7 Steps to Turn Key Cash Flow Systems

Discover where you are and start the journey to where you want to be! With our gap map assessment, it’s easy to identify the areas where you thrive as a business owner and leader with your numbers and where you could use some extra assistance. Our goal is to empower you to understand and achieve your full potential. With reflection in these 5 key skill areas, you can learn where the “gaps” may be and take steps towards improvement. As you work through this assessment, reflect on the accuracy of each statement as it pertains to you and your business and numbers— using your answers, we’ll recommend strategies to increase sales, profits, cashflow, minimize taxes, and maximize owners take-home and long-term wealth!

Increase Sales, Profits & Cashflow. Minimize Taxes. Maximize Owners Take-Home & Long-Term Wealth!

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Step 1 of 9 - General Information

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Please fill out your contact information and complete each section of the 7 Key Areas. Once submitted, your results will be displayed. You will also receive an email with your full list of responses.

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Audit Trail

Bookkeeping & Accounting

Business Consulting

Tax Preparation

Tax Planning

Business Planning

Financial Skills, Guidance & Decision Making

As the lifeblood of any organization, financial skills don’t come naturally to most people. By building a strong foundation and choosing great financial partners for your business, you can overcome the pitfalls of cash management, lending, taxes, and more.

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Financial & KPI statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No, 50 = Unsure/Maybe, and 100 = Yes.

Overall rating of myself in this area: Financial Skills, Guidance, and Decision Making.

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I can read a financial statement (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement).

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I know my Cost of Goods Sold, Gross Profit, Operating Expenses and Profit Margin Goals.

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I know my benchmarks for my Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Inventory.

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I know the difference between profits and cash.

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I know my key sales and cashflow KPI’s.

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I have reporting systems in place for all KPIs, financial and managerial accounting reports needed weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually for streamlined and efficient reporting.

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I know my key financial statement KPI’s and have dashboards.

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We operate according to a budget.

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We have an organizational chart and roles that match our business and financial model.

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We have a 1–3-year strategic plan in writing that our team can read and clearly understand.

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We have key benchmarks developed for the company’s business and financial model.

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We have key benchmarks established for each person’s role and department.

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I have an owner's take-home goal.

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I have a long-term wealth goal for saving and investing – saving at least 10% of what I earn.

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We understand the reports and how to utilize them to maximize potential, turning data into coaching and feedback.

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Each team member knows their role, their KPIs, and how they support the company's larger goals.

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We have systems in place for quality control, fulfillment, and performance standards.

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Each team member knows how their contribution impacts the company’s profitability.

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Financial Skills & Intelligence Score

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Business Planning & Goal Setting

Setting effective and achievable business goals is at the heart of all successful businesses. From financial goals like sales, profits, and cash flow to strategic goals that you set monthly, quarterly, and yearly, EWH University will help you gain clarity and vision for your organization.

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Goal Setting statements:

Overall rating of myself in this area: Business Planning & Goal Setting.

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I understand and create S.M.A.R.T goals.

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I set and prioritize my goals, so I understand what needs to be addressed first.

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I keep my email inbox under 100 and my voicemails are returned within 48 hours.

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My workspace is organized, neat, clean, and free of clutter.

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I utilize goal setting to create progress and not just change. Change is automatic, progress is not.

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I leverage technology, time management, or goal-setting tools.

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I plan my day, weeks, months, and years in advance (in writing).

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Make sure each of your goals is SMART!
Create your Strategic Plan and set Quarterly, Annual, and 3 years goals
Use a daily or weekly planner or app
Dedicate at least 3-4 hours a week to work on the business and one strategic objective
Have at least one day a quarter off site to review your strategic plan and recharge
Prioritize your goals in terms of importance and the commitment on your calendar, budget, staffing, and resources needed for them
Get your inbox under 100 🙂 Or try LOL!
Identify 1 piece of technology you can leverage and use to reduce time and increase efficiency
Clean your workspace and remove clutter

Tax Preparation & Planning

While tax codes are complex, if taxpayers have these key strategies covered, they have what applies to 80%+ of taxpayers, allowing them to reduce their tax liability and maximize their take-home amount. Discuss the following strategies with your accountant to ensure you have them covered. What you don’t know may cost you money!

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Tax Preparation & Planning statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No and 100 = Yes.

Overall rating of myself in this area: Tax Preparation and Planning.

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If you are a Single Member, or Partnership, you are also an LLC.

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I have evaluated the S Corporation option if a different entity type for tax savings.

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I have a way of capturing all my business expenses for deductions, including any out-of-pocket expenses, cash, or credit/debit card transactions.

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I review if Section 179 is helpful at the end of each year.

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I have evaluated S Corp Options.

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I use a Year End Tax Organizer.

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I have a tax savings retirement account.

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My taxes are filed on time every year.

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I send Tax Estimates in on time and are paid in full before January 15th.

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I have a tax savings HSA account if I have eligible health insurance.

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I have evaluated options for involving my children in the business when they were young.

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I have Year End Business Numbers ready by the end of the year – Jan 31st.

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I do tax planning before year-end.

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Recommendations:

Learn about the key tax strategies for the majority of taxpayers
Use a Year-End Tax organizer
Learn if you should be making quarterly estimated tax payments
Learn key insights into cash flow your quarterly estimated tax payments
Plan to have year-end tax planning meeting between October and December with accountant
Evaluate entity selection on how to pay yourself and take income out of the business
Know when you pay taxes: When is income distributed or earned?
Start paying yourself consistently once a month, or determine a start date!
Review S Corp Entity option if appropriate
Evaluate Section 179 yearly if you have equipment purchases
Capture all out of pocket and credit card expenses to reduce taxable income
Evaluate retirement plans and an HSA for tax savings
If you own your building, inquire if a cost segregation study would be worthwhile
Learn more with our Tax Essentials online course about the strategies listed above

Payroll

Payroll is simple and easy to delegate and very economical. Below are some basics to have covered with payroll, to increase cash flow and give you more cushion in preparing your payroll and making sure everyone is paid on time and the correct amount, while increasing your cash flow at the same time!

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Payroll statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No and 100 = Yes.

Overall rating of myself in this area: Payroll.

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My payroll reporting date, if direct deposit, is at least 3 days in advance.

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The time between your reporting date, and the date you get information for payroll to run payroll is at least 3-5 business days.

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I have reviewed ways to have fewer payroll runs, if applicable to my business/industry. Ex: weekly to bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or even once a month in some cases.

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Tax payments are made on time for payroll taxes.

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941 quarterlies and the Annual 940, and W-2s, 1099’s, are filed on time.

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Employees can access pay stubs online and W-2s.

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Payroll Total

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Key Business Skills & Areas

Most go into business because they have great skills or talents. Once they get the entrepreneurial spirit, and go into business a new business owner quickly realizes there's more than knowing the product, service, or delivering what you do or produce. There is cash flow, accounting, people, employees, managing, leading, selling, marketing, HR, the IRS, and financing. We could list even more! Managing, leading, and owning your small business is a skill set, and not something that any of us came with naturally. While it is complex it is not infinitely complex. This brief list below highlights the 8 Key business skills and tools we have identified to be a successful business owner and leader. This brief list below highlights the 8 key business skills and tools we have identified to be a successful business owner and leader. Then if you want to dive deeper, complete our 8 Skills to being a Successful Business Owner and Leader Self Assessment if desired.

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Key Business Skills & Areas statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No and 100 = Yes.

Leadership AND Management Skills

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Communication Skills

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Team Skills

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People Skills

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Sales and Marketing

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Life Skills

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Business Skills

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Recommendations:

Listen to our WISN Radio Show weekly
Listen to an audio book a week
Read a book a month
Listen to a podcast, YouTube videos, and audio books when driving, getting ready, or walking to utilize your time when your body is engaged and your mind is still free.
Get physical activity or time each week to recharge
Claim your free online course or enroll in another one.
Attend our Cash Flow/Inflation Bootcamp.
Complete our 8 Skills to Successful Business Ownership and Leadership Assessment.
Schedule a strategy session.

Vision & Goal Setting Questions

A few more questions before we wrap up, please provide as much information as possible as it will make our follow-up conversations more meaningful and impactful to you and your business.

Answer each question to the best of your knowledge.

How many years have you been in business?

Sales: Last Year/This Year/Next Year? (If handy)

Number of employees?

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What is great about your business? What have been your successes, wins, or what have you been proud of?*

What are the key challenges you are facing in your business? What has always been a challenge in your business?*

Where do you want your business to be in one year? If you were looking back one year from now how would you define success?*

Where do you want your business to be in three years? If you were looking back one year from now how would you define success?

What is your Sales Goal in three years?

Do you need additional employees to sustain those sales and if so how many, and in what roles/titles? Additionally, will you need any equipment purchases or need any additional expenses or overhead?

If you are willing to share any of the following information, it will allow us to gain even more insight as to where your business stands and how we can best serve you. If you share the following, you will gain even more value from our future conversations:
1-3 Years of Financial Statements
1-3 Year Budget (if you have one)
List of Written Goals
1-3 Years Tax Returns – Complementary Review

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Business owners who can understand their numbers and create a budget with a clear vision and game plan create and maintain a profitable and successful business.

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Number of Loan(s)

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Sales Tax and if so, how often

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Cash Flow & KPI Self Assessment

7 Steps to Turn Key Cash Flow Systems

Increase Sales, Profits & Cashflow. Minimize Taxes. Maximize Owners Take-Home & Long-Term Wealth!

{Your Name (First):104.3} {Your Name (Last):104.6}

{Company Name:6}

General Information

Financial Skills, Guidance & Decision Making

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Financial & KPI statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No, 50 = Unsure/Maybe, and 100 = Yes.

Recommendations:

Business Planning & Goal Setting

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Goal Setting statements:

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Tax Preparation & Planning

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Tax Preparation & Planning statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No and 100 = Yes.

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Bookkeeping & Accounting

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Bookkeeping & Accounting statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No and 100 = Yes.

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Audit Trail

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Audit Trail statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No and 100 = Yes.

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Payroll

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Payroll statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No and 100 = Yes.

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Key Business Skills & Areas

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Key Business Skills & Areas statements. For Yes or No questions, 0 = No and 100 = Yes.

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Vision & Goal Setting Questions

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