Chapter 23: Statement of Cash Flows Flashcards
The statement of Cash Flows is required for…
GAAP
- presents information about cash flows that the other statements only provide indirecty
- converts “accrual basis” net income to “cash basis”
Statement of cash flows
What are the GAAP requirements?
- explains the change in cash and cash equivalents
- cash equivalents: highly liquid investments that can be converted to cash in less than 3 month
- transactions between cash and cash equivalents are not reported
What are the major components of the statement of cash flows?
- operating activities (OA)
- investing activities (IA)
- financing activities (FA)
- Noncash investing and financing activities
Cash flows from ongoing operatiions.
operating activities (OA)
Purchase and disposal of operational assets, investments, and non-trade receivables.
investing activities (IA)
All debt and equity financing transactions.
financing activities (FA)
- reported as a supplement either narrative or schedule form
- noncash transactions that do not affect assets or liabilities (i.e. stock dividend) are not reported
noncash investing and financing activities
What are two examples of noncash investing and financing activities?
- conversion of debt to equity
- acquiring an asset through a capital lease
What are the two preparation methods for the statement of cash flows?
direct and indirect methods
Statement of Cash Flow Method?
- reports components of cash flows from OA as gross receipts (i.e. customers) and gross payments (i.e. suppliers)
- requires a reconciliation of net income to cash flows from OA
- FASB preferred method; however, it is not commonly used
direct method
Statement of Cash Flow Method?
- reports components of cash flows from OA as gross receipts (i.e. customers) and gross payments (i.e. suppliers)
- requires a reconciliation of net income to cash flows from OA
- FASB preferred method; however, it is not commonly used
direct method
Statement of Cash Flow Method?
- adjusts “accrual basis” net income to “cash basis” cash flows from operating activities
- Goal: reconcile earnings effect to operating cash flow effect
indirect method
Cash flows from what type of activities are the same under both the indirect and direct method?
- investing activities
- financial activities
In the indirect method, the items needed to prepare the statement are…
- comparative balance sheet
- income statement
- selected transaction data
- net income
- adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
cash flows from operating activities
In the operating activities, depreciation, amortization of intangibles and bond discounts, and bad debt expense are all types of….
non-cash expenses
Non-cash expenses are ___ in the operating activities section in the statement of cash flow.
added
In the operating activities, income from an equity method investment and amortization for bond premium are types of…
non-cash revenues
Non-cash revenues are ___ in the operating activities section in the statement of cash flow.
subtracted
In the operating activities, lales of PPE, investments, and extraordinary items are types of…
losses/gains on peripheral activity
losses/gains on peripheral activity are ___ in the operating activities section in the statement of cash flow.
added/subtracted
Increases and decreases in current assets and liabilities are all types of…
changes in current assets and liabilities
Increases in current assets are ___ in the operating activity section in the statement of cash flow.
subtracted