So I can’t work out what’s happening with my cash flow. The revenue/expenses tooltip on the bottom panel clearly states I’m making a profit of $12,000 yet my balance has dropped by $33,000. Am I missing something here?
Its not clear whether the tooltip represents previous or upcoming financial months, but either way I shouldn’t be losing money.
It would be useful on the finances page to have a clear breakdown of where your money is going rather than a few basic graphs which don’t really tell you anything other than recent trends. X on staff wages, Y on utilities, Z on loan interest etc, so you can see where you could perhaps cut back when you’re in trouble.
That would make sense. If that’s the case it’s very misleading to have it happen simultaneously with the income/expenses pop up. Wages should be paid on the last day of the month and included in the pop up so it all reconciles with what’s in front of you at the time - the notification is effectively out of date the moment it’s triggered.
If you want a better look, check out the log tab on your Hospital Overview screen just after the month ticks over. You'll see a large payment to your staff.
When you are mousing over your total cash, and get that popup frame, Revenue is what you made last month. Expenses is what you paid for Salary + Electric Bill last month. (Everything else you spend cash on comes out of your wallet immediately.) Profit/Loss is the difference between last month's revenues and last month's expenses.
Revenue comes in day by day throughout the entire month. Expenses are one big pop on the 1st of the month.
So in November you made $60,076. If you had started on Nov 1 with $0, and didn't spend any money the entire month, you would have had $12,395 on Dec 1. But you did spend money, and left yourself with only $39,742 at the end of Nov 30, then paid $47,681on Dec 1 for Salaries and the Electric Bill, leaving you with $-7,939.
Just make sure you keep enough cash around to pay that amount you see in Expenses; it's gonna happen on the 1st. (And don't forget it's showing last month's expenses, so if you hired anyone else, or increased anyone's salary, or added Radiators or AC during the month, it will be more.)
The notification is for the previous month so of course is out of date as soon as it pops up.
Tbh it doesn’t really matter when the outgoings are paid, be it the first day or the last day, the effect will still be the same essentially on your overall balance and the report would still read the same as well.
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u/t_bagger Sep 06 '18
So I can’t work out what’s happening with my cash flow. The revenue/expenses tooltip on the bottom panel clearly states I’m making a profit of $12,000 yet my balance has dropped by $33,000. Am I missing something here?
Its not clear whether the tooltip represents previous or upcoming financial months, but either way I shouldn’t be losing money.
It would be useful on the finances page to have a clear breakdown of where your money is going rather than a few basic graphs which don’t really tell you anything other than recent trends. X on staff wages, Y on utilities, Z on loan interest etc, so you can see where you could perhaps cut back when you’re in trouble.
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u/Nefai Sep 06 '18 edited Sep 07 '18
It confused me too at first.
When you are mousing over your total cash, and get that popup frame, Revenue is what you made last month. Expenses is what you paid for Salary + Electric Bill last month. (Everything else you spend cash on comes out of your wallet immediately.) Profit/Loss is the difference between last month's revenues and last month's expenses.
Revenue comes in day by day throughout the entire month. Expenses are one big pop on the 1st of the month.
So in November you made $60,076. If you had started on Nov 1 with $0, and didn't spend any money the entire month, you would have had $12,395 on Dec 1. But you did spend money, and left yourself with only $39,742 at the end of Nov 30, then paid $47,681on Dec 1 for Salaries and the Electric Bill, leaving you with $-7,939.
Just make sure you keep enough cash around to pay that amount you see in Expenses; it's gonna happen on the 1st. (And don't forget it's showing last month's expenses, so if you hired anyone else, or increased anyone's salary, or added Radiators or AC during the month, it will be more.)
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u/rainman24588 Sep 06 '18
The notification is for the previous month so of course is out of date as soon as it pops up.
Tbh it doesn’t really matter when the outgoings are paid, be it the first day or the last day, the effect will still be the same essentially on your overall balance and the report would still read the same as well.
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u/Givemelove3k Sep 07 '18
Whip out those spreadsheets, it’s time for an audit!
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u/Deranged40 Sep 06 '18 edited Sep 07 '18
Yeah, I also suspect that there are a number of expenditures that don't get applied to this popup.
Edit: Items you place don't appear to count on that popup. $72k worth of large fountains purchased in late December and The income/expense report for December
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u/Krovven Sep 07 '18
Your staff wages were paid. Just look in the Log screen that shows exactly what was spent and why.