True Cash Position

Bank balance is not runway.

Bank balance shows cash recorded in the account. True Cash Position is RunwayCal's product-derived view that keeps held cash and supported recorded obligation context together. Runway is a separate, timing-aware planning readout, and expected receipts or scenarios do not become current cash.

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Held cash: Recorded account balances
Obligations: Supported recorded context
Runway: A separate timing-aware readout

Conceptual difference between a balance and decision context

Bank balance aloneHow much cash is recorded?One current-state answer

Decision contextWhat is held, and what is already spoken for?Supported recorded obligations stay visible

Held cashObligations visibleTrue Cash PositionRunway reviewed separately

Conceptual sequence only. It is not a literal formula, forecast, or spending recommendation.

The job

Know which number you are looking at before you make the decision.

A bank balance can answer how much cash is recorded now. It cannot by itself show every supported obligation, explain how long the current path lasts, or decide what the business should spend next.

01How much cash is recorded now?: Treasury Total Cash reflects recorded balances across supported accounts. It is not unused credit, expected customer money, or a recommendation about what is safe to spend.
02What recorded obligations are already visible?: Supported tax obligations and other recorded obligation context can change the product-derived decision view even before the related cash leaves the account.
03How long can the current path continue?: Runway is reviewed separately through the timing-aware monthly path. It can change when recorded cash, burn, receipts, obligations, or timing change, and it is never guaranteed.

From context to decision

Move from the balance to a decision without collapsing the meanings.

Start with held cash.

Recorded account balances establish the current cash starting point. Credit availability and expected money stay outside that held-cash total.

Make supported obligations visible.

A recorded tax obligation or other supported obligation can already matter to the decision even when payment has not happened. This is context, not proof of settlement.

Read True Cash Position as a product-derived view.

The metric keeps supported cash and obligation context together. It is not a universal accounting measure, literal safe-to-spend formula, or substitute for judgment.

Review runway separately.

Runway follows the supported timing-aware monthly path. A scenario can test a different future without replacing the current runway readout.

Product evidence

See the product distinction between held cash, obligation context, and runway.

These current screenshots show the product-derived cash view and the separate runway readout. The example amounts describe the captured product state, not a general formula.