Cashflow Notes
Cashflow Notes
Chapter 12
• based on cash accounting
• amount of net income in a period is usually different
than the amount of increase in cash in the same
period
• reports the effects of the activities – investing,
financing, operations –of an entity on its cash flow
and ties the three activities of a business together
• cash includes cash and cash equivalents
– Cash equivalents: treasury bills maturing in 90 days or less;
investment funds; foreign currency on hand; checking
account and free savings account
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Activities
1. Operations -- cash flows related to selling goods
and services; that is, the principle business of the
firm.
2. Investing -- cash flows related to the acquisition
or sale of non-current assets.
3. Financing -- long term and short term cash flows
related to liabilities and owners’ equity; dividends
are a financing cash outflow.
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Components of the Statement of Cash Flows
+ or -
Cash received from
cash flow
Investing sales of investments
and longterm assets - Cash paid to purchase
long-term investments = from investing
+ or -
Cash received from Cash paid for
cash flow
Financing issue of debt or
capital stock - dividends and to
repay debt or to buy
treasury stock
= from financing
=
Net change in cash
cash inflows cash outflows for the period
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Classification of Cash in-flows and
From sales of goods and
outflows To pay wages
services to customers To purchase inventory
From receipt of interest To pay expenses
Operating Activities
or dividends To pay interest
From sale of trading To pay taxes
securities
To purchase trading sec.
From sale of PPE and other
long-term assets To purchase PPE and
other longterm assets
From sale of short or long-
term securities Investing Activities To purchase longterm
securities
From collection of loans
To make loans
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Determination of Cash Flows From Operating
Activities
Direct Method
Income Statement items are converted to cash flows
individually
Indirect Method
Net income or loss is adjusted for accruals such as accounts
receivable and payable, and for non-cash expenses such as
depreciation
reconciliation of the accrual based and cash based
accounting
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Indirect Method- operating activities
Net income
+ noncash expenses: depreciation, amortization,
gain/loss on sale of PPE, etc.
+ loss on sale of asset
+ increases in current liabilities
+ decreases in current assets
- gain on sale of asset
- decrease in current liabilities
- increase in current assets
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