FINAL Flashcards
Benchmarks:
specific standards business strives to achieve
Assets:
anything a company owns that has monetary value
assets =
liabilities + owner’s equity
Liabilities:
financial obligations/credits owned by the business
Owner’s equity:
the owner’s investment in the business plus any profits or minus any losses
Balance sheet:
indicates the financial status of a business at any given time and is separated into: assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity.
Capital:
Money, goods, equipment to produce other goods/services
Typically one time or large scale purchases
What does an income statement tell you?
Financial results of business operations for specific time (month, quarter, or year).
Compare to forecasted
Summary of transactions that produced revenue & operating expenses & taxes incurred in generating revenue. Shows how well club is operating
Provides info on actual vs. planned performance
Make any decisions to change strategies
All revenue reported on income statement
managing income
How will you make $?
*New Sales, Retention, Efficient use of space, programming
*Accounts Receivable:
$ owed to a business
Policy for collecting delinquent accounts
EFT or no? Automatic, fast, easy for member
Long time to correct errors, negative perception,
Managing Expenses *‘Cutting costs is more
tangible & predictable than estimating member sales’
Control expenses *question every expense as though it were coming out of
your own pocket . Bid on everything Negotiate costs Do it yourself Contract out Trade/barter Use space efficiently Accounting practices (security etc.)
Why budget?
Plan for future success
Provides direction, motivation to meet goals, resources to evaluate progress
Conservative sales estimates & liberal in your expense estimations
budget is based on what kind of year
fiscal year
Types of Budgets
- Increment-decrement or trend-line budgeting: based off previous year, assume follow trend
- Break-even
- Zero-based
Trend Line Budget is what?
*Most popular
Use exact # from previous year, and +/-, follow trends
Pro’s of trend line budgeting
Using established, realistic numbers
Con’s of trend line budgeting
Can be misleading if numbers are off
Must keep good records WITH COMMENTARY
Justify amounts you are spending
Break Even budget
Minimum amount to cover your costs
*Zero Based Budget
Look at all areas in depth
Based on specific goals for year
Challenging to accurately predict numbers for the year
May have to justify everything you spend
Typically new construction, large scale changes