SOCF Flashcards
Why are the users of the accounting information are particularly interested in the enterprise’s cash flows?
Assess the ability of the enterprise to remain solvent - pay its expenses, repay debts and provide returns to creditors and investors.
What kind of statement is providing information about the historical changes in cash and cash equivalents of an enterprise during the reporting period?
Statement of cash flow
The users of an enterprise’s financial statements are interested in?
How enterprise generates and uses cash & cash equivalents
The statement of cash flows, when used in conjunction with the rest of the financial statements enables users to?
(1) Evaluate the changes in net assets of an enterprise financial structure
This statement provides a cash balance at the reporting date, but it does not provide information on what happened during the period to arrive at the cash balance?
sofp
This statement provides information about income and expenses, but it does not provide information on how much income results in cash inflow and how much expenses result in cash outflow?
soci
What are the two things that only a cash flow statement tells?
Cash receipts and cash payments
Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments that are both?
(a) readily convertible to known amounts of cash
(b) are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value
How do we qualify investments as a cash equivalent?
(a) short maturity - (90 days)3 months or less, from the date of acquisition
Where should the enterprise also disclose the policy that it adopts in determining the composition of its cash and cash equivalents?
Notes to fs
What is cash flow activity?
It is a transaction that results in inflow or outflow of cash and cash equivalents
What is a transaction that results in inflow or outflow of cash and cash equivalents?
Cash flow activity
What is not considered cash flow activities?
Conversion of cash into cash equivalents and conversions of cash equivalents into cash
The purchase of an instrument is classified as a?
Cash equivalent NOT a cash flow activity
The termination of investment placements is classified as?
Cash flows equivalents into cash is NOT a cash flow activity
Interest received is classified as?
it increases cash & cash equivalents, therefore as a cash inflow
The statement of cash flows should report cash flows during the period classified into?
(a) operating activities
(b) investing activities
(c) financing activities
The classification by activity provides information that allows users to?
(a) assess the impact of those activities on sofp
(b) amount of cash & cash equivalents
What is the general condensation format of a statement of cash flows?
Cash flows from:
Operating activities Pxx
Investing activities xx
Financing activities xx
Net increase (decrease) in cash & cash equivalents Pxx
Cash & cash equivalents at beginning of period xx
Cash & cash equivalents at end of period Pxx
The bottom figure in the statement of cash flows is the amount of cash & cash equivalents that are reported in the entity’s statement of?
Financial position
It is a key indicator of the extent to which the operations of the enterprise have generated sufficient cash flows to repay loans, maintain operating capability of the enterprise, pay dividends, and make new investments?
Operating activities
Operating activities is a key indicator of the extent to which the operations of the enterprise have generated sufficient cash flows to?
(a) repay loans
(b) maintain operating capability of the enterprise
(c) pay dividends
(d) make new investments
Cash flows from operating activities are primarily derived from the?
Principal revenue - producing activities of the enterprise