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Your next lever is the breakdown above: your largest cost is {largestCostName} at {largestCostShare} of spend, and that's where reviews pay off most","What your numbers say",{"addOneTimeCostLabel":1264,"clearAllLabel":1265,"currencyLabel":1266,"monthUnitPlural":1267,"monthUnitSingular":1268,"oneTimeCostPickerLabel":1269,"optionalBadgeLabel":1270,"removeLabel":1271,"renameFieldLabel":1272,"requiredFieldHint":1273},"Add one-time cost","Clear all fields","Currency","months","month","Choose a one-time cost template","Optional","Remove","Rename this cost item","Required. Everything else is optional and unlocks extra insights","en-SG",{"description":1276,"emptyStateText":1277,"heading":1278,"isOptional":141,"templates":1279},"Big one-off spends: a launch, a campaign, a new office, an event. Add as many as you need. Unlocks your payback period","Nothing added yet. 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Everything else is optional, and each optional section unlocks an extra insight. Here's the quickest way through it.",[1391],{"_key":1392,"_type":170,"children":1393,"markDefs":1403,"style":190},"calculator-tip-body",[1394,1399],{"_key":1395,"_type":174,"marks":1396,"text":1398},"calculator-tip-body-0",[1397],"strong","A tip from us:",{"_key":1400,"_type":174,"marks":1401,"text":1402},"calculator-tip-body-1",[]," use the calculator both ways. Enter last month's actual figures to understand where your money went, then enter your planned figures to set next month's budget. The difference between the two is usually where the most useful conversations start.",[],"numbered-circle",[1406,1410,1414,1418,1422,1426],{"_key":1407,"body":1408,"label":1409},"choose-your-currency","SGD is the default, and USD, HKD, AUD, EUR, and GBP are also supported.","Choose your currency",{"_key":1411,"body":1412,"label":1413},"add-your-cash-on-hand","This is optional but worth 10 seconds, because it unlocks your cash runway if you're operating at a loss and your buffer coverage if you're profitable.","Add your cash on hand",{"_key":1415,"body":1416,"label":1417},"enter-your-monthly-income","Separate revenue from sales, other operating income, interest, and grants, so you can see which streams actually drive the business.","Enter your monthly income",{"_key":1419,"body":1420,"label":1421},"fill-in-your-monthly-expenses","Salaries and wages sit here too, alongside rent, marketing, software, insurance, and inventory. Count your own salary as well. If the business only works because you work for free, that's worth knowing now rather than later.","Fill in your monthly expenses",{"_key":1423,"body":1424,"label":1425},"add-one-time-costs","Pick a template, from business setup and marketing campaigns to office openings, events, website builds, equipment purchases, product launches, trade shows, and recruitment drives. Add as many as you need, or build your own with the custom option, where you can rename every field.","Add one-time costs if you have any coming up",{"_key":1427,"body":1428,"label":1429},"read-your-summary","You'll see your budget balance, profit margin, cash position, payback period, a breakdown of where your money goes, and up to 3 insights that tell you what to look at first.","Read your summary",{"_key":1431,"_type":1432,"closingBody":1433,"heading":1468,"intro":1469,"stats":1470,"variant":1536},"what-is-a-business-budget","statBand",[1434,1442,1452,1460],{"_key":1435,"_type":170,"children":1436,"markDefs":1441,"style":190},"what-a-working-budget-fixes-lead",[1437],{"_key":1438,"_type":174,"marks":1439,"text":1440},"what-a-working-budget-fixes-lead-0",[1397],"The pattern behind those numbers is rarely a lack of revenue. It's costs drifting quietly for months while nobody compares actual spending against the plan. 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It sets out how much you expect to earn, how much you'll spend, and what should be left over. Your P&L tells you what happened. Your budget tells you what you wanted to happen, and the gap between the two is where the useful information lives.",[1471,1507,1521],{"_key":1472,"captionRich":1473,"label":1485,"labelRich":1486,"value":1506},"sme-cash-flow-struggle",[1474],{"_key":1475,"_type":170,"children":1476,"markDefs":1482,"style":190},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-source",[1477],{"_key":1478,"_type":174,"marks":1479,"text":1481},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-source-0",[1480],"sme-cash-flow-struggle-source-link-0","QBE Singapore SME Survey 2025",[1483],{"_key":1480,"_type":188,"externalUrl":1484,"linkType":145},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.qbe.com\u002Fsg\u002Fnewsroom\u002Fpress-releases\u002Fqbe-singapore-sme-survey-results-business-outlook-2025","of Singapore SMEs struggle with managing cash flow and accessing funding",[1487],{"_key":1488,"_type":170,"children":1489,"markDefs":1503,"style":190},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-label",[1490,1494,1499],{"_key":1491,"_type":174,"marks":1492,"text":1493},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-label-0",[],"of Singapore SMEs struggle with managing ",{"_key":1495,"_type":174,"marks":1496,"text":1498},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-label-1",[1497],"sme-cash-flow-struggle-label-link-1","cash flow",{"_key":1500,"_type":174,"marks":1501,"text":1502},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-label-2",[]," and accessing funding",[1504],{"_key":1497,"_type":188,"externalUrl":1505,"linkType":145},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcomplete-guide-to-cash-flow-management","51%",{"_key":1508,"captionRich":1509,"label":1519,"value":1520},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-prior-year",[1510],{"_key":1511,"_type":170,"children":1512,"markDefs":1517,"style":190},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-prior-year-source",[1513],{"_key":1514,"_type":174,"marks":1515,"text":1481},"sme-cash-flow-struggle-prior-year-source-0",[1516],"sme-cash-flow-struggle-prior-year-source-link-0",[1518],{"_key":1516,"_type":188,"externalUrl":1484,"linkType":145},"reported the same struggle just one year earlier","36%",{"_key":1522,"captionRich":1523,"label":1531,"value":1535},"credit-strained-cash-cover",[1524],{"_key":1525,"_type":170,"children":1526,"markDefs":1532,"style":190},"credit-strained-cash-cover-source",[1527],{"_key":1528,"_type":174,"marks":1529,"text":1531},"credit-strained-cash-cover-source-0",[1530],"credit-strained-cash-cover-source-link-0","Singapore Business Federation's National Business Survey",[1533],{"_key":1530,"_type":188,"externalUrl":1534,"linkType":145},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sbf.org.sg\u002Fdocs\u002Fdefault-source\u002Fabout-us\u002Fsbf-national-business-survey-2025--singapore-budget-2025-edition-report-(final).pdf","1 in 3","tile",{"_key":1538,"_type":1539,"background":1387,"cta":246,"features":1540,"heading":1554,"intro":1555},"built-for-how-businesses-budget","featureGrid",[1541,1546,1550],{"_key":1542,"_type":1543,"body":1544,"bullets":246,"link":246,"title":1545},"startups-watch-your-runway","feature","If you're pre-revenue or early-revenue, running at a loss is usually the plan, not the problem. The real question is whether your burn matches your milestones. Enter your monthly figures and cash on hand, and the calculator shows how many months you can operate before the account hits zero. Our advice: if your runway is shorter than the time to your next funding milestone plus about 6 months of fundraising time, treat that as this week's problem, not this quarter's. Given that most Singapore SMEs hold less than 6 months of runway, you won't be alone, but you do want to be ahead of it.","Startups: watch your runway",{"_key":1547,"_type":1543,"body":1548,"bullets":246,"link":246,"title":1549},"smes-watch-your-margin-and-buffer","For an established business, the budget balance and profit margin are your operating heartbeat. Two companies with identical revenue can have completely different resilience depending on margin. The calculator benchmarks yours, flags when payroll is taking an outsized share of income, and shows how many months of expenses your cash covers. A buffer of 3 to 6 months of operating expenses is the target most finance advisers suggest. If one late-paying customer or one soft month would push you into difficulty, the insights panel will surface that before your bank statement does.","SMEs: watch your margin and your buffer",{"_key":1551,"_type":1543,"body":1552,"bullets":246,"link":246,"title":1553},"mid-sized-businesses-watch-the-category-mix","Once you're running multiple teams or markets, the risk is rarely one big cost. It's drift across many categories at once: software subscriptions that outlived the teams that bought them, marketing spend that grew with revenue but never got re-justified. The \"where your money goes\" breakdown ranks your top cost categories as a share of total spend, which makes drift visible at a glance. It's also a quick scenario tool: raise the salaries figure to model a hiring plan, or trim revenue by 10% to see how your margin holds before you commit to new fixed costs.","Mid-sized businesses: watch the category mix","Built for how startups, SMEs, and mid-sized businesses actually budget","The maths of budgeting is the same at every stage. What changes is which number deserves your attention, and the calculator surfaces all of them.",{"_key":1557,"_type":1539,"cardSurface":1558,"cardTitleScale":1559,"columns":1560,"cta":246,"features":1561,"heading":1614,"trailingRowAlign":1615},"what-the-calculator-measures","muted","label","two",[1562,1565,1586,1608,1611],{"_key":1563,"_type":1543,"body":1564,"bullets":246,"link":246,"title":1362},"monthly-budget-balance","Income minus all expenses. Positive means your operations fund themselves. Negative means you're drawing down cash, and the runway figure tells you for how long.",{"_key":1566,"_type":1543,"bodyRich":1567,"bullets":246,"link":246,"title":1368},"profit-margin",[1568],{"_key":1569,"_type":170,"children":1570,"markDefs":1583,"style":190},"profit-margin-body",[1571,1575,1580],{"_key":1572,"_type":174,"marks":1573,"text":1574},"profit-margin-body-0",[],"Your budget balance as a percentage of income. As rough guidance: under 10% is thin and leaves you exposed to small shocks, 10 to 20% is healthy for most operating businesses, and above 20% gives you real room to reinvest. Margins vary a lot by industry, so treat these as starting points. 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Well above 6, your surplus cash is sitting idle, and you can put it to work ",{"_key":1597,"_type":174,"marks":1598,"text":1600},"cash-runway-or-cash-buffer-body-1",[1599],"cash-runway-or-cash-buffer-body-link-1","earning returns with Yield",{"_key":1602,"_type":174,"marks":1603,"text":185},"cash-runway-or-cash-buffer-body-2",[],[1605],{"_key":1599,"_type":188,"internal":1606,"linkType":227},{"_ref":306,"_type":226},"Cash runway or cash buffer",{"_key":1609,"_type":1543,"body":1610,"bullets":246,"link":246,"title":1370},"payback-period","Your one-time costs divided by your monthly budget balance. Spend SGD $50,000 on a new office fit-out while keeping SGD $2,000 a month, and your payback period is 25 months. Under 2 years is generally strong for a small business. Beyond 3 years, it's worth a rethink: reduce the outlay, lift the margin, or stage the investment.",{"_key":1612,"_type":1543,"body":1613,"bullets":246,"link":246,"title":1363},"where-your-money-goes","Your top 5 cost categories ranked as a share of total spend, salaries included. This is where budget reviews earn their keep. A 5% saving negotiated on your largest category usually beats aggressive cuts across all the small ones, and it takes one conversation instead of ten.","What the calculator measures","start",{"_key":1617,"_type":1386,"heading":1618,"intro":1619,"isIntroFullWidth":141,"stepLayout":1620,"steps":1621},"how-to-create-a-business-budget","How to create a business budget in 5 steps","The calculator handles the arithmetic. These 5 steps handle the thinking behind it.","rows",[1622,1626,1630,1634,1638],{"_key":1623,"body":1624,"label":1625},"start-with-real-income-figures","Use your average monthly revenue from the past 3 to 6 months rather than your best month. Pre-revenue? Build a conservative case and budget against that one.","Start with real income figures",{"_key":1627,"body":1628,"label":1629},"list-fixed-costs-first","Rent, salaries, insurance, and software subscriptions don't move with sales, so they set the floor your income has to clear every month.","List fixed costs first",{"_key":1631,"body":1632,"label":1633},"add-variable-costs","Inventory, transaction fees, delivery, and performance marketing usually rise with revenue, so estimate them as a percentage of sales if that's how they behave.","Add variable costs",{"_key":1635,"body":1636,"label":1637},"keep-a-little-aside-for-surprises","Unexpected costs always come, so reserve 5 to 10% of monthly expenses for them, and work towards a cash reserve of 3 to 6 months of expenses over time.","Keep a little aside for surprises",{"_key":1639,"body":1640,"label":1641},"compare-your-actuals-against-the-plan","This is honestly the step that matters most. The budget itself is just a starting point; checking how reality compared to it is what tells you something.","Compare your actuals against the plan each month",{"_key":1643,"_type":1644,"bodyParagraphsRich":1645,"cta":246,"heading":1720,"image":1721,"mediaPosition":1725,"sectionPadding":1114,"surface":1726},"make-it-a-habit","featureSplit",[1646,1654,1704,1712],{"_key":1647,"_type":170,"children":1648,"markDefs":1653,"style":190},"make-it-a-habit-routine",[1649],{"_key":1650,"_type":174,"marks":1651,"text":1652},"make-it-a-habit-routine-0",[],"Here's the simple routine we'd suggest, and it takes about 30 minutes a month.",[],{"_key":1655,"_type":170,"children":1656,"markDefs":1695,"style":190},"make-it-a-habit-monthly",[1657,1661,1666,1670,1675,1679,1684,1687,1691],{"_key":1658,"_type":174,"marks":1659,"text":1660},"make-it-a-habit-monthly-0",[],"At the end of each month, pull your actual figures from your business account and run them through the calculator. 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If you have a big one-off spend coming, add it as a one-time cost so you can see the payback period.",[],"What should a monthly business budget include?",{"_id":1780,"answer":1781,"question":1790},"faq-SG-what-one-time-costs-can-i-add",[1782],{"_key":1783,"_type":170,"children":1784,"markDefs":1789,"style":190},"what-one-time-costs-can-i-add-answer",[1785],{"_key":1786,"_type":174,"marks":1787,"text":1788},"what-one-time-costs-can-i-add-answer-0",[],"The calculator has ready-made templates for the one-off spends Singapore businesses most often face: business setup, marketing campaigns, new office openings, events, website or app builds, equipment or vehicle purchases, product launches, trade shows, and recruitment drives. There's also a custom option where you can name every cost line yourself, and you can stack as many one-time costs as you need.",[],"What one-time costs can I add?",{"_id":1792,"answer":1793,"question":1802},"faq-SG-what-is-a-good-profit-margin-for-a-small-business-in-singapore",[1794],{"_key":1795,"_type":170,"children":1796,"markDefs":1801,"style":190},"what-is-a-good-profit-margin-for-a-small-business-in-singapore-answer",[1797],{"_key":1798,"_type":174,"marks":1799,"text":1800},"what-is-a-good-profit-margin-for-a-small-business-in-singapore-answer-0",[],"It varies by industry, but as broad guidance: under 10% is thin, 10 to 20% is healthy for most operating businesses, and above 20% is strong. F&B and retail typically run lower, and services and software typically run higher, so compare within your sector rather than against the average.",[],"What is a good profit margin for a small business in Singapore?",{"_id":1804,"answer":1805,"question":1814},"faq-SG-how-much-should-a-business-spend-on-salaries",[1806],{"_key":1807,"_type":170,"children":1808,"markDefs":1813,"style":190},"how-much-should-a-business-spend-on-salaries-answer",[1809],{"_key":1810,"_type":174,"marks":1811,"text":1812},"how-much-should-a-business-spend-on-salaries-answer-0",[],"Service businesses typically spend 30 to 50% of revenue on payroll, and product or inventory businesses usually run lower. More useful than the ratio itself is its direction: if payroll share is rising while revenue per employee is falling, headcount is growing faster than the business.",[],"How much should a business spend on salaries?",{"_id":1816,"answer":1817,"question":1826},"faq-SG-how-much-cash-should-my-business-keep-in-reserve",[1818],{"_key":1819,"_type":170,"children":1820,"markDefs":1825,"style":190},"how-much-cash-should-my-business-keep-in-reserve-answer",[1821],{"_key":1822,"_type":174,"marks":1823,"text":1824},"how-much-cash-should-my-business-keep-in-reserve-answer-0",[],"The most common target is 3 to 6 months of operating expenses. Newer businesses and those with concentrated customers or seasonal revenue should aim for the higher end. The Singapore Business Federation found that over a third of credit-strained businesses hold less than 3 to 6 months of operating cash, so building this reserve puts you ahead of a large share of the market. Cash well beyond 6 months of expenses can be put to work instead of sitting idle.",[],"How much cash should my business keep in reserve?",{"_id":1828,"answer":1829,"question":1838},"faq-SG-what-is-cash-runway-and-how-do-i-calculate-it",[1830],{"_key":1831,"_type":170,"children":1832,"markDefs":1837,"style":190},"what-is-cash-runway-and-how-do-i-calculate-it-answer",[1833],{"_key":1834,"_type":174,"marks":1835,"text":1836},"what-is-cash-runway-and-how-do-i-calculate-it-answer-0",[],"Runway is how long your business can operate before running out of money. Divide cash on hand by your monthly shortfall. A business with SGD $60,000 in the bank losing SGD $10,000 a month has 6 months of runway. 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Beyond 3 years, look at the plan again before you commit.",[],"What is a payback period and why does it matter?",{"_id":1852,"answer":1853,"question":1862},"faq-SG-how-often-should-i-update-my-business-budget",[1854],{"_key":1855,"_type":170,"children":1856,"markDefs":1861,"style":190},"how-often-should-i-update-my-business-budget-answer",[1857],{"_key":1858,"_type":174,"marks":1859,"text":1860},"how-often-should-i-update-my-business-budget-answer-0",[],"Monthly, and it only takes about 30 minutes. Enter your actual figures at each month end and compare them against what you planned, then re-set the plan once a quarter. Early-stage companies change too quickly for anything less frequent.",[],"How often should I update my business budget?","Frequently asked questions",{"_type":149,"metaDescription":1865,"metaTitle":1866,"socialShareImageUrl":1867},"Free business budget calculator for Singapore businesses. 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