Businesses need to manage their cash flow to enable them to operate effectively. It is important to be able to interpret a cash budget and justify suitable solutions to cash flow problems.
Cash is generated by a business through the sale of goods or provision of a service. It is important that businesses have enough cash to:
pay employees
buy supplies
cover business expenses
Cash flow is all the money that comes into and goes out of a business.
There must be more cash coming into the business than there is going out to avoid the company going into liquidationWhen a business ceases trading due to not being able to pay its debts. The business assets are sold to pay for the outstanding debts of the business.. This would mean they are no longer able to trade.