CASH FLOW STATEMENT and its ANALYSIS Cash flow statement • A cash flow statement presents information about the cash flows associated with the company’s main operations and those associated with its investing and financing activities of the period • A cash flow statement functions in conjunction with both the income statement (performance dimension) and the balance sheet (financial position) • IAS 7 Cash Flow Statements Statement of Cash Flows • Provides information about cash inflows and outflows
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In preparing a statement of cash flows‚ the term cash is broadly defined to include both cash and cash equivalents. Cash comprises cash on hand and demand deposit with banks. Cash equivalents consist of short term‚ highly liquid investments such as treasury bills‚ commercial paper‚ and money market funds. Such investments are made solely for the purpose of generating a return on funds that are temporary idle. Instead of simply holding cash‚ most companies invest their excess cash reserves in these
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14 Statement of Cash Flows Solutions to Questions 14-1 The statement of cash flows highlights the major activities that impact cash flows and hence affect the overall cash balance. 14-2 Cash equivalents are short-term‚ highly liquid investments such as Treasury bills‚ commercial paper‚ and money market funds. They are included with cash because investments of this type are made solely for the purpose of generating a return on temporarily idle funds and they can be easily converted to cash. 14-3
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Analysis of Cash Flows Statements By Song Hanxiao Pace University – New York Campus MBA 640‚ 72052 Fall 2011 John Paul Required Research Paper Contents Abstract --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 | I. Introduction of importance of Cash Flows statements -------------------------------------4 | II. Function of Cash Flow Statements -----------------------------------------------------------5
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CASH FLOW 1. Liquidity measures how quickly and easily an asset can be converted to cash without significant loss in value. It’s desirable for firms to have high liquidity so that they have a large factor of safety in meeting short-term creditor demands. However‚ since liquidity also has an opportunity cost associated with it - namely that higher returns can generally be found by investing the cash into productive assets - low liquidity levels are also desirable to the
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(BWFF1013) FIRST SEMESTER 2012/2013 (A121) CHAPTER 2-FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND CASH FLOWS Section A Please circle TRUE or FALSE to the following statements. 1) An income statement reports a firm’s cumulative revenues and expenses from the inception of the firm through the income statement date. Answer: FALSE 2) A firm’s income statement reports the results from operating the business for a period of time‚ while the firm’s balance sheet provides a snapshot of the firm’s financial position at
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and explain the statement of cash flows by incorporating the statements No. 95‚ 102 and 104 that establish standards for cash flows reporting issued by FASB[i]. FASB Statement No. 95 (FAS 95) “Statement of Cash Flows” supersedes APB Opinion No. 19‚ Reporting Changes in Financial Position‚ and requires a statement of cash flows as part of a full set of financial statements for all business enterprises[ii] in place of a statement of changes in financial position and classify cash receipts and payments
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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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Personal Cash Flow Statement Summary Carisma Logan FP/120 01/10/2013 Robert Key Personal Cash Flow Statement Summary How does a personal cash flow statement help you organize your finances? The best part of a personal cash flow statement is that it really helps you to see where money is being spent that doesn’t need to be. It helps you to discover which areas need more attention and which may need less. I am a very visual learning so I prefer to see information laid out like the cash flow
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following information was taken from the 2006 financial statements of pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co. All dollar amounts are in millions. Retained earnings‚ January 1‚ 2006 $37‚980.0 Materials and production expense 6‚001.1 Marketing and administrative expense 8‚165.4 Dividends 3‚318.7 Sales revenue 22‚636.0 Research and development expense 4‚782.9 Tax expense 1‚787.6 Other revenue 2‚677.1 Hint: Prepare income statement and retained earnings statement. (SO 4) Instructions
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