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Check whether you'll run short of cash in the next 8 weeks
A big supplier bill and VAT or tax are due together and you won't know until it bounces. Get the weeks where cash dips and three levers to pull.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me see whether I'll run short of cash in the next 8 weeks. If my data from this tool is available to you in this chat through a connected app, use it and tell me which records you used; if not, work only from the
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What you get (sample answer)
Week 1 close 7,200 (ok). Week 3 close 4,100 — below your 5,000 minimum (supplier 3,800 + PAYE). Week 5 close 3,600 — below minimum (VAT estimate 2,200). Levers for week 3: chase Vale 910; move the timber order to week 4; ask the supplier for 14 days on the 3,800 bill. Assumptions: 80% of A/R under 30 days lands; no new loans.
Export the Cash flow, A/R ageing and A/P ageing reports from QuickBooks (Reports, then Export to Excel), or, if you're a US QuickBooks Online customer with a ChatGPT account, connect the Intuit QuickBooks app in…
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Why it helps
You check the bank balance, not what's coming in and going out, so a tight week arrives as a surprise.
Tools
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