<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article focuses on theoretical aspects and practical examples for establishing the value of financial statements using percent-of-sale method. The financial statements are a result of the financial forecast made by the company, mainly those related to the evolution of the turnover and the changes in the external environment and of the hypothesis based on the correlations that can be established between the balance sheet items and the turnover. The calculations performed, based on different working hypotheses, have the consequence of establishing funds demands/surplus, as well as some possible ways of attracting new resources or using the new funds. The first hypothesis considers the direct correlation between fixed assets, current assets, total debts and the evolution of the turnover. The second hypothesis starts from the premises that only the debts of the suppliers are directly correlated with the turnover. The third hypothesis is that, within the limits of production/performance capacity, the turnover can be changed without changes in the volume of fixed assets. We determined in all three hypotheses the gap of assets and liabilities and consequently established the additional funds demand specifying possible sources of coverage or the surplus and how to use it. The purpose was to establish the consequences for each case.</p></abstract>

This article focuses on theoretical aspects and practical examples for establishing the value of financial statements using percent-of-sale method. The financial statements are a result of the financial forecast made by the company, mainly those related to the evolution of the turnover and the changes in the external environment and of the hypothesis based on the correlations that can be established between the balance sheet items and the turnover. The calculations performed, based on different working hypotheses, have the consequence of establishing funds demands/surplus, as well as some possible ways of attracting new resources or using the new funds. The first hypothesis considers the direct correlation between fixed assets, current assets, total debts and the evolution of the turnover. The second hypothesis starts from the premises that only the debts of the suppliers are directly correlated with the turnover. The third hypothesis is that, within the limits of production/performance capacity, the turnover can be changed without changes in the volume of fixed assets. We determined in all three hypotheses the gap of assets and liabilities and consequently established the additional funds demand specifying possible sources of coverage or the surplus and how to use it. The purpose was to establish the consequences for each case.

Financial Statements Forecast

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This article focuses on theoretical aspects and practical examples for establishing the value of financial statements using percent-of-sale method. The...

Financial Statements Forecast

Publicado en línea: 20 jul 2020

Páginas: 19 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0047

Palabras clave
Forecast, Balance Sheet, Percent-of-Sale Method, Funds Demand/Surplus

© 2020 Gabriela Cristina Florea, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Financial Statements Forecast

Publicado en línea: 20 jul 2020

Páginas: 19 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0047

Palabras claveForecast, Balance Sheet, Percent-of-Sale Method, Funds Demand/Surplus

© 2020 Gabriela Cristina Florea, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Forecast, Balance Sheet, Percent-of-Sale Method, Funds Demand/Surplus