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Pro Forma Financial Statements
Pro forma statements project the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flows forward from the sales forecast through ratio linkages, with the balance checked by the ties that discipline historical statements.
1. The pro forma income statement
The pro forma income statement
2. The pro forma balance sheet
The pro forma balance sheet
3. The projected cash flow and the ties
The projected cash flow and the ties
4. The forecast's outputs
The forecast's outputs
5. The pro forma income statement's driver
In a pro forma income statement, what drives each projected line?
6. The working capital linkages
Which balance sheet items follow the sales forecast through turnover ratios?
7. The balancing plug
What does the balance sheet plug represent in a pro forma model?
8. The integrity ties
Which checks prove a projected three-statement model's integrity?
9. The funding signal
A growing firm's pro forma model shows the debt plug rising each year. What is the model saying?
10. The consuming role
Which of the course's modules consumes the pro forma statements most directly?
11. The retained earnings roll
Projected equity equals prior equity plus net income minus what distribution? Answer with one word.
12. The zero-difference check
What should a pro forma model's balance check cells display? Write the number.
13. The capacity-linked assets
Which balance sheet assets follow the capital budget and capacity plans rather than sales days ratios? Answer with two words.
14. The pro forma meaning
What two Latin words, meaning for the sake of form, name these projected statements? Answer in lowercase.
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