Statement of cash flows Flashcards
How are T Bills treated on the statement of cash flows?
U.S. Treasury bills are not considered to be a cash equivalent item so purchasing the T-bill merely changes the form of cash held, it does not change the cash poisition of the entity.
This, the purchase is not reported on the statement of cash flows.
What are the required disclosures under the direct method under U.S. GAAP?
- The major classes of gross cash receipts and gross cash payments.
- The amount of income taxes paid.
- A reconciliation of net income to net cash flows from operations.
The reconcilation of retained earnings to net cash flows is NOT required.
Cash flows from operating activities
(CFO)
- Selling products/collecting receivables
- Purchasing inventory/paying vendors
- Purchsing supplies and services/paying vendors
- Paying taxes
- Purchasing/selling trading secuirites
- Collecting interest on an investment
- Collecing dividends on an investment
- Paying interest on debt
Cash flows from Investing activities
(CFI)
- Purchasing long-term assets or long-term investments for cash
- Selling long-term assets or investments (noncash equivalents and non-trading securities) - cash proceeds
Cash flow from financing activities
(CFF)
- Borrowing funds (i.e, bank loans, issuing debt)
- Paying principal on debt
- Issuing common or preferred stock
- Paying dividends on common or preferred stock (not declared)
- Repurchsing stock
Which shold be disclosed as **supplemental information **in the statement of cash flows?
Cash flow per share?
Conversion of debt to equity?
Cash flow per share- NO
Conversion of debt to equity- YES
Disclosures using indirect method
Financial statements should not report an amount of cash flow per share.
Things that should
- Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized
- Income taxes paid
- Dividends paid on preferred stock
Redemption of bonds payable formula
Beginning balance (end of year 1)
Add: Issuance of bonds for whatever
Subtotal
less: (redemption of bonds payable) plug
Ending balance (end of year 2)
Operating activities (indirect method)
Current asset increase?
Current asset decrease?
Current liabilities increase?
Current liabilities decrease?
- Current asset increase: subtract
- Current asset decrease: add
- Current liabilities increase: add
- Current Liablities decrease: subtract
Operating activities summary
- Cash received from customers
- Cash paid to suppliers and employees
- Interest receiced and interest paid
- Dividends received
- Purchases and sales of trading securities (if appropirate)
- Income taxes paid
- All other cash transactions
Operating activities (indirect method)
- Record net income
- Adjust net income for noncash items such as deprecation and the impairment of goodwill
- Reverse the income statement gain or loss shown on the sale of any asset
- Adjust for changes in current assets and current liablities except for cash accounts andn accounts treated elsewhere in the statement
Financing activities (direct and indirect methods)
- All sums borrowed and/or repaid (principal amount only)
- Issuance and/or repurchse of own company stock
- Dividends paid (not received)
Investing activities (direct and indriect methods)
- All sums lent and/or repaid (principal only).
- Purchase and/or sale of noncurrent assets (including fixed assets, intangible assets, and marketable securities).
Cash payments made to reduce debt prinicpal are properly reported as a financing activitiy.