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Budgeting & planning
Capex planning
Planning purchases of long-lived assets — equipment, vehicles, software builds, fit-outs — with timing, payback, and the depreciation they will add to the P&L.
Owned by: Senior analystTest band: Senior analyst
In practice
Capex hits cash now and profit later. A capex line without a cash timing is a surprise waiting for the cash forecast.
The kind of thing the test asks
- A $300k machine is approved. What does the cash forecast need that the P&L does not show?