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How is a cash budget structured/formatted?

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Answer

A common format lists, for each period (month), the opening cash balance, then all receipts (subtotaled), then all payments (subtotaled), the net cash flow (receipts - payments), and the closing balance (opening + net), which becomes next month's opening. This receipts-and-payments layout makes shortfalls and surpluses visible month by month.
Opening | + Receipts | - Payments | = Net | Closing (=next opening).
Real-world example Each column is a month showing opening balance, receipts, payments, and the rolling closing balance.

Common follow-ups: What links one month to the next? | Why show it monthly?

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