September 30, 2007
Hiring a great CFO, tips and tricks
Everybody who has ever hired somebody for any position already knows how hard it is to find the right person for the job. But when you are hiring somebody for the position of Chief Financial Officer or CFO then the job has just gotten that much harder because of the importance of that position and how nobody wants to be known as the person who hired the CFO that wasn't up to the job. But luckily there are a few tips and tricks that you can use when hiring a CFO so that you can make the best decision possible to help your company.
Here are some tips and tricks to hiring a great CFO.
Tip one:
Look to hire from inside the company first. You want your new Chief Financial Officer or CFO to have the same values and morals that your company has. Chances are many of your employees who are working in accounting or finance already share those views. What you need to do is look at your current employees to see if any of them have the traits and qualifications that you are looking for to become the next CFO.
September 29, 2007
What is the difference between irrelevant and incremental costs?
Businesses experience many different types of costs.There are fixed costs, sunk costs, variable costs, relevant costs, irrelevant costs and incremental costs.Different types of successes and failures bring about each one.So what is the difference between irrelevant and incremental costs?Keep reading and discover what you always wanted to know about business costs.
First, let's start with a definition of both irrelevant and incremental costs.
Continue reading "What is the difference between irrelevant and incremental costs?"September 28, 2007
Ways to overcome financial set backs and stay on your feet
Life is full of obstacles.Some are good and some are bad.And no matter what you do to try to prevent them, you will always encounter some kind of trial or tribulations that may make you wonder why you even bother.The same is true in business.No matter how hard you try, you will always have to face barriers.And some of those barriers may be in the form of financial set backs.But don't get discouraged.It's something everyone deals with.The trick is being able to see the set back and still stay on your feet.This article will attempt to teach you how to do just that: overcome financial set backs and stay on your feet.
First, you must recognize that you're experiencing a financial set back.In order to do something about it, you have to know what the cause is and how to fix it.Once you've done that, you must believe and trust in your ability to overcome whatever problems come your way.That's the key to getting through any type of crisis, whether it is financial or personal.Being positive can also help your overall outlook on life and on your business.
Continue reading "Ways to overcome financial set backs and stay on your feet"Decision support software for business finance
One of the best things about any type of software is that there are a variety of options that you have to choose from and in some cases the options are so wide that your toughest decision is deciding which would be your best choice in software. The same thing holds true for decision support software for business finance. But one thing that you want to be aware of is that not all decision support software has the ability to deal with your businesses finances, some of this software is only designed to analyze your company's operations or management's performance. So when looking at the many products available you are going to want to make sure that it is capable of analyzing your company's finances as well as performing the other tasks.
Here are some places that you can go to look for decision support software for business finance.
September 27, 2007
Tips for the best choice of funding for your business
If you've got a great business idea and want to either start up a company, or change the current direction of your business, you may be in need of some funding.Not everyone has a rich relative or friend to support them in times of creativity or expansion.So here are some tips for the best choice of funding for your business.
There are many options available to you when looking for financing.Some are less difficult than others, but all require some planning.In order to plan, you must answer these three questions:
1. What will you use the money for?You must know exactly where your money, if you get it, will be used. You must be specific, as thinking in generalities usually only leads to disaster. Carefully identify the places where money should flow into your business.
2. How much money do you need?It's important to have a realistic picture of your needs. Many businesses fail because the money runs out before the business reaches profitability.
3. How will you pay back the money?You must have adequate cash flow from your business to repay the money to your source. Before asking for funds, make sure your fiscal projections and business integrity are soundly argued in a good business plan.
September 26, 2007
Tips for staying on top of your business finances
The point of business is to make money.You want your business to be a successful, profitable company that yields more than it spends.But making money isn't always as easy as it sounds.Even with a business that seems to be prospering, there can be times where you're not actually making money.But if you're on top of your business finances, you'll be much more likely to recognize whether your business is succeeding or not.So keep reading and learn some tips for staying on top of your business finances.
Educate yourself
There's no better way to ensure that your company's finances are secure than to educate yourself.You should be the expert on all things relating to your company.You should know all about the product or service you sell.You should be able to understand the different kinds of costs and expenses your business incurs.Knowing about your business is the key to staying on top of your finances.
September 25, 2007
Key questions you should ask prospective accountants in an interview
Hiring any kind of professional who will be handling any part of your business can be a scary thing.You want to find someone who will be reliable, intelligent, and trustworthy, but also someone who is not too expensive.You can't afford to hire someone who's going to break the bank just for an initial consultation.One of the worst things you can do when hiring any type of professional service is just call one up and hire one.You need to get to know who will be working with you.In order for you to get the best possible professional, there are certain questions you should ask.This article will discuss key questions you should ask prospective accountants in an interview.
Let's begin first with how to find an accountant.
September 24, 2007
How to prepare your business in case of a tax audit
Audit.IRS.Taxes.Those three words can strike fear into the heart of any business owner.No one wants to be audited.No one likes paying taxes.But unfortunately, they are a fact of life.So just in case you're ever audited, here's how to prepare your business for a tax audit.
When most people think of an Internal Revenue Service tax audit, they think of coming face-to-face with an IRS auditor who snuck into your office, waiting to pounce on you and your incorrect tax forms.However, about one-third of IRS tax audits are in the form of letters requesting explanations for various tax items on a tax return or supporting documentation.Many people also panic when they hear the words "tax audit."But don't worry.Chances are good that you were simply selected randomly to be audited, not chosen because of something that looked sneaky or shady to them.
Continue reading "How to prepare your business in case of a tax audit"September 23, 2007
How to not let a sunk cost hurt your business
The life of a business can be a roller coaster.There are ups and downs in everything, and sometimes they can be good for your business.Other times they can hurt your business.This is especially true of sunk costs.They happen.Sometimes there's nothing you can do about it.But the key is to not let the sunk cost ruin your business.So keep reading and learn some tips on how not to let a sunk cost hurt your business.
If your business is starting to struggle, the most important thing that you can do for your business is pull the plug before things get worse.You need to know when to pull the plug on failing endeavors.When people thing of sunk costs, they usually think of throwing good money into a bad project.While this is a big part of it, there are more to sunk costs than just failing projects.A sunk cost can be anything related to dumping money into a "bottomless pit," with little or no change of return on that investment.Pointless spending is part of sunk costs.But they can also include the failure to admit errors or to pull out before it gets too late, both of which often lead to spending more on a lost cause.
Continue reading "How to not let a sunk cost hurt your business"September 22, 2007
How to make sure you are ready come tax time
Everybody dreads that time of year when you have to submit those taxes, waiting in anticipation to find out whether you owe taxes this year or will receive a nice refund.And no one really enjoys the hassle of trying to make sure that you have everything together that you need to.You may not even be sure that you are ready.So here are some tips on how to make sure that you are ready come tax time.
If you're doing your own taxes, you must first be sure that you have all the applicable updated software prepared and ready to use.Do you know how to use it?Have you used it before?Will you be able to efficiently input all your information?Don't waste time trying to figure out your tax software 2 nights before your taxes are due.Figure it all out now.If you plan to do your own taxes and you don't have any software yet, you might want to consider getting some.But do this now, before it's too late.You don't want to have to pay extra shipping charges or just loose out on early-bird specials because you waited too long to decide what you wanted to do.If you're not going to do your own taxes, be sure you've found a reliable and intelligent accountant to handle your finances.Do a bit of background on that firm's reputation.Be sure that the person looking at your finances will do so honestly and smartly.
Continue reading "How to make sure you are ready come tax time"September 21, 2007
How to make money, not lose it, and know when you are doing which
The point of business is to make money.You want your business to be a successful, profitable company that yields more than it spends.But making money isn't always as easy as it sounds.Even with a business that seems to be prospering, there can be times where you're not actually making money.In order to ensure that your business is successful, let's learn how to make money, not lose it, and to know and recognize when you are doing each one.
First of all, it's important to educate yourself.If you're not knowledgeable on the type of money that you're making, you'll never know how your business is doing.If you don't educate yourself you will quickly realize that knowing a little more than the average business owner will help you make more money than the average business.You should be educated in the type of business you run, the types of products or services you sell, and finally and especially, the types of costs your business can incur.
Continue reading "How to make money, not lose it, and know when you are doing which"September 20, 2007
Five tips for better monitoring and controlling the use of petty cash
In any business there are times that you will need to use cash for purchases or events.This is fine, in and of itself.However, cash can be very difficult to monitor and control in a business.It's hard to know where every cent of change ends up.You have to be sure to get a receipt not only for when you receive the cash, but after you've spent the cash as well.So let's discuss five tips for better monitoring and controlling the use of petty cash in your business.
Having a petty cash fund at work, or simply allowing your employees to occasionally use cash (that you give them at your discretion) can be very difficult to control.This difficulty can be amplified especially when there are several people who are allowed access to your petty cash fund.Many companies keep a small fund of cash on hand for supplies and other miscellaneous financial needs.However, you should always keep this cash in a secure location, locked in a safe.Only people who are allowed access to the cash without consulting you should be allowed to carry a key to the safe with them.Otherwise you should be the one to give out access to the cash funds.Here are five tips to better cash management:
Continue reading "Five tips for better monitoring and controlling the use of petty cash"September 19, 2007
Understanding a profit and loss account
Understanding a profit and loss account.In order to understanding a profit and loss account, you need to know what profit is. Profit is what a business works for. It is the reward that comes from running a successful business.
Profit=growth=success
Continue reading "Understanding a profit and loss account"September 18, 2007
Tips for understanding balance sheets
Here are five tips for understanding balance sheets. In a business, the main function is to bring in a profit. However, if the information that lets you know where your accounting for the company is, is inaccurate, then the company will have a hard time growing and succeeding.
So even though there is usually an accountant hired to help with the information on the money end of a business, it is important to still know some of the basic accounting functions. This will include understanding a balance sheet.
Continue reading "Tips for understanding balance sheets"September 17, 2007
Tips for tailoring a budget to your business
Here are some tips for tailoring your budget to your business. The best way to tailor a budget to match your businesses income and expenses is with good information. The better the information you use for your budget, the better chance that you will have of making the budget work.
The most successful budgets are ones that plan for the unexpected. That also goes along with planning the expenses on the higher end, because when you do not expect it, those expenses can creep up on you in price and need.
Continue reading "Tips for tailoring a budget to your business"September 16, 2007
Tips for making adjustments to your business budget
Here are some great tips for making adjustments to your business budget. As you learn to make adjustments to your business budget, you will find there is some things you can change, and others that are very important. There are some expenses that really need to maintain a good amount for their success.
Knowing the differences of the adjustable expenses in your budget, and the ones that need to be left alone will be one of the key factors to creating and maintaining a successful budget.
Continue reading "Tips for making adjustments to your business budget"September 15, 2007
How to work with your current assets
Here is how to work with your current assets with efficiency. Many of the large corporations and businesses that dominate the consumers market today are successful for two main reasons. These two reasons are the determination and hard work of the controlling people in those companies, and the fact that they know how to work their assets.
Work it!
Continue reading "How to work with your current assets"September 14, 2007
How to understand ratios that measure performance on your accounts
How to understand ratios that measure performance on your business accounts? Measuring the performance on your accounts is easily done when you look at the different ratios that come into play.
There are several different types of ratios that a business can measure. Here are some examples.
Continue reading "How to understand ratios that measure performance on your accounts"September 13, 2007
What are variable or direct costs and what do they mean to your business?
Once you get involved in business finance, you cannot help but deal with both variable cost, and direct costs.Even before you start your business, when you are preparing your business plan and budget, you will have to account for both types of costs.This article will help you understand each type of cost and the difference between them.
Variable costs are costs that change based on the amount of business you are doing.The best example of variable cost comes from the manufacturing industry.If there is more demand for your product, you increase production.As you increase production, you need more raw materials to work with.These raw materials represent a cost (you have to pay for your stuff, right?) and that cost varies depending on how much of your product you are manufacturing.
How to produce a cash flow forecast
How to produce a cash flow forecast? In order to be able to produce the cash flow forecast, there are several financial factors that need to be analyzed. In order to have the projected figures for the next twelve months, it is important to look at what has already happened in the corporations past.
The way a cash flow is used for the overall survival of a corporation, and the overall achievement for profit and success, is by using an accurate cash flow forecast. Then, how do you produce a good cash flow forecast? That is a good question.
Continue reading "How to produce a cash flow forecast"September 12, 2007
What are single-entry accounts and what do they mean to your business
Most people are first introduced to single-entry accounts when they first learn to use a checkbook.The checkbook register is a classic single-entry account, where each line is either an amount of money subtracted from the account (when you write a check) or added to your account (when you make a deposit).To find out how much money is in your account, you just add up the columns and add that amount to the amount that you started with.In business, there are single-entry accounts also, and they are just that easy.However, the single-entry account is rarely used by accountants so as you might expect, there are both advantages and disadvantages or a single-entry system.
The main benefit for the single-entry system is that it is super easy to use.It actually is as easy as keeping a checkbook and if you know how to balance a checkbook, you know how to balance the books for your company.You just have to remember to write down what come into or goes out of the business coiffeurs and be sure to write down absolutely everything.You also have to remember to make sure it is written in such a way that you know the difference between the positive entries and the negative entries.On of the most common ways to distinguish between positive and negative entries is to enclose the negative entries in parentheses.In a very simple business with few transactions, this might be ideal.
How to estimate expenditures for your business when writing a budget
How to estimate expenditures for your business when writing a budget? Estimating expenditures for your business can be much more than just a guess. You can use data and previous experience to make an educated estimate. Therefore, creating a much more realistic budget.
A budget is only successful if the expenses and income estimates are feasible. This means that what ever you put on paper can only work, if it is possible. This is where making educated estimates is going to be much more useful than a simple guess.
Continue reading "How to estimate expenditures for your business when writing a budget"September 11, 2007
What are floating charges and what do they mean to your business
An important thing to understand before reading this article is that floating charges are a product of the British financial institutions.It is a system that offers unsecured charge on the assets of a company and allows unrestricted use of those same assets.While you can secure your business assets in the Common Wealth countries such as England, New Zeeland, Canada, and Whales, you will be hard pressed to get an American financial institution to offer you a floating charge.In fact, they might laugh if you ask.If you are reading this article in the United States and you aren't interested in securing your investments abroad, it probably won't mean anything at all to your business.However, if you are interested in foreign business finance or foreign securities, read on.
The term "floating charges" is a little misleading at least in the way that we think of "charge" in the United States.While the floating charges do indeed float, they are not really what we think of as charges.In the United States, floating charges would be more appropriately named "floating security interests".They are securities or insurances that cover all of the assets of a company.As the value of the assets changes through fluctuations in the market, appreciation, depreciation, buying or selling, or anything else, so does the value of the floating charge.Whatever the value of the "fixed assets" of the company, the amount of protection or insurance matches that amount.
Analyzing shareholders funds
How to analyze shareholders funds? As you consider the shareholders funds. You have to realize that those funds are based from a compilation of several shareholders and their investments in that business.
The shareholders funds will be what is used for many of the financial gains, investments, and uses that the business would have. The business will use the shareholders funds to get loans, purchase needs, and continue the growth of the company.
Continue reading "Analyzing shareholders funds"September 10, 2007
Tips for tax time
Introduction
If you are involved at all in business finance, you will spend a fair amount of time looking at charts and graphs that represent visually what is happening or expected to happen with your money.Reading charts and graphs seems straightforward but there are actually some things that you need to know to read them properly.
Instructions
Difficulty:medium
What are variable or direct costs and what do they mean to your business?
Once you get involved in business finance, you cannot help but deal with both variable cost, and direct costs.Even before you start your business, when you are preparing your business plan and budget, you will have to account for both types of costs.This article will help you understand each type of cost and the difference between them.
Variable costs are costs that change based on the amount of business you are doing.The best example of variable cost comes from the manufacturing industry.If there is more demand for your product, you increase production.As you increase production, you need more raw materials to work with.These raw materials represent a cost (you have to pay for your stuff, right?) and that cost varies depending on how much of your product you are manufacturing.
September9, 2007
How to read your financial charts, graphs, etc
Introduction
If you are involved at all in business finance, you will spend a fair amount of time looking at charts and graphs that represent visually what is happening or expected to happen with your money.Reading charts and graphs seems straightforward but there are actually some things that you need to know to read them properly.
Instructions
What are single-entry accounts and what do they mean to your business
Most people are first introduced to single-entry accounts when they first learn to use a checkbook.The checkbook register is a classic single-entry account, where each line is either an amount of money subtracted from the account (when you write a check) or added to your account (when you make a deposit).To find out how much money is in your account, you just add up the columns and add that amount to the amount that you started with.In business, there are single-entry accounts also, and they are just that easy.However, the single-entry account is rarely used by accountants so as you might expect, there are both advantages and disadvantages or a single-entry system.
The main benefit for the single-entry system is that it is super easy to use.It actually is as easy as keeping a checkbook and if you know how to balance a checkbook, you know how to balance the books for your company.You just have to remember to write down what come into or goes out of the business coiffeurs and be sure to write down absolutely everything.You also have to remember to make sure it is written in such a way that you know the difference between the positive entries and the negative entries.On of the most common ways to distinguish between positive and negative entries is to enclose the negative entries in parentheses.In a very simple business with few transactions, this might be ideal.
Continue reading "What are single-entry accounts and what do they mean to your business"September8, 2007
How to manage cash flow problems
Introduction
In many small businesses, cash flow can be quite a problem.The problem is not just as simple as more cash flowing out than cash flowing in.If that is happening consistently, you have other, bigger problems that you need to manage.The type of cash flow problem that this article will help you manage is a discrepancy in timing.We assume that overall, you are making money, however, if the cash coming in is not available when you need cash to go out, you have a cash flow problem that is manageable.
Instructions
Difficulty:medium
How to make up for depreciation
Introduction
Depreciation is the reduction in value of any of your company's fixed assets.For example, the vehicles that you own or even the buildings may depreciate from year to year.In business, there is really no such thing as making up for depreciation.You can't make up for the fact that your work truck gets older every year.What you can do to try to make up for that loss is to use the loss as a tax write off.
Instructions
Difficulty:medium easy
Steps:
What are floating charges and what do they mean to your business
An important thing to understand before reading this article is that floating charges are a product of the British financial institutions.It is a system that offers unsecured charge on the assets of a company and allows unrestricted use of those same assets.While you can secure your business assets in the Common Wealth countries such as England, New Zeeland, Canada, and Whales, you will be hard pressed to get an American financial institution to offer you a floating charge.In fact, they might laugh if you ask.If you are reading this article in the United States and you aren't interested in securing your investments abroad, it probably won't mean anything at all to your business.However, if you are interested in foreign business finance or foreign securities, read on.
The term "floating charges" is a little misleading at least in the way that we think of "charge" in the United States.While the floating charges do indeed float, they are not really what we think of as charges.In the United States, floating charges would be more appropriately named "floating security interests".They are securities or insurances that cover all of the assets of a company.As the value of the assets changes through fluctuations in the market, appreciation, depreciation, buying or selling, or anything else, so does the value of the floating charge.Whatever the value of the "fixed assets" of the company, the amount of protection or insurance matches that amount.
Continue reading "What are floating charges and what do they mean to your business"September7, 2007
How to forecast your financial atmosphere for next quarter
Introduction
As your business grows, it will become more and more important for you to be able to forecast your financial needs and project future financial statements.This is especially true if you are making an investment proposal.You need to be able to tell investors what they can expect out of your company so that they can decide whether to invest in you.You will also be expected to forecast finances for you company if you are employed as a financial analyst or financial officer.
Instructions
Tips for tax time
If you own or manage a small business, you probably already know that tax time is a hectic time.Reduce your stress next year by being tax smart all year long.Here are some ideas to help you do this.
Keep meticulous records all year long-there will not be nearly so much stress for you at tax time if you keep good records all year long.Rather than scramble around a the beginning of the year trying to find all your reciepts and remember every thing you did with your money last year, how about just printing out your records and sending them of to your CPA?By using accounting software, you can keep tracks of taxes paid, expenses, debts, charitable donations, and incomes with little effort.Some of the accounting software programs that can help you keep meticulous records include PeachTree Complete, MYOB Business Essentials Pro, Quickbooks Pro, and NetSuite Sm. Business Accounting.These programs all receive good ratings, are user friendly, and will help keep your records in order.MYOB Business Essentials Pro even offers tax services on the software.
Continue reading "Tips for tax time"How to read your financial charts, graphs, etc
Introduction
If you are involved at all in business finance, you will spend a fair amount of time looking at charts and graphs that represent visually what is happening or expected to happen with your money.Reading charts and graphs seems straightforward but there are actually some things that you need to know to read them properly.
Instructions
September6, 2007
How to deal with customers who bought on credit and aren't paying
Introduction
In business, you often have to extend credit to your customers.The problem with this is that if the customers don't pay you back, or even don't pay you back on time, it can create problems for you.Don't let yourself get into the position of not making payroll because of outstanding debts.Take care of these problems when they are small problems so that they don't evolve into large problems.
Instructions
Difficulty: hard
Steps
Continue reading "How to deal with customers who bought on credit and aren't paying"How to manage cash flow problems
Introduction
In many small businesses, cash flow can be quite a problem.The problem is not just as simple as more cash flowing out than cash flowing in.If that is happening consistently, you have other, bigger problems that you need to manage.The type of cash flow problem that this article will help you manage is a discrepancy in timing.We assume that overall, you are making money, however, if the cash coming in is not available when you need cash to go out, you have a cash flow problem that is manageable.
September5, 2007
How to account for depreciation on the books
Introduction
Depreciation is the natural reduction in value of any of your company's fixed assets.For example, your vehicles and your computers are worth less every year, or they depreciate every year.If you are in charge of bookkeeping, you will need to account for that depreciation.The reason you need to account for it is that if you enter in $20,000 on an asset sheet for a new vehicle, the amount that the vehicle is actually worth will change every year.If you don't account for depreciation, in ten years, that vehicle will still look like $20,000 asset on your books.If the vehicle is only worth $2000 by that time, it is misleading and wrong to have the car listed as a $20,000 asset.
Instructions
Difficulty:medium easy
How to make up for depreciation
Introduction
Depreciation is the reduction in value of any of your company's fixed assets.For example, the vehicles that you own or even the buildings may depreciate from year to year.In business, there is really no such thing as making up for depreciation.You can't make up for the fact that your work truck gets older every year.What you can do to try to make up for that loss is to use the loss as a tax write off.
Instructions
Difficulty:medium easy
Continue reading "How to make up for depreciation"September4, 2007
How to forecast your financial atmosphere for next quarter
Introduction
As your business grows, it will become more and more important for you to be able to forecast your financial needs and project future financial statements.This is especially true if you are making an investment proposal.You need to be able to tell investors what they can expect out of your company so that they can decide whether to invest in you.You will also be expected to forecast finances for you company if you are employed as a financial analyst or financial officer.
Instructions
September3, 2007
How to deal with customers who bought on credit and aren't paying
Introduction
In business, you often have to extend credit to your customers.The problem with this is that if the customers don't pay you back, or even don't pay you back on time, it can create problems for you.Don't let yourself get into the position of not making payroll because of outstanding debts.Take care of these problems when they are small problems so that they don't evolve into large problems.
Instructions
Difficulty: hard
Continue reading "How to deal with customers who bought on credit and aren't paying"September2, 2007
How to account for depreciation on the books
Introduction
Depreciation is the natural reduction in value of any of your company's fixed assets.For example, your vehicles and your computers are worth less every year, or they depreciate every year.If you are in charge of bookkeeping, you will need to account for that depreciation.The reason you need to account for it is that if you enter in $20,000 on an asset sheet for a new vehicle, the amount that the vehicle is actually worth will change every year.If you don't account for depreciation, in ten years, that vehicle will still look like $20,000 asset on your books.If the vehicle is only worth $2000 by that time, it is misleading and wrong to have the car listed as a $20,000 asset.
What is a good budgeting model?
In the world of business, people are constantly working and dealing with money.Having a good business budget, therefore, is very important for each individual business.A good business budget will help businesses to manage their money well.In addition, a good business budget can help businesses to be better organized and keep track of where all of their money is going.If you are interested in creating a budget for your business, you probably are interested in finding a good budgeting model to follow.Here are some things that can help you to realize and find a good budgeting model:
- A budget that is flexible:A good budgeting model is one that is really flexible.Most budgets will need to be modified on a regular basis.And besides, you want your business to be continually improving and changing over time, right?For these reasons, you will need to create a business budget that will be able to allow changes for salary increases, price increases, etc.
Continue reading "What is a good budgeting model?"September1, 2007
What external influences are there on a business budget?
When creating a business budget, there are a lot of things that you need to take into consideration.A budget is constantly changing and being modified, because your business is constantly growing, changing, and improving.However, there are also external influences that you need to take into consideration when creating or modifying your business budget.There are lots of different kinds of external influences.Here is a list of some of the external influences that there are on a business budget:
- Political and legal external influences:There are a couple of different ways that politics and legal policies can affect your business.Perhaps one of the most common political and legal external factors is the creation and modification of taxes.As a business, you really have no control over how much money the government decides to tax you for certain things.And, as a business, you are expected to follow the laws when different changes and taxes are introduced.You will need to take taxes and other legal changes into consideration when you are creating a business budget.In addition, you also should take other political factors into consideration, such as a change in government or a war.Wars can often affect the stock market and the spending of money in a country, and you will want to consider this external influence as well when looking at your budget, particularly if your country is at war or on the brink of war.
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