Cash Flow Statement or Forecast Audit: Timing, Seasonality and Gaps
Check a cash forecast for timing errors and optimism.
Added October 15, 2026. Written with AI assistance and checked for clarity and placeholders; not reviewed by a lawyer, accountant, clinician or other professional. How these prompts are made
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Audit my cash flow forecast. The forecast by month with inflows and outflows: [CASH_FORECAST]. Opening cash: [OPENING_CASH]. Payment terms with customers and suppliers: [PAYMENT_TERMS]. Seasonal patterns: [SEASONALITY]. Recompute closing cash for each month with the arithmetic and flag arithmetic errors. Check that inflows are placed when cash arrives, not when invoiced (apply the customer terms), that outflows include tax, payroll, loan repayments, annual payments and owner draws, and that growth assumptions are stated. Identify the lowest cash month, how many days of expenses it covers, and the month where cash would run out under a downside case I define (revenue 15 percent lower). Provide a table of assumptions to confirm and three actions that improve the tightest month. This is not financial advice. Mark tax timing as [VERIFY] with an accountant. Add a worked month with invented numbers: opening cash 8,000, collections 14,500 (invoices from 45 days earlier), payroll 9,200, rent 2,100, tax payment 1,800, supplier 3,000, closing 6,400, and show how moving the tax payment by one month changes the lowest balance.
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