Business Plan Software

Answer a few general questions about your company

This section features a step-by-step interview specially designed to help you easily input the information you need to set up your financial projection. You'll be asked a series of general questions about your business, including:

• Company name
• Contact information
• Business type
• Customer credit policy
• Starting date

What is Your Estimated Monthly Owner Distribution?

Here is a sample question from the Company section. The "question and answer" model is ideal for rapid entry of financial forecast information.

Entering your income projection

In this section, you'll input your income projection and define your cost of goods. First, you'll need to define your income categories. These are the products or services you plan to offer. Once your income categories have been defined, you can input your projection for each income category. Ultimate Financial Forecaster is packed with features and functions that let you enter your numbers quickly and try unlimited "what if" scenarios.

Enter Your Income Projection into the Worksheet

Here is the projection worksheet from the Income section.

Entering your monthly expense projection

In this section, you'll input your expense projection. Simply enter an estimated dollar amount for each of your expense categories. Similar to the Income section, Ultimate Financial Forecaster is packed with features and functions that let you enter your numbers quickly and try unlimited "what if" scenarios. Below is a list of some common expenses you may have in your business:

Enter Your Expense Projection into the Worksheet

Here is the projection worksheet from the Expenses section.

Bringing it all together

In this section, you'll be asked a series of questions about things you'll need for your business. It includes questions about:

• Beginning account balances
• Items you own or need to buy
• Inventory and supplier terms
• Minimum cash balance
• Cash you have available to invest
• Loans to secure funds

Will Your Business Maintain Inventory?

Here is a sample question from the Interview section.

Your financial projection

Ultimate Financial Forecaster creates all sorts of reports and graphs to evaluate. Reports and graphs are automatically generated for a three-year (36-month) period and you can print either yearly or summary output.

Sample Report

View and print reports for income projections, expense projections, balance sheets, cash plans, ratio analysis, and profit and loss statement.

Sample Graph

View and print graphs for income projections, expense projections, profit and loss, financial position, cash summary, break-even analysis, income by category, and expenses by category.