How do you determine what other businesses like your own makes a year?
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In the UK all registered companies must make an annual return to Companies House showing their yearly balance. This is available for anyone to view.
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http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=110417,00.html
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Look at the SBA.gov website, they have some good info.
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Divide your total sales for the year by the number of square feet.  (Sales$/sqft)  The number should be much higher than your rent per square foot or your business will be short lived (seen this!)  There's a rule of thumb, if I recall correctly, you want at least 2x more sales / sqft than your cost/sqft.
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First calculate your anticipated revenues.  \n\nThen break your expenses down into two categories:  fixed (meaning the amount is the same every month) and variable (meaning the amount will fluctuate depending on variable factors).  \n\nEstimate your revenues using best case scenario and also worst case scenario.\n\nCalculate your expenses accordingly.  First your fixed costs and then your variables.  Your percentages should be based on industry standard, or your personal knowledge and expertise of the business.  \n\nYou may have to research similar industry trends, but on average, 50% will be fixed operating costs, 35% will be variable operating costs and 15% will be other expenses.\n\nModel your forecast on the best case, worst case and median revenues you've projected.
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Advertising is important- whether you are  a 12 months old business or a 10 year business.\n\nYou should constantly be looking to increase your profit and getting the word out about you. Even mircosoft advertise and look how long they have been going for.
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Here are two sites that will help.  The first site is from the U.S. Census Bureau.  It'll tell you how many stations there are by type, ownership and location.  It also tells total revenues.\n\nThe second site is from Bizstats.  It gives you typical normalized (percentage of revenue) income statements for gas stations.  You should be able to use these statistics to put together a projected P&L for your enterprise.  This is the centerpiece of your business plan.\n\nGood luck!
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I can't give you a breakdown via quarters, but my accountant had mentioned that most companies follow the calendar year - Jan 1 - Dec 31st.
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Best way is to check recent sales prices of other homes in the area.  Try domania.com.  As for what it will fetch in another year from now, no way to predict.
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The income earned by a country in a year
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Whatever price the current owner is asking for this business, he should be able to support with accurate financial data.\n\nAsk for the last 12 months of financial statements - Profit and Loss Statements, Balance Sheets, etc. Then pick a few months at random, and ask the owner for the supporting documentation (receipts, bank statements, invoices, check stubs, etc.). You will want to make sure that the financial statements are accurate.\n\nIf the owner of this business is unwilling or unable to provide you with this data, DO NOT BUY THIS BUSINESS.
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Just take the sales for that particular company and divide that by the total industry sales. Now if you want to do this at the agent level, choose a business segment/product line in a particular company first. Then take the total base for that segment/product line and do the math.\n\nThis can be done for volume units or for revenue units.
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If you keep track of your income and subtract your expenses you will know if you are making or not making money. To properly insure that you are following the guidelines of the state and federal taxes see the website at the bottom.
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Please refer to :\nhttp://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98011,00.html\nYou'll get all the details, about finding it !
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You can get that info from looking at the non-profit's Form 990. Guidestar, linked below, can get you that info
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Since we can't tell at what point you are in your business planning I agree with answer number two.  SCORE is a great place to get started.  I have added a few more websites if you are still looking for direction/ideas/answers.  \n\nGood Luck
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If you're using software, there is often a 'canned' chart of accounts included.\n\nIf you do a search for 'sample chart of accounts', you'll find many examples - you should look for one that best fits your type of company\n\nWhat many people do, if your biz is not complicated, is just use say 1xxxx for assets, 2xxxx for liabilities, 3xxxx for equity, 4xxxx for revenues, 5xxxx for cost of goods sold, 6xxxx for expenses, 7xxxx for taxes, 8xxxx for other income/expense.\n\nIf you more or less follow the order in which things will appear on the financial statements, you can't go too far wrong