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Make a simple 12-month budget for the business
You've never had a budget, just a feeling. Get a one-page, 12-month plan of money in and out, with the seasonal ups and downs, in a sheet you can actually keep up to date.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me make a simple 12-month budget for my business. My business: [what you do] Last year's rough figures: [income and main costs, monthly if you have them] Busy and quiet months: [e.g. busy May to September] What's changing this year: [price rise, new staff, new van] Big one-off costs: [insurance, tax, equipment, MOT] First ask me up to 5 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A 12-month table: income, each cost group, profit, and what I can pay myself. 2. The months to watch, and why. 3. A budget-versus-actual layout for Google Sheets with the formulas. 4. Three assumptions I should check most. 5. A 10-minute monthly review routine. Use my figures and show the sums. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. what you do: a short note you already have. income and main costs, monthly if you have them: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
This does not give tax advice. The books stay in the accounting system.
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