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QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2025 Edition, 10th Edition
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QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2025 Edition, 10th Edition

by David H. Ringstrom
November 2024
Beginner
448 pages
10h 8m
English
For Dummies
Content preview from QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 2025 Edition, 10th Edition

Chapter 12

Formulating Budgets and Planning Cash Flow

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Basing a budget from actual results

Bullet Editing your budget

Bullet Uploading budgets from a spreadsheet template

Bullet Running budget-related reports

Bullet Projecting cash flow

If you want to create a budget within QuickBooks, you need a Plus or Advanced subscription. Budgets are typically projections of revenues and expenses for the coming year. QuickBooks allows you to choose from that type of budget, known as a Profit and Loss budget, or you can forecast assets, liabilities, and cash flow by way of a Balance Sheet budget. As the year rolls on, actual results can be compared to a budget to monitor whether things are going as planned. Budgets can be based on current or prior fiscal year actual results or started from scratch. Budget numbers can be entered directly into QuickBooks or imported from a spreadsheet template. From there, the Budget Overview and Budgets vs. Actual reports enable you to keep tabs on your financial prognostication. ...

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