Question
Which common techniques are required to calculate the forecasting income?
OR
Discuss how each item of income statement can be forecasted.

Answer

In preparing the proforma income statement, forecasted sales for the month is calculated.Income and expenses are forecasted on the following basis:
  1. Sales (Revenue): It can be forecasted with the help of anyone of the following projection techniques:
  1. Sales can be projected by multiplying estimated units to be sold by their selling price.
  2. A more complex methodology would be working out the demand for the whole market and then estimating company's share out of it.
  1. Cost of goods sold: It can be projected as a percentage of sales based on historical e xperience or on the basis of direct unit production costs.
  2. Operating expenses: It might be projected as percentage of sales based on historical experience or budget targets.
  3. Non-operating income and expenses: They might be projected on the basis of loan taken, investments made or projected gains or losses that may arise from planned future disposal of assets.
  4. Income taxes: These taxes for each future period can be projected by multiplying the applicable corporate tax rate given the company's tax bracket by the projected profit before tax.

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