Why Working Capital is Important for Your Business

Episode 52 of the Simplifying Tax and Accounting from I Hate Numbers: podcast, hosted by I Hate Numbers, titled "Why Working Capital is Important for Your Business" was published on February 21, 2021 and runs 15 minutes.

February 21, 2021 ·15m · Simplifying Tax and Accounting from I Hate Numbers:

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Episode Description

Why Working Capital is Important for Your Business is episode 52 of I Hate Numbers podcast.

The podcast is part of my mission to help you get closer to your numbers, to appreciate the power of what those numbers can do. Improve your money mindset, help you make more profits, save taxes, and help you have the business you want and deserve.

Firstly, let me tell you what is in his week’s episode.

What working capital is
Explain how you calculate it
Why Working Capital is Important for Your Business
Tips to improve and manage your working capital.

Why Working Capital is Important

No business in the world has ever made more money with poorer management – Bill Terry

Imagine your business as a car. Your car could be a beautiful piece of engineering. However, unless you have fuel to power your car it is a useless vehicle.

Your working capital is the fuel equivalent in your business, it powers your business, and keeps it business going. It is your short-term funds that pays your bills, pay yourself, buy more stuff, service loans. You get the picture.

Listen to find out more.

What is working capital

Firstly, your business will have items of short-term value, current assets. Your current assets will be products you have not yet sold, or projects or services not completed. In addition, you will have unpaid customer accounts. Lastly you will (hopefully) have money in your bank account.

Those items are called inventories, receivables, and cash. In old money, that’s stock, debtors, and cash.

Furthermore, you will have current liabilities, such as unpaid supplier bills (payables) and short-term loans. In old money that’s creditors.

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Your business should have more current assets than current liabilities. Above all, you need to minimise your money tied up in your current assets, maximise the credit terms given by your suppliers. Be careful that you maintain good relationships with your suppliers and pay your bills on time. Also make sure you can manage and track this with good accounting systems.

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