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Holiday cashflow blues
accelerateonline • October 25, 2018
Many businesses start to worry about their bank balance around now. The holidays looming recall unpleasant memories of last year. All the regular expenses (wages, rent, suppliers and so on) are still due, but the people who pay you are either away on holiday or slow payers awaiting payment themselves.
Instead of a relaxing break the holidays can be filled with stress. The brutal facts are that December/January are the worst months for slow paying clients.
These are “holiday cashflow blues”.
The classic symptoms:
- The staff who monitor and manage cashflow take holidays, leaving you feeling you are flying blind.
- You don’t receive expected in-bound cash but must cover regular outbound monthly payments.
- Your overdraft isn’t enough to cover all your payments but key bank staff are also unavailable to negotiate an increase.
A clear and concise cashflow strategy is so important to keep your head above water these holidays. It may also improve your business’ cashflow for the whole year ahead.
5 steps from smartAR.com :
- Issue new invoices early. Some businesses only invoice at end of month. Instead, during Nov/Dec/Jan, try invoicing on a weekly or even daily basis.
- Offer flexible payment options, including fee funding if possible.
- Early payment discounts may be cheaper and less hassle than an “unarranged” bank overdraft or high interest credit cards.
- Call all your debtors. If no one in your business does this (or does it well), consider outsourcing to a dedicated accounts receivable specialist to improve payment speeds.
- Prepare a 3-month budget before the holidays. If it indicates a cash shortfall, talk to your suppliers and other creditors in advance. They will appreciate the communication instead of unreturned calls and avoidance behaviour.
And… enjoy the beach!
Accelerate - December 2023
Accelerate August 2023
Inland Revenue have recently announced this year’s livestock Herd Scheme Values and we think this is a great opportunity to update you on the latest movements. The Herd Scheme Values are the National Average Market Values, determined by a process involving a review of the livestock market as at 30 April.
The values for Dairy this year have seen a fall in values across all female classes, but increases across all male classes. The fall in R1 heifer values can be attributed to the prohibition of live export by sea commencing from 30 April 2023. For the first time the National Average Market Value for R1 Heifers is less than the National Standard Cost of breeding and rearing an R1 Heifer.
In contrast to Dairy values Beef values have increased on average 9% and are almost at record values for all classes.
Sheep values have all fallen from the high of 2022, slipping back an average of 10.2%. Whilst values have fallen, they are still either the second or third highest that they have ever been depending on which class of sheep you are looking at.
Goat values have increased on average 7.8% with almost all classes of fibre and meat producing goats at record highs. The value of milking goats continues to be well down from historic highs, except for breeding bucks which are at their highest value.
Like the rest of the world, New Zealand has reeled from the aftermath of Covid, rising inflation and interest rates, and the cost-of-living crisis. This year we also have a massive storm damage repair bill.
Any tax cuts, or changes to the tax thresholds were vetoed in Budget 2023 as this was viewed as worsening inflation.
Budget 2023 builds on the $889m already provided in response to this year’s storms. A further $6b is allocated for a National Resilience Plan , for rebuilding after weather events. $71b is committed to new and existing infrastructure projects: not only storm damaged communications, power and roading, but schools, hospitals, public housing, rail and road.
