33:010:272 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Trial Balance, Income Statement, Financial Statement
Document Summary
The statement of cash flows reports the cash receipts, cash payments, and net change in cash resulting from operating, investing, and financing activities during a period. The information in a statement of cash flows helps investors, creditors, and others assess the following. 1. the entity"s ability to generate future cash flows. By examining relationships between items in the statement of cash flows, investors can better predict the amounts, timing, and uncertainty of future cash flows than they can from accrual-basis data. 2. the entity"s ability to pay dividends and meet obligations. If a company does not have adequate cash, it cannot pay employees, settle debts, or pay dividends. Employees, creditors, and stockholders should be particularly interested in this statement because it alone shows the flows of cash in a business. 3. the reasons for the difference between net income and net cash provided (used) by operating activities. Net income provides information on the success or failure of a business.