Stay in control with cash flow forecasting

Managing your business’s cash flow is vital, especially in uncertain times. Xero helps you stay across it.

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Forecast your future cash position

See a simple visualisation of your business bank balance in real-time, including cash flow for the next 7 or 30 days.

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See what’s affecting your cash flow

Understand the impact of paying a bill today versus delaying it until next week. Drill into the detail of your projection including the invoice payments due in and bills to be paid.

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Manage your cash flow

Use projection insights to help keep your books accurate and up to date, tracking what’s due, when and which invoices to chase.

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Plan for different scenarios

Run scenarios and see the impact on your future cash position, then take action from suggestions to help your business run smoothly.

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More about short-term cash flow

The short-term cash flow tool offers the insights businesses need to manage cash flow, and gives accountants and bookkeepers an accessible and interactive way to discuss cash flow with clients.

See how to use short-term cash flow

The short-term cash flow tool offers the insights businesses need to manage cash flow, and gives accountants and bookkeepers an accessible and interactive way to discuss cash flow with clients.

See how to use short-term cash flow

With the advanced short-term cash flow dashboard you can project your cash flow for the next 7, 30, 60 or 90 days, view predicted recurring transactions based on your history, and manually add one-off amounts to see impacts on cash flow.

Find out more about the advanced short-term cash flow predictions

With the advanced short-term cash flow dashboard you can project your cash flow for the next 7, 30, 60 or 90 days, view predicted recurring transactions based on your history, and manually add one-off amounts to see impacts on cash flow.

Find out more about the advanced short-term cash flow predictions

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