Cash flow and forecast
Profit is not the same as money in the bank
You can have invoiced an excellent month and still be short because nobody has paid. The cash flow overview shows what comes in and goes out per month and looks ahead: outstanding invoices on their expected payment date, your recurring invoices and the purchase invoices still to be paid.
What you can do with it
- Incoming and outgoing money per day or per month, starting from your actual balance.
- A forecast based on outstanding invoices, payment terms and announced direct debits.
- The lowest point in your forecast highlighted: the moment to do something about now.
- Exportable as CSV, opening balance included, so the balance column can be checked.
Five numbers and a line
At the top are your opening balance, what came in, what went out, the difference and your closing balance. Below that, a line with your balance and bars for what went in and out, and a table per day or per month where you click through to the entries behind it. Whether you look at one account or at all your accounts together is up to you.
The forecast: what is still to come
Switch on the forecast and the line continues as a dashed line. Katsjing then works with your outstanding invoices on their due date, or on the date of an announced direct debit, with the purchase invoices you still have to pay, and with the recurring invoices still to be created. The lowest point is highlighted, and shown in red if your balance drops below zero there.
On your dashboard and in your export
You can also put the cash flow block on your dashboard, for the current month. And if you want to do your own calculations, you export the overview as CSV, with the opening balance as a separate line. The figures come straight from your bookkeeping, so they always match your profit and loss statement and your balance sheet.
Frequently asked questions
- Why is my cash flow different from my profit?
- Profit is about what you invoiced and spent, cash flow about what actually came into and went out of your account. An invoice that hasn't been paid yet does count in your profit, but not in your cash flow.
- How far ahead does the forecast look?
- As far as the period you choose. If you choose a period longer than three months, the overview shows per month instead of per day.
- Does the forecast also include invoices I still have to create?
- Only your recurring invoices, because those are fixed. One-off invoices you still plan to send are not included in the forecast.
Included in every paid plan
There is no basic version with half a feature list: every feature above is included in both paid plans. What differs is how much of it you use: the number of sales invoices per month, users, trade names and automatically read receipts. ZZP is for sole traders; Onderneming has room everywhere and lets you switch off the Katsjing mention on your invoices. You can also start for free, with a monthly limit on the number of invoices.
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