General Assumptions
Types of assumptions required for the financial portion of a business plan typically include answers to the following questions (Example of Typical Income Statement Assumption Information Requirements):
• What types of revenue?
• How many services will be offered to produce the revenue? (per month)
• How much labor will be required? (FTEs)
• What will the labor cost?
• How many and what type of supplies, drugs and/or devices will be required to offer the service?
• What will the supplies, drugs and/or devices cost?
• How much space will be required?
• What will the required space occupancy cost?
• Is special equipment required?
• If so, how much will it cost?
• Is staff training required to use the special equipment?
• If so, how much time is required, and what will it cost?
Identify how many of the assumption items listed in the example above can be found incorporated into your business plan.