ACFI1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cash Flow Statement, Cash Flow, Financial Statement
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Cash is said to be the "life blood of a business", it is the medium by which assets are acquired, expenses are met, debts are paid and form of returns. Most organizations will not normally accept any other way of settling their claims against a business. A summary of the cash receipts and payments of the period. All payments are added together to give one figure which appears in the statement. Reconciliation of proft with cash flow from operating activites. The accounting standard requires a note that reconciles the profit or loss after tax with the cash flows from oa. This uses a system known as the indirect method= deducing the cash flows from operating activities in a cash flow statement by analyzing the business" financial statements. Only when an asset is sold can we calculate the actual depreciation incurred with complete accuracy. Bonus issues (result in an increase in share capital without any cash flow)