Shows the customer payments you expect to receive, based on the payment terms you recorded for each customer. The beginning balance is the amount of past due customer payments as of the day before the report start date.

Shows the bills you expect to pay, based on the payment terms you recorded for each vendor. The beginning balance is the amount of past due bills as of the day before the report start date.

Shows the expected changes to your bank account balances based on payments and deposits postdated after the report start date. The beginning balance is the sum of the balances in all your bank accounts as of the day before the report start date.

Shows your projected net cash inflow for each week. QuickBooks calculates net inflow from the amounts in the Accnts Receivable, Accnts Payable, and Bank Accnts columns.

Shows the balance of all bank accounts if all unpaid invoices and bills were paid on time.

The report shows projected cash flow for the next four weeks. To change the forecast period, click the Dates drop-down list and choose a different date range.

By default, the report forecasts cash flow on a week by week basis.

To change the period to days, months, or another preset interval, click the Periods drop-down list and choose the interval.

By default, the accounts receivable forecast assumes that all customers will pay their open balances on time.

To see how your cash inflows from accounts receivable will be affected if your customers are late with their payments, enter the number of days by which payments will be delayed in the Delay Receipts field.