Guide Strategy, Attract Investments with Financial Forecasts
July 22, 2025
Webinar
2 CPE
Instructor
Eric Knight
Guide Strategy, Attract Investments with Financial Forecasts
Instructor
Eric
Knight
Financial statement forecasting is essential for predicting a company's future financial health, guiding strategic decisions, and attracting investments. By analyzing historical data, market trends, and assumptions, businesses can anticipate risks and opportunities, enabling effective planning, resource allocation, and long-term stability and growth.
Forecasting Process: This involves projecting future income, expenses, and resources. By leveraging historical data and market insights, businesses can predict financial health, shaping strategic planning, investment decisions, and risk management.
Forecasting Profitability: Predicting future earnings informs strategic decisions, investment planning, and resource allocation. It facilitates effective budgeting, cash flow management, risk assessment, and enhances attractiveness to investors for sustainable growth.
Forecasting the Balance Sheet: Analysts forecast to predict a company's future financial position, assessing growth potential, solvency, and capital structure. This informs investment decisions, strategic planning, and risk management, ensuring financial stability and growth. Join our webinar to explore these concepts with a practical example, guiding you through the forecasting process and demonstrating its practical applications in real-world scenarios. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Learning Objectives
After attending this presentation, you will be able to...
Recognize variations in income recognition.
Recognize deductible expenses between GAAP and IRC affect reported profitability and tax liabilities.
Compute deferred tax assets and liabilities, learning their impact on financial statements and future tax obligations.
Major Topics
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:
Introduction to GAAP and IRC Frameworks
Key Differences Between Financial Reporting and Tax Reporting
Understanding Timing Differences
Recognition of Revenue and Expenses Under GAAP vs. IRC
Discussion of Deferred Tax Assets
Impact of Deferred Tax Liabilities
Permanent vs. Temporary Differences
Reconciliation of Book Income to Taxable Income
CPE Credits Available
2 CPE
2
Finance
Things to Know About This Course
Course Level
Basic
Professional Area of Focus
Finance
Advanced Preparation
None
Intended Audience
Finance and accounting professionals interested in a better understanding of financial analysis
