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Financial Forecasting and Decision Making

  • ITEM SKU
    7585
  • CPE Hours
    4
  • Full Course Price
    $39.50
Exam Questions: 20
Course Level: Intermediate
Pages: 198 | Content: 188, Supplemental: 10
NASBA Area of Study: Accounting
Not Acceptable for: Enrolled Agents
Version: 7585C

This course will introduce you to the basic forecasting model. It will show you how to use this model to forecast sales and then use it for maximum sustainable growth. It will examine the effect of debt usage on a company's value and look at the relationship between its value and taxes, risk, and bankruptcy. The course will also clearly show how forecasting can help plan a company's capital structure and then demonstrate how this model can be used to forecast and reconcile the balance sheet as well as the income statement. PLEASE NOTE: Not accepted for Enrolled Agents. All course material provided. Prerequisites: Understanding of financial forecasting. Course level: Intermediate.

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Table of Contents
  • Forecasting Prerequisites
  • Using the Basic Forecasting Model
  • Management Uses of the Forecasting Technique
  • Using Forecasting to Plan the Company's Capital Structure
  • Forecasting the Balance Sheet
  • Forecasting the Income Statement
  • Reconciling the Income Statement and Balance Sheet
  • Evidence of Growth Mismanagement
  • Maximum Sustainable Growth
  • Forecasting Sales
  • Integrating the Percent of Sales with a Shorter-Term Forecast of Cash Needs
  • The Basic Forecasting Model
Objectives
  • To identify the basic forecasting process
  • To recognize the importance of assumptions
  • To recognize uses for the forecasting model
  • To identify the risks involved with short-term debt
  • To identify the advantages of regression analysis
  • To identify how expenses change with changes in sales
  • To identify why the pro forma income statement and balance sheet must be reconciled
  • To identify the impact of mismanaging growth
  • To identify the concept of sustainable growth
  • To identify how compound growth techniques are best utilized
  • To recognize how regression analysis can be used in sales forecasting
  • To identify when best to use outside financing

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