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Side-by-Side Comparisons on Program Features	SmartStart	XT2-2009

Sales:
Forecast annual, monthly sales	x	x
Forecast by product, service, customer, sales person, with individual collection assumptions		x
Monthly Sales:
Based on last 12 months	x	x
Equal Each Month	x	x
As you wish	x	x

Collections:
By number of days sales in A/R	x	x
As a percentage of sales or in a consistent monthly pattern
Miscellaneous income (3 categories)	x	x

Cost of Sales:
Cost of Sales as a % of sales (material, labor and overhead)	x	x
Cost of Sales		x
In detail – more precise forecasts		x
Material		x
Direct Labor		x
Depreciation		x
Payroll Taxes		x
Overhead (14 accounts)		x
Cost of Sales by Product, Customer or Employee		x

Expenses:
Expenses – four default departments, 250 items, with all title fully editable	x	x
Additional expense departments – five more		x
All expenses can have their own custom payment assumption	x	x
Forecast an expense as a:
% of sales	x	x
Fixed monthly amount	x	x
% of another expense	x	x
% of total cost of goods sold		x
% of gross profit		x
% of a product’s sales		x
As a weekly expense		x
Cost per unit sold		x
As you wish	x	x
Drill an expense down into multiple items that make it up		x
Depreciation – all departments	x	x
Income taxes and estimated payments	x	x
Purchase of equipment	x	x
Expense computed on net income		x
Prepaid expenses and amortization	x	x
Fringe benefits as a % of payroll	x	x

Payroll
Payroll as a % of sales	x	x
Payroll as a fixed monthly amount	x	x
Payroll by employee		x
Proprietor’s draw	x	x
Payroll taxes	x	x

Financing
Credit line:	x	x
Accounts receivable and inventory based	x	x
Adjust line as you wish	x	x
Interest on line	x	x
Additional collateral in credit financing	x	x
Term loans and automatic amortization	x	x
New borrowings and investor activity	x	x
Notes receivable amortization	x	x

Contractor Features
Percentage of completion		x
Cash flow analysis by job		x
Monthly net revenue by job		x

Additional Powerful Features
Costs of Goods Section 33 Account items		x
Driver Calculator (our own version of a spreadsheet)		x
Economic Value Added Caluculator		x
Enhanced 5-cloumn report generator (on legal paper!)		x
Goodwill Impairment (based on GAAP)		x
Dashboard Reporting		x
Import/Keyin data and map to individual lines		x
Dynamic Balance Sheet Calculations		x
Enhanced Auditors Expectations		x
1-Hour Forecast		x
Consolidate multiple entities	x	x
Sales & Inventory Driver Calculators		x
Automatic multi-year forecasts using trending	x	x
Automatic Roll Forward – 1, 2, or 3 months		x
Integration of actual results into forecast		x
Automated “What if? / sensitivity analysis		x
Import data from any bookkeeping program	x	x
Key in Opening Trial Balance	x	x
Import a company budget	x	x
Profit/Non Profit toggle		x
Minimum Cash Balance Override	x	x
Drill down balance sheet items	x	x
Enhanced importing instructions	x	x

Extras
Break-even analysis	x	x
Customer Deposits (Advanced payment on sales)		x
Deposits to be made	x	x
Dividends to be paid	x	x
Print individual jobs		x
Ratio Analysis	x	x
Foreign currency converter		x
Interest income on cash balances	x	x
Print individual products/programs		x
Sale of equipment		x
Treasury stock	x	x
Z-score		x

Reports
Monthly Profit & Loss forecast	x	x
Weekly Profit & Loss forecast		x
Quarterly Profit & Loss forecast	x	x
Cumulative Profit & Loss forecast	x	x
Monthly Cash Flow forecast	x	x
Weekly Cash Flow forecast		x
Quarterly Cash Flow forecast	x	x
Cumulative Cash Flow forecast	x	x
Indirect Cash Flow forecast	x	x
Projected Balance Sheets	x	x
Compare Plan P & L to actual	x	x
Compare Cash Flow to actual	x	x
Comparative Quarterly Cash Flow		x
Comparative Quarterly P & L		x
Financial Plan Notes & Assumptions	x	x
Break-even Analysis	x	x
Monthly Financial Ratio		x
Yearly Financial Ratio	x	x
Monthly Sales by unit/line		x
Sales by Unit – Comparative		x
Monthly Cost by unit/line		x
Collections by product		x
Term Loan spreadsheet	x	x
Credit availability data		x
Notes receivable spreadsheet	x	x
Payroll in detail/by employee		x
Monthly Payroll by department	x	x
Monthly payroll in detail	x	x
Drill Down schedule		x
Trends in Multi-year forecast		x
Five year report		x
Z-score		x
Sensitivity Analysis		x
Business Valuation – 4 reports		x
Cash Flow analysis by job		x
Monthly net revenue by job		x

Full WEEKLY Cash Flow Forecasting Capabilities
1 to 13 week cash flow forecasts		x
Unlimited number of weekly forecasts		x
Roll forward feature		x
Import Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable listings		x
Automatically displays credit line usage to barrowing base		x
One click and adjust the credit line to eliminate over/under borrowing base activity		x
Pull data from your 12 month forecast and it will automatically drill down to 13 weeks		x
Compare actual data to forecasted data		x
Accounts Receivable		x
Accounts Payable		x
Credit Line		x
Cash Balances		x
Displays weekly and to date info		x
Print program’s reports to printer or text file		x
Drill down any cash in/cash out flows information into as many elements as you wish		x
It’s easier than your most favored spreadsheet		x
New method for handling customer deposits		x
More comprehensive method for amortization of prepaid expenses		x
Enhanced expenses as a percent of net income		x
Monthly bonus calculations: change the percent each month		x
Commissions based on collections, not sales		x

AND MUCH MORE! (see XT2-2009 overview)		x

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Product Features

Sales:

Collections:

Cost of Sales:

Expenses:

Payroll

Financing

Contractor Features

Additional Powerful Features

Extras

Reports

Full WEEKLY Cash Flow Forecasting Capabilities

AND MUCH MORE! (see XT2-2009 overview)