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Cash and financing

Cash flow forecast

Expected cash receipts and payments, not accounting revenue. A positive month-end balance does not prove daily liquidity. One-off payments occur at the start.

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Selected currency
currency / month
currency / month
months
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Selected currency
monthly net flows · Optional Separate values with semicolons, without thousands separators. Calendars: one net flow per period, in order; replaces recurring flows, retains initial payments. Example: -1000;2000;3000.
Selected currency
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Variable to solve: Monthly receipts
Target result: Final cash balance

Only the indicated variable changes; other inputs remain fixed. The solution is checked using the direct calculation within your bounds.

Final cash balance

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Scenario result

Estimate based on your assumptions

Final cash balance€4,000.00
Minimum cash balance
€4,000.00
Additional financing needed
€1,000.00
First period below reserve
6 months
Balance · EUR / Period
10,0004,00006
Breakdown by period
PeriodAnnual net cash flowEURBalanceEUR
0010,000
1-1,0009,000
2-1,0008,000
3-1,0007,000
4-1,0006,000
5-1,0005,000
6-1,0004,000
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Model version 1.0.0

Method and assumptions

Expected cash receipts and payments, not accounting revenue. A positive month-end balance does not prove daily liquidity. One-off payments occur at the start.

Examples are illustrative. Profitability excludes recoverable indirect taxes; use consistent periods. Results depend on your inputs. No automatic legal rates are applied.

Sₜ = Sₜ₋₁ + Cₜ − Pₜ

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