Statement of Cash Flows - 17 Flashcards
Statement of Cash Flows is typically the third financial statement prepared?
Yes
The Statement of Cash Flows is basically converting from the Accrual Basis to the Cash Basis?
Yes
Key Words:
- Cash Equivalents
- Financing Activities
- Investing Activities
- Operating Activities
- Reconciliation of Net Income
- Direct Method (Direct Presentation)
- Indirect Method (Indirect Pres)
- Significant Non-Cash Investing & Financing Activities
- Treasury Bills (T-Bills)
- Commercial Paper
- Certificates of Deposit (CD)
- Money Market
Statement of Cash Flow should explain what?
Changes in Cash & Cash Equivalents which include highly liquid investments
Examples of Cash Equivalents?
- Treasury Bills
- Commercial Paper - Short Term Liability issued by company
- Money Markets
- Certificates of Deposits (as long as there is no penalty for early withdrawal)
Cash Equivalent must have an original maturity time period of what?
3 months from date of purchase
Are you allowed to net checking account balances from different banks?
No
If you had a negative balance in Bank A and a positive balance in Bank B, how would you treat the negatiev balance in Bank A?
As a short term liability
What are the two methods of presentation on the Statement of Cash Flows?
- Direct
- Indirect
*These methods only cause differences in the operating section and the disclosures
The Statement of Cash Flows requires what other financial statements to compute?
- Income Statement for the current period
2. Balance Sheet as of End of Current Period and End of Previous Period
What do the different activities focus on?
Operating - Income Statement
Investing - Assets on BS
Financing - Liab & SHE on BS
How is the Direct Method calculated?
Take each revenue and each expense and convert from Accrual Basis to Cash Basis
How is the Indirect Method calculated?
Take Net Income and reconcile to cash from operating activities
What must be disclosed under the Indirect Method?
- Income Taxes Paid
2. Interest Paid
What must be disclosed under the Direct Method?
- Reconciliation of NI to Cash from Operating Activities (Basically the Indirect Method)