2. Working Capital
Every Business requires Funds for financing day
to day operations. It is the money needed to fund the
normal, day to day activities of a business.
It is calculated by current assets minus current
liabilities .
Working capital = Current assets – current liabilities
3. BASIC CONCEPT OF WORKING CAPITAL
GROSS
WORKING
CAPITAL
NET WORKING
CAPITAL
4. It is divided into 2 parts
Gross working capital
Net working capital
Gross working capital : The sum of all of a company's current
assets. Gross working capital includes assets such as cash, stock
, short term investments etc. It is total current assets of the firm .
Net working capital : it is the excess of current assets over
current liabilities .It is that portion of a firm’s current assets
which are finance by long - term funds.
n.w.c = total current assets – total current liabilities
5. TYPES OF WORKING CAPITAL
PERMANENT
WORKING
CAPITAL
TEMPORARY
WORKING
CAPITAL
6. Permanent working capital
It means the minimum amount of investment in all
current assets.
It is needed at all times to carry out minimum level of
business activities.
It represents continued requirement of current assets
during entire year .
7. Temporary working capital
It is also known as fluctuating working capital or
variable working capital.
It keeps on fluctuating from time to time depending on
business activities.
It represents additional requirement of current assets
during the year .