ACCT1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Asset, Cash Flow Statement, Operating Cash Flow

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Lecture 9 - Cash Flow Statement
Friday, 4 May 2018
12:00 PM
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The cash flow statement reports the changes in a business' cash during an accounting
period
The cash flow statement shows cash inflows and outflows for an accounting period
classified into operating, investing or financing activities
It shows where cash came from and then where it went
Cash flows are not the same as accounting flows
Business cash flow broken down to three sections according to the type activity
o Operating
o Investing
o Financing
Operating activities include the primary activities of buying, selling and delivering goods
for sale as well as providing services. They include support activities such as administration
There are two methods of calculating these cash flows; the direct method and the indirect
method
Under the direct method a business may report operating cash inflows in three categories
o Collections from customers
o Collections of interest
o Other operating receipts
Cash outflows go into four categories
o Payments to suppliers
o Payments to employees
o Payments of interest
o Other
Investing activities include lending money and collecting on the loans, investing in other
companies and buying and selling property and equipment
Cash flows related to investing activities often involve changes in non-current assets
Financing activities include obtaining capital from the owner and providing the owner with
a return on investment as well as obtaining capital from banks/lenders/financiers and
repaying the amounts borrowed
Generally, cash flows from financing activities involve changes in non-current liabilities and
owner's equity capital
PREPARATION OF CASH FLOW STATEMENT USING DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS IN
VIDEO
Analysis of all cash transactions is time-consuming and costly, so we 'convert' accounting
information into cash flows to obtain the information needed
The cash flow statement helps financial statement users to evaluate a business with
respect to:
o Solvency
o Ability to generate cash to cover operating activities
o Debt servicing ability
o Ability to finance expansion
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