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CMA means Credit Monitoring Arrangements. This full form of CMA is as given by Reserve Bank of India. For arranging working capital finance information about income, expenses, assets & liabilities is required to be given in a specific format to the bank by applicant. This specific format is referred to as CMA Report / CMA Data. Audited P & L A/c & Balance Sheet of at least last 1 year, estimates of current year & projections of next at least 2 years are provided to bank by the applicant along with Funds Flow Statement, Ratio Analysis, Comparative Statement of Current Assets & Current Liabilites & Statement of Maximum Permissible Bank Finance. Number of years for which data is required may vary from bank to bank. Even after getting the finance such data is required to be submitted to the bank periodically.
14 January 2011
Some points which are generally considered while preparing CMA Data >
- The current ratio should be at least greator than 1.33. - The sales should be generally 4 or 5 times of the amount of loan. - There should be sufficient stock to act as collaterally to the loan amount. - In case, there is another loan, the bank requires the status of the loan and defaults made, if any. - The loan payback capacity of the firm identified by the cash and bank balance, debtors collection period etc. - Various ratios are to be computed related to working capital and assets. - The capital contribution in relation to the loans and liabilities.
Link for some formats is given below. also check the files section for more.
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