How do I build realistic financial projections for a new business plan in the UAE?

Realistic financial projections have to be built bottom-up: start with actual market analysis (how many potential customers, how much they'd pay), not a target number worked backward until it looks plausible. You also need to account for costs that are easy to forget — license fees and renewals, employee visa and insurance costs, and tax obligations from year one (corporate tax, and VAT if you cross the threshold) — not just rent and salaries.

The single most important part of any projection is the cash flow scenario, not just profitability, because most businesses that close in their first two years close from running out of cash, not from being unprofitable. At RASEEKH, we help new business owners build financial projections grounded in real market numbers and actual setup costs, not generic templates pulled off the internet.