indicators such as the gross domestic product (GDP), new
housing starts, consumer confidence, and disposable personal income. Forecasts
containing these indicators are readily available.
Internal forecasts are based on a consensus of sales forecasts through the firm’s own sales
channels. Typically, the firm’s salespeople in the field are asked to estimate how many
units of each type of product they expect to sell in the coming year. The sales manager
collects and totals these forecasts, who may adjust the figures using knowledge of specific
markets or the salesperson’s forecasting ability. Finally, adjustments may be made for
additional internal factors, such as production capabilities.
Firms generally use a combination of external and internal forecast data to make the final
sales forecast. The internal data provide insight into sales expectations, and the external
data provide a means of adjusting these expectations to take into account general
economic factors. The nature of the firm’s product also often affects the mix and types of
forecasting methods used.
If you sell only one product or service, calculating your sales budget may be quite easy.
Simply take the number of units you expect to sell and multiply them by the sales price.
If you sell multiple items or services, you will need to calculate the sales price for each
and then add them together.
Your sales budget should include both the number of units being sold and the total
revenue for each type of unit. The number of units will determine what you will need to
produce over the year and will determine your budget for producing them. The same
principle applies to services as well as products, as knowing how many hours of time will
be sold will help you determine how many employees you will need to do that work.
UWMA Company plans to produce an array of plastic pails during the upcoming budget
year, all of which fall into a single product category. Its sales forecast is outlined as
follows:
The sales budget contains an itemization of a company's sales expectations for the budget
period, in both units and dollars. If a company has a large number of products, it usually
aggregates its expected sales into a smaller number of product categories or geographic
regions; otherwise, it becomes too difficult to generate sales estimates for this budget. The
sales budget is usually presented in either a monthly or quarterly format; presenting only
annual sales information is too aggregated, and so provides little actionable information.
PRODUCTION BUDGET
A production budget provides information regarding the number of units that should be
produced over a given accounting period based on expected sales and targeted level of
ending inventories. It is computed as follows:
UWMA Company would like to maintain 1,000 units in its ending inventory at the end of
each quarter. Beginning inventory at the start of the year amounts to 500 units. How many
units should UWMA Company produce in order to fulfill the expected sales of the
company?
From the number of units that is expected to be produced, the cost of production can be
estimated especially if the company has developed standard production cost per unit. This
information can also be used then in preparing projected financial statements and cash
budgets.
OPERATIONS BUDGET
Operations budget refers to the variable and fixed costs needed to run the operations of
the company but are not directly attributable to the generation of sales. Examples of this
are the following:
✔ Rent payments
✔ Wages and Salaries of selling and administrative personnel
✔ Administrative Costs
✔ Travel and representation expenses
✔ Professional fees
✔ Interest Payments
✔ Tax Payments
CASH BUDGET
For a business enterprise, having the right amount of cash is important since cash is used
to make payments for purchases, for operational expenses, to creditors, and for other
transactions. The cash budget forecasts the timing of these cash outflows and matches
them with cash inflows from sales and other receipts. The cash budget is also a control
tool to monitor the way the company handles cash.
Add these receipts to the collections from sales to get to total receipts.
C. From the Production Budget, identify how much of the purchases made will be
paid by the company on the cash budget period. Like sales, purchases may be
made in cash or on credit depending on the supplier’s credit terms.
F. Match the receipts and disbursements on the periods they become collectible and
payable, respectively.
H. If the net cash flow is above the minimum cash balance, the company is in excess
cash and may consider putting it in short term investments. If it is below, the
company should make a short-term borrowing during that period.
Moreover, UWMA Company has a beginning cash balance of PHP40,000 and would like
to maintain an ending cash balance of PHP120,000 per month. Prepare UWMA
Company’s Cash Budget for January to May. Prepare a cash budget.
Projected financial statements is a tool of the company to set an overall goal of what the
company’s performance and position will be for and as of the end of the year. It sets
targets to control and monitor the activities of the company. The following reports may be
forecasted:
✔ Projected Income Statement
✔ Projected Statement of Financial Position
✔ Projected Statement of Cash Flows
TWM Company
Income Statement
For the year ended December
A. Forecast Sales. In making financial projections, always start with the income
statement and the most important account to forecast first is sales.
A simple method for developing a pro forma income statement is the percent-of-sales
method. It forecasts sales and then expresses the various income statement items as
percentages of projected sales. The percentages used are likely to be the percentages of
sales for those items in the previous year
Illustration:
Sales are expected to increase by 10% in 2020 from the 2019 sales level.
2020
Net Sales ₱ 5,775,000
Cost of Sales
Gross Profit
Illustration:
⮚ The company wants to maintain the same gross profit per year in 2019.
⮚ Variable expense is 5% of sales
⮚ Depreciation expense is 5% of the gross beginning balance of property, plant and
equipment. As of December 31, 2019, the gross balance of PPE is Php 5,200,000.
For January 2020, Php 1,000,000 new PPE will be acquired. It is the policy of the
company that PPE acquired in the first half of the year will be depreciated for one
full year.
Compute for Cost of Sales, Variable Operating Expense, and Depreciation Expense.
Cost of sales percentage in 2019 = (4,305,000 ÷ 5,250,000) x 100%
Cost of sales percentage in 2019 = 82%
Projected cost of sales in 2020 = 82% x 5,775,000
Projected cost of sales in 2020 = 4,735,500
TWM Company
Projected Income Statement
For the year ending December 31, 2020
2020
Net Sales ₱ 5,775,000
Cost of Sales (82% of Net
Sales) ₱ 4,735,500
Gross Profit ₱ 1,039,500
TWM Company
Projected Income Statement
For the year ending December 31, 2020
2020
Net Sales ₱ 5,775,000
Cost of Sales (82% of Net
Sales) ₱ 4,735,500
Gross Profit ₱ 1,039,500
Operating Expenses ₱ 598,750
Operating Income ₱ 440,750
Illustration:
Income tax rate is 30% of the income before taxes. 75% of the income tax expense will be
paid in 2020, while the balance will be paid in 2021.
TWM Company
Projected Income Statement
For the year ending December 31, 2020
2020
Net Sales ₱ 5,775,000
Cost of Sales (82% of Net
Sales) ₱ 4,735,500
Gross Profit ₱ 1,039,500
Operating Expenses ₱ 598,750
Operating Income ₱ 440,750
Interest Expense ?
Income Before Taxes
Taxes (30%)
Net Income
Balance sheet items that may vary with sales or will be highly correlated with sales are
cash, accounts receivable, inventories, accounts payable, and accrued expenses payable.
Illustration:
Compute as follows:
The following financial statement accounts are expected to vary with sales based on the
2019 financial statements:
1. Cash
2. Trade Accounts Receivable
3. Inventories
4. Other Current Assets
5. Trade Accounts Payable
Cash
Cash as a percentage of sales in 2019 = ( 1,060,000 ÷ 5,200,000) x 100%
Cash as a percentage of sales in 2019 = 20.19%
Projected cash in 2020 = 20.19 % x 5,775,000
Projected cash in 2020 = 1,165,973
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable as a % of sales in 2019 = (2,300,500 ÷ 5,200,000) x 100%
Accounts receivable as a % of sales in 2019 = 43.82%
Projected accounts receivable in 2020 = 43.82% x 5,775,000
Projected accounts receivable in 2020 = 2,530,605
Inventories
Inventories as a % of sales in 2019 = ( 4,850,000 ÷ 5,200,000) x 100%
Inventories as a % of sales in 2019 = 92.38%
Projected inventories in 2020 = 92.38% x 5,775,000
Projected inventories in 2020 = 5,334,945
2020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash ₱ 1,165,973
Receivables ₱ 2,530,605
Inventories ₱ 5,334,945
Other Current Assets ₱ 1,155,000
Total Current Assets ₱ 10,186,523
Noncurrent Assets
Property, Plant and Equipment ₱ 3,130,000
Other Noncurrent Assets
Total Noncurrent Assets
Total Assets
Accounts payable
Accounts payable as a % of sales in 2019 = (5,050,000.00 ÷ 5,200,000) x 100%
Accounts payable as a % of sales in 2019 = 96.19%
Projected accounts payable in 2020 = 96.19% x 5,775,000
Projected accounts payable in 2020 = 5,554,973
Liabilities and
Equity
Current Liabilities
Trade Payables ₱ 5,554,973
Income Taxes
Payable
Current Portion of
LTD
Other Current Liabilities
Total Current
Liabilities
Noncurrent
Liabilities
Long-term Debt
Total Liabilities
Illustration:
Compute for interest expense:
⮚ As of December 31, 2019, there are two long-term loans. Both have an annual
interest of 8%.
⮚ The first loan will mature on June 30, 2020 and the remaining principal balance to
be paid on June 30, 2020 is Php 1,250,000.
⮚ The second loan which was incurred on December 31, 2019 is paid at the rate of
Php 500,000 principal balance every June 30 and December 31.
First Loan
Interest from January 1 to June 30, 2020
1,250,000 x 8% x (6 mos ÷ 12 mos) = 50,000
Second Loan
Interest from January 1 to June 30, 2020
(1,000,000 + 2,000,000) x 8% x (6 mos ÷ 12 mos) 120,000
Interest from July 1 to December 31, 2020 = 100,000
(500,000 + 2,000,000) x 8% x (6 mos ÷ 12 mos)
Total interest expense for 2020 270,000
TWM Company
Projected Income Statement
For the year ended December 31, 2020
2020
Net Sales ₱ 5,775,000
Cost of Sales (82% of Net Sales) ₱ 4,735,500
Gross Profit ₱ 1,039,500
Operating Expenses ₱ 598,750
Operating Income ₱ 440,750
Interest Expense ₱ 270,000
Income Before Taxes ₱ 170,750
Taxes (30%) ₱ 51,225
Net Income ₱ 119,525
Liabilities and
Equity
Current Liabilities
₱
Trade Payables 5,554,973
Income Taxes ₱
Payable 12,806
Current Portion of
LTD
Other Current Liabilities
Total Current
Liabilities
Noncurrent
Liabilities
TWM Company
Projected Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2020
2020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash ₱ 1,165,973
Receivables ₱ 2,530,605
Inventories ₱ 5,334,945
Other Current Assets ₱ 1,155,000
Total Current Assets ₱ 10,186,523
Noncurrent Assets
Property, Plant and Equipment ₱ 3,130,000
Other Noncurrent Assets ₱ 835,689
Total Noncurrent Assets ₱ 3,965,689
Total Assets ₱ 14,152,212
A positive value for EFN, means that the company needs more funds equivalent to the
positive value of EFN. As to how this will be raised depends on the management and the
company’s ability to access funds. This EFN can be raised in the form of short term
borrowing, long term borrowing or equity, or a combination of all sources. The projected
balance sheet which generated this EFN is just the first iteration in preparing a pro-forma
balance sheet.
A negative value for EFN, means that the company has excess cash. As to how this
excess cash will be distributed will be the subject of the next iteration for the pro-forma
balance sheet. This can be disposed by adding it to the projected cash balance or it can be
used to retire some of the debt if pre-termination is allowed.
2020
Assets Liabilities and Equity
Current Assets Current Liabilities
Cash ₱ 1,165,973 Trade Payables ₱ 5,554,973
₱
Receivables ₱ 2,530,605 Notes Payable(EFN) 57,239
₱
Inventories ₱ 5,334,945 Income Taxes Payable 12,806
Other Current Assets ₱ 1,155,000 Current Portion of LTD ₱ 2,000,000
₱
Total Current Assets ₱ 10,186,523 Other Current Liabilities 85,600
Total Current Liabilities ₱ 7,710,618
Noncurrent Assets Noncurrent Liabilities
Property, Plant and Equipment ₱ 3,130,000 Long-term Debt ₱ 3,500,000
Other Noncurrent Assets ₱ 835,689 Total Liabilities ₱ 11,210,618
Total Noncurrent Assets ₱ 3,965,689 Stockholders' Equity
Capital Stock ₱ 1,000,000
Retained Earnings ₱ 1,941,594
Total Stockholders'
Equity ₱ 2,941,594
Total Liabilities and
Total Assets ₱ 14,152,212 Equity ₱ 14,152,212
TWM Company
Projected Statement of Cash Flow
For the year ending December 31, 2020
Operating Activities
Income before taxes ₱ 170,750
Adjustments
Depreciation ₱ 310,000
Changes in the following accounts
Increase in Accounts Receivable -₱ 230,105
Increase in Inventories -₱ 484,945
Increase in Other Assets -₱ 105,000
Increase in Accounts Payable ₱ 504,973
Income Taxes paid -₱ 66,939
Cash inflow from Operating Activities ₱ 98,734
Investing Activities
Acquisition of PPE -₱ 1,000,000
Cash outflow from Investing Activities -₱ 1,000,000
Financing Activities
Payment of Cash Dividends -₱ 300,000
Short-term Notes Payable (EFN) ₱ 57,239
Loans, net of payments ₱ 1,250,000
Cash inflow from Financing Activities ₱ 1,007,239
Net change in cash ₱ 105,973
Add: Beginning Cash Balance ₱ 1,060,000
Ending Cash Balance ₱ 1,165,973