Business Finance and Accounting

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Course Outline

  1. Sources of Business Finance
  2. Cash Flow Forecasting
  3. Improving Cash and Profit
  4. Financial Statements and Position
  5. Depreciation Methods
  6. Payment Methods and Cards
  7. Regular and Bank Transfers
  8. Liquidity and Working Capital
  9. Profitability Ratios
  10. Efficiency Ratios
  11. Probability and Business Efficiency
  12. Structuring Eight-Mark Answers

1. Sources of Business Finance

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Sources of finance: The ways money comes into a business.
  • Retained profit: Profit kept in the business instead of being distributed.
  • Venture capital: Investment in a business by investors who may also provide professional advice and monitoring.
  • Trade credit: Trade credit lets a business obtain goods or services now and pay suppliers later, and is suitable only as a short-term source of finance.
  • Crowdfunding: Attracts investment from many speculative investors, many of whom contribute small amounts.
  • Mortgage: A long-term loan, normally around 25 years, secured against a specific asset such as a house.
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1. What does the term “sources of finance” describe for a business?

2. A company earns a profit and keeps it in the business rather than distributing it. What is this source of finance called?

3. A start-up receives investment from experienced business investors who also advise and monitor its progress. Which source of finance is it using?

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What are sources of finance for a business?

Ways money comes into a business.

What is retained profit?

Profit kept in the business instead of being distributed.

What is venture capital?

Investment in a business by investors who may also provide advice and monitoring.

What is trade credit?

A short-term source of finance that lets a business obtain goods or services now and pay suppliers later.

What is a cash flow forecast?

An educated prediction of a business's future cash flow.

How is net cash flow calculated?

Net cash flow=total cash inflow−total cash outflow\text{Net cash flow} = \text{total cash inflow} - \text{total cash outflow}

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