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Job profit does not match the cash in my bank

A job forecast and cash activity answer different questions.

Steps

  1. Job forecast cost equals all recorded job costs plus future costs still to come and contingency on those future costs.
  2. Forecast job profit equals the approved contract value before tax minus that forecast cost. It includes costs whether paid or unpaid.
  3. Cash activity counts recorded customer payments and other income, less expenses marked paid on their paid dates.
  4. An unpaid invoice increases outstanding receivables but is not cash received. An unpaid expense affects job costs but not cash spent.
  5. General overhead expenses are not allocated automatically to individual jobs. The dashboard's job-profit total is not a complete company income statement or a live bank balance.

Check that it worked

Compare like-for-like amounts, dates, paid status and tax treatment before expecting two totals to match.

Still stuck?

If a recorded payment or paid expense is missing from the correct reporting month, report that specific record type using a fictional example.

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