Question

Mustafa a friend of yours, plans to open a fashion boutique that will sell women’s clothing and accessories. He told you that he leafed through several books on how to prepare forecasts and pro forma financial statements but that the books were geared toward existing firms that have several years of historical financial statements on which to base their projections. If Mustafa asked for your advice about how to prepare financial statements along with pro forma and forecasts for a completely new women’s fashion boutique, what would you tell him?

Answer 1

Answer: Financial Forecast

Explanation:

Forecast is a prediction of events that would happen in the future based on evidence of what's seen now or an assumption on projections.

While financial forecast is predicting how well a business will perform in the future through estimating future financial outcomes.

I would advise Mustafa to seek experts ideas on financial forecast for a new business and that would help him project his expectations