Chapter 13

Pro Forma Financial Statements

The financial statements are a goal-setting paradise. Set these goals early for preventing your statements from being a nightmare.

Objectives

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to prepare a complete set of pro forma financial statements. More often than not, your accounting system will have this capability after you enter all the necessary account data.

Pro Forma Financial Statements

The outcome of the budget process is the development of the pro forma financial statements. This chapter applies the rule of 10 for laying out the goals of the pro forma financial statements for the purpose of budgeting or forecasting:

1. To cast a vision and give financial direction for a business

2.To provide ...

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