Small Business Financial Management Kit For Dummies W/Cd

If you're a small business owner, managing the financial affairs of your business can seem like a daunting task—and it's one that far too many people muddle through rather than seek help. Now, there's a tool-packed guide designed to help you manage your finances and run your business successfully!
Small Business Financial Management Kit For Dummies explains step by step how to handle all your financial affairs, from preparing financial statements and managing cash flow to streamlining the accounting process, requesting bank loans, increasing profits, and much more. The bonus CD-ROM features handy reproducible forms, checklists, and templates—from a monthly expense summary to a cash flow statement—and provides how-to guidance that removes the guesswork in using each tool. You'll discover how to:
Plan a budget and forecast
Streamline the accounting process
Improve your profit and cash flow
Make better decisions with a profit model
Raise capital and request loans
Invest company money wisely
Keep your business solvent
Choose your legal entity for income tax
Avoid common management pitfalls
Put a market value on your business
Complete with ten rules for small business survival and a financial glossary, Small Business Financial Management Kit For Dummies is the fun and easy wayR to get your finances in order, perk up your profits, and thrive long term!
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Tage C. Tracy, CPA, is the co-author, along with John Tracy, of How to Manage Profit and Cash Flow. John A. Tracy, CPA, is the author of Accounting For Dummies.

Introduction.
Part I: Improving Your Profit, Cash Flow, and Solvency.
Chapter 1: Managing Your Small Business Finances.
Chapter 2: Understanding Your P&L and Profit Performance.
Chapter 3: Getting Up to Speed on Cash Flow from Profit.
Chapter 4: Keeping Your Business Solvent.
Part II: Using Tools of the Trade.
Chapter 5: Protecting the Family Jewels.
Chapter 6: Scrutinizing Your Costs.
Chapter 7: Practical Budgeting Techniques for Your Business.
Chapter 8: Making Decisions with a Profit Model.
Part III: Dealing with Small Business Financial Issues.
Chapter 9: Jumping Through Tax Hoops.
Chapter 10: Raising Capital for Your Business.
Chapter 11: Diagnosing Your Financial Condition.
Part IV: Looking at Service and Manufacturing Businesses.
Chapter 12: When You Sell Services.
Chapter 13: When You Make the Products You Sell.
Part V: Reaching the End of the Line.
Chapter 14: Putting a Market Value on Your Business and Selling.
Chapter 15: Hanging Up the Spikes and Terminating Your Business.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 16: Ten Management Rules for Small Business Survival.
Chapter 17: Ten Hard-Core Financial Tools and Tactics.
Appendix: About the CD.
Index.