ACCT 23020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Cash Flow, Net Income, Regional Policy Of The European Union
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Learning objective 1: identify the purposes of the statement of cash flows. Statement of cash flows purposes: predicts future cash flows, evaluates management decisions, determines a company"s ability to pay dividends and interest, shows the relationship of net income to cash flows. Cash and cash equivalents: cash equivalents are highly liquid short-term investments that can be converted into cash immediately, examples include money-market accounts and investments in u. s. government securities. Learning objective 2: distinguish among operating, investing, and financing activities. Three types of cash flow activities: operating create revenue, expenses, gains and losses net income, investing cash flows related to long-term assets, financing cash flows related to long-term liabilities and owners" equity. Two formats for operating activities: indirect reconciles from net income to net cash provided by operating activities, direct reports all cash receipts and cash payments from operating activities. Learning objective 3: prepare a statement of cash flows using the indirect method.