Information Given by Cash Flow Statements: A cash flow statement is a special document that is a mandated to be prepared by the accountants of any firm. Cash flow statements are nothing but the record of all the cash transactions that take place in a company. It is important for the financial statements of a company to make and have cash flow statements because the cash flow statements demonstrate the ability of a company to generate cash. The incoming and the outgoing cash are all recorded via
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differences between the two statements as mentioned below: Meaning: Cash flow statement is a statement which reflects sources and uses of cash whereas fund flow statement is a statement that reflects changes in the working capital or fund. Scope: The scope of cash flow is limited and it is based on the narrow concept of fund. i.e. cash alone whereas funds flow statement is a broader term and it is a wider concept of fund. Component: Under cash flow statement‚ cash is an important factor and
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Ratio Analysis and Statement of Cash Flows Financial ratios are "just a convenient way to summarize large quantities of financial data and to compare firms’ performance" (Brealey & Myer & Marcus‚ 2003‚ p. 450). Financial ratios are very useful tools in order to determine the health of a company‚ help managers to make decision‚ and help to compare companies that belong to the same industry in order to know about their performance. Home Depot and Lowe’s are two home improvement chains in the United
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financial statement called "comparison balance sheet"‚ in 1863 to explain the reason for the inability to invest was due to the holding of too much inventory‚ despite the profit made. This was the beginning of the cash flow statement‚ which was later made compulsory by the Financial Accounting Standard Boards (FASB) under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This step was followed by International Accounting Standard Boards (IASB) when they issue IAS 7 Cash Flow Statement. The Cash Flow Statement
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Score for selected take: 40% (4/10) Time spent on selected take: 1. Your answer: Multiple Choice 15-1 Cash inflows from operating activities come from a. payment for raw materials. b. gains on the sale of operating equipment. c. collection of sales revenues. d. issuing capital stock. e. issuing bonds. 2. Your answer: Multiple Choice 15-2 Cash outflows from operating activities come from a. collection of sales revenues. b. payment for operating costs
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1.2 What is the difference between an annual report and a 10-K report? An annual report although could be consider as shorter version of 10k but the key difference lies in approach and intention of reporting‚ meaning with what point of view the document is prepared an annual report is persuasive in nature and persuade investors to invest with the corporation‚ printed on a glossy paper with attractive graphic and contains management spin‚ management could chose the level of detail to be provided
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Cash Flow Statements - Indirect method – Reconciliation for Cash from Operations –from Accrual profit to Cash generated. Accrual profit recorded items below that did not involve Cash Action to derive Cash Explanations and reasons for adjustments necessary to derive Cash from Operations [Profit making activities] 1 Depreciation buildings Add back Non cash expense that reduced profit 2 Proceeds from sale of Asset deduct Non cash gain or profit that increased profit 3 Carrying amount of Asset sold
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Income statement The income statement or the profit and loss account as it is also called measures reports how much profit (wealth) has the business generated over a period of time. To measure profit the total generated revenue over a period must be identified. Revenue is a measure of inflow of economic benefits arising from the operations of the business. These benefits will either result in an increase of assets such as cash or amounts owed to the business by the customers or a decrease
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CFO compared to Net Income 3. CFO>Capex? 4. CFO>Capex + Dividends 5. Excess Cash 6. Source of cash to pay Capex and/or Dividends 7. Were working capital accounts other than cash and cash equivalents primary sources of cash or users of cash? 8.What other major items affected cash flows? 1991 1. Major sources of cash are cash received from customers and proceeds from the issuance of common stock. Major uses of cash are cash paid to suppliers and
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TRUE-FALSE STATEMENTS 8. Closing entries are not needed if the business plans to continue operating in the future and issue financial statements each year. 9. The dividends account is closed to the Income Summary account in order to properly determine net income (or loss) for the period. 10. After closing entries have been journalized and posted‚ all temporary accounts in the ledger should have zero balances. 11. Closing revenue and expense accounts to the
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