1102AFE Lecture 6: Week 6 Accounting for Decision making Lecture Notes

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Week 6 Accounting for Decision making Lecture Notes
Statement of cash flows
1. Importance of cash and cash flow
Need cash to pay bills
o A common cause of business failure is that they do not have enough
cash to pay bills
o Cash is the most important asset of a business and one that investors
and analysts watch closely
Because the balance sheet and income statement are prepared using accrual
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The balance sheet and income statement show changes in wealth, not cash
A statement of cash flows is needed because it shows liquidity, change in
cash flow
2. Cash and cash equivalents define
Examples include:
o Cash at bank
o Bank overdraft
o Short-term Money Market deposits
o Bank Bills
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Cash equivalents represent short-term, highly liquid investments that can
readily be converted to a fixed amount of cash
3. Roles of the three external financial reports
Balance sheet
o Measure the financial position at a given point in time
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accounts
o Based on accrual transactions
Income statement
o Measures the financial performance over a period of time
o Presents only revenues ® earned less expenses (E) incurred in earning
revenue (whether cash received or paid or not)
o Based on accrual transactions
Cash flow statement
o Identifies all cash receipts and cash payments for the period
o All account types included (A, L, OE, R, E). in other words, it does not
matter what the receipt of payment is for, it is included
o Based on cash, not accrual transactions
Cash flows statement is classified into three main sections reflecting the
major cash flow activities
o Operating activities income statement, revenue and expenses;
current assets and current liabilities in the balance sheet
o Investing activities non-current assets in the balance sheet
o Financing activities Non-current liabilities and equity in the balance
sheet
4. The cash flow statement: overview
Cash flow statement required by the accounting standards since 1991
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