cash flow statement Flashcards
cash
cash in hand and checking accounts
Cash equivalents
short-term, highly liquid investments (treasury bills, commercial papers, money market funds)
set of financial statements
- Balance sheet (statement of financial position) (static view)
- The income statement (dynamic view of business activity)
1 + 2 = 3. Statement of cash flows
Goal of the statement of cash flows
- primary purpose: provide info about the company’s cash receipts and cash payments during a period
- secondary purpose: provide cash-basis info about the company’s operating, investing, and financing activities
Cash flow statement provides info about:
- to assess a company’s ability to generate future cash flows
- to assess a company’s ability to pay dividends and meet various contractual obligations.
- To assess the difference between net income and net cash flow generated from operating activities
- To assess the cash and non-cash investing and financing transactions during the period.
3 types of cash flows
- operating activities
- investing activities
- financing activities
change in cash =
cash from operating operations + cash from investments + cash from financing
classification: interest paid
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classification: interest received
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classification: dividends paid
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Classification: dividends received
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Classification: taxes paid
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3 documents you need to prepare CF STATEMENTS
Balance sheet, income statement, selected transactions
CF statement : Step 1 :
determine change in cash
CF statement : Step 2 : what are the two options
To determine the CFO (cash flow from operating activities):
- CFO = cash revenues - cash expenses (direct method)
- CFO = NI + non-cash expenses - [non-cash revenues] (indirect)