An invented Angleton, TX plumbing and HVAC contractor lays out eight weeks of cash, finds the weeks its balance falls under its floor, and prices a short credit line draw against moving one parts order.
Week-by-week cash in and out at an invented Angleton, TX plumbing and HVAC contractor
Take an invented Angleton, TX plumbing and HVAC contractor with $4,830 in its operating account. For the next eight weeks, the invented contractor lists the customer payments it expects, by the dates invoices fall due, and every bill it knows is coming: payroll every other week, parts orders, an insurance installment and a van payment.
| Week | Cash in | Cash out | Balance at week's end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | $6,850 | $7,480 | $4,200 |
| Week 2 | $4,920 | $2,190 | $6,930 |
| Week 3 | $7,310 | $10,195 | $4,045 |
| Week 4 | $3,640 | $4,236 | $3,449 |
| Week 5 | $5,280 | $7,480 | $1,249 |
| Week 6 | $8,960 | $1,870 | $8,339 |
| Week 7 | $6,140 | $7,480 | $6,999 |
| Week 8 | $7,730 | $2,460 | $12,269 |
The invented balance falls under $4,000, the floor the owner keeps for surprises, in weeks 4 and 5, and reaches its low of $1,249 in week 5, when payroll lands after a light week of customer payments.
Pricing a short credit line draw for the contractor's low weeks in Angleton, TX
Drawing $2,875 on a business line of credit at the start of week 4 lifts the invented balance to $6,324 that week and $4,124 in week 5, both above the floor.
Repaid in week 6 out of $8,960 in customer payments, the invented draw is out 14 days; at a 14.45% annual rate, also invented, the interest is $15.93, and week 6 ends at $8,323.07.
There is a second route in this invented case. Moving the week-4 parts order to week 6, if the supplier agrees, lifts the invented week-5 balance to $4,299 without any draw.
What a Brazoria County, TX contractor could change before drawing anything
- Invoice when each job is finished rather than at month-end.
- Take a deposit before ordering parts for a larger replacement job.
- Place a parts order in the week after a large customer payment, as in the table.
- Set payroll weeks beside the dates commercial customers usually pay.
- Keep the floor amount in the account and draw only for the gap below it.
Brazoria County, TX had 115 plumbing, heating and AC contractor establishments with a payroll in 2023, 66 of them with fewer than five employees (County Business Patterns).
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