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| Author : | Patricia McCarthy, MBA |
| Course Length : | Pages: 29 ||| Review Questions: 12 ||| Final Exam Questions: 8 |
| CPE Credits : | 1.5 |
| IRS Credits : | 0 |
| Price : | $13.45 |
| Passing Score : | 70% |
| Course Type: | NASBA QAS - Text - Technical - NASBA Registry |
| Primary Subject-Field Of Study: | Specialized Knowledge - Specialized Knowledge for Course Id 456 |
| Description : | Financial forecasting is an estimate of financial performance for a future period. Essentially, it's an educated guess of the composition of future financial statements. It's a guess as no one, no matter how good they are, can accurately predict the future. However, it's an educated guess because one can use historical factors and adjust them for known current events and future plans to arrive at the forecasts. There is a difference between forecasting and planning. Forecasting is much faster and involves significant uses of estimates whereas planning entails the aggregation of a much greater level of detail to support the end result and to use as a comparison to actual results. This course will not cover planning nor a detail "build" of data. The intent is to use overall data to create summary forecasts of financial performance so that lenders may be timely informed of covenant issues, cash and debt needs may be anticipated and other issues may be addressed on a timely basis. There will not be supporting detail. However, the results will be explainable to shareholders, owners, potential investors or lenders and, more importantly, will make sense from an overall standpoint. |
| Usage Rank : | 0 |
| Release : | 2018 |
| Version : | 1.0 |
| Prerequisites : | None. |
| Experience Level : | Overview |
| Additional Contents : | Complete, no additional material needed. |
| Additional Links : |
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| Advance Preparation : | None. |
| Delivery Method : | QAS Self Study |
| Intended Participants : | Anyone needing Continuing Professional Education (CPE). |
| Revision Date : | 01-Jun-2021 |
| NASBA Course Declaration : | Participants must complete the final examination within one year of purchase and with a minimum passing grade of 70% or better to receive CPE credit unless otherwise noted on the Course History page (i.e. California Ethics must score 90% or better). After logging in click on the Course History links on your My Courses page for the Begin date and Expire date for the Final Exam. |
| Approved Audience : | NASBA QAS - Text - Technical - NASBA Registry - 456 |
| Keywords : | Specialized Knowledge and Applications, Financial, Forecasting, Tools, Using, Excel, Financial, Ratios, Build, Forecast, cpe, cpa, online course |
| Learning Objectives : |
Course Learning Objectives Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
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| Course Contents : | Chapter 1 - Financial Forecasting Tools - Using Excel and Financial Ratios to Build a Forecast Financial Forecasting Overview Forecasting Sales Forecasting Gross Margin Forecasting General and Administrative Expenses Review Questions Other Expenses Forecasting the Balance Sheet Summary Review Questions Glossary |
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