ACFI1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cash Flow Statement, Income Statement, Liquid Oxygen

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The Cash Flow Statement: Topic 11
LO1: Describe purpose of cash flow statement.
Reports cash receipts and cash payments, showing where cash came from (receipts) and how it was
spent (payments). It is dated the same as the income statement (for the year or period ended
________) and explains why profit does not equal the change in cash balance. It includes all short-
term assets.
LO2: Report cash flows from operating, investing and financial
activities.
Operating activities: transactions that make up profit.
oPayments to suppliers and employees (CP)
oPayments of interest and income tax, and other operating payments (CP)
oCollections from customers and receipts of interest and dividends (CR)
Investing activities: relate to long-term asset accounts.
oAcquisition of non-current assets and purchase of investments (long term) (CR)
oMaking loans (CR)
oSale of non-current assets and investments (LT) (CP)
oReceipts on loans receivable (CP)
Financing activities: relate to non-current liability accounts and owners equity accounts.
oPayment of dividends and principal amounts on debts (CP)
oIssuing of shares and borrowing money (CR)
LO3: Differentiate between direct and indirect methods for reporting
cash flows.
There are 2 formats for reporting cash flows from operating activities: direct and indirect.
Direct: lists cash receipts from specific operating activities and payments for each major
operating activity.
Indirect: starts with profit and reconciles to cashflows from operating activities.
AASB 107, Cash Flow Statements, allows companies to use either method. If direct method is used,
disclosure in a note showing reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities to profit required.
LO4: Prepare cash flow statement by direct method.
Step 1: Identify activities that increased or decreased cash.
Step 2: Classify each cash increase or decrease as operating, investing or financing.
Operating listed first as this is most important source of cash for businesses. R then P.
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Reports cash receipts and cash payments, showing where cash came from (receipts) and how it was spent (payments). It is dated the same as the income statement (for the year or period ended. ________) and explains why profit does not equal the change in cash balance. Lo2: report cash flows from operating, investing and financial activities. Operating activities: transactions that make up profit: payments to suppliers and employees (cp, payments of interest and income tax, and other operating payments (cp, collections from customers and receipts of interest and dividends (cr) Investing activities: relate to long-term asset accounts: acquisition of non-current assets and purchase of investments (long term) (cr, making loans (cr, sale of non-current assets and investments (lt) (cp, receipts on loans receivable (cp) Financing activities: relate to non-current liability accounts and owners equity accounts: payment of dividends and principal amounts on debts (cp, issuing of shares and borrowing money (cr)

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