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The Cash Flow Statementby Binam Ghimire

Learning Objective

1. Cash Flow from Operations2. Cash Flow from Investing3. Cash Flow from Financing 4. IAS7 Presentation of the Cash Flow Statement5. Analysis of Cash Flow

Cash Flow Statement IAS 7

Fundamental Principle in IAS 7 All enterprises that prepare financial statements

in conformity with IFRSs are required to present a statement of cash flows.

  Objective of IAS 7

 to require the presentation of information about the historical changes in cash and cash equivalents of an enterprise by means of a statement of cash flows, which classifies cash flows during the period according to operating, investing, and financing activities.

  What are cash and cash equivalents ?

Cash & Cash Equivalents

cash on hand demand deposits short-term, highly liquid investments that are

readily convertible to a known amount of cash, and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. Guidance notes indicate that an investment

normally meets the definition of a cash equivalent when it has:

a maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition.

overdrawn bank balances where these readily fluctuate from positive to negative

Presentation of the Statement of Cash Flows

  Cash flows must be analysed between

 Operating,  Investing  Financing Activities.

 

Operating activities

Are the main revenue-producing activities of the enterprise that are not investing or financing activities,

So operating cash flows include cash received from customers and cash paid to suppliers and employees

Investing activities

Are the

acquisition and

disposal

of long-term assets and other investments that are not considered to be cash equivalents

Financing activities

Are activities that alter the equity capital and borrowing structure of the enterprise

Note:

Interest and Dividends received and paid may be classified as operating, investing, or

financing cash flows, provided that they are classified consistently from period to period

Taxation Cash Flows Cash flows arising from taxes on income are

normally classified as operating, unless they can be specifically identified with financing or investing activities

Extraordinary Items Should be classified as operating, investing or

financing as appropriate and should be separately disclosed

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Cash Flows and Life CycleCash Flows and Life Cycle

Summary so far…. A Cash Flow Statement is:

 a statement of the cash that flowed into and out of the business over the last year.

To aid understanding it is normally presented under 3 headings:  Net Cashflow (in – out) from Operating Activities

(i.e. from your core trading activity – clearly this should produce a positive cash inflow)

 Net Cashflow from Investing Activities (e.g. buying/selling Non Current Assets. Growing

companies will therefore have a negative cashflow).  Net Cashflow from Financing

(e.g. cash received/repaid re share issues and debt – as a result it may well be negative)

The addition of these 3 will then balance to the Increase/Decrease in the Bank/Cash balances over the year

 

Cisco Systems

You will note that: $

Net cash from operating activities 9,897 Net cash used in investing activities (9,959)Net cash from refinancing activities 589Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

527

The Net Decrease in Cash will be reflected in the Balance Sheet

You will note that: £ M

Net cash from operating activities 3,992 Net cash used in investing activities (1,859)Net cash from refinancing activities (3,036)Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(903)

The Net Decrease in Cash will be reflected in the Balance Sheet

The Relationship between the Balance Sheet and the Cash Flow Statement

The relationship between the Balance Sheet and the Cash Flow Statement, usually reveals:the Investment Cycle representing the

purchase of Non Current Assetsthe Operating Cashflow, financing Working

Capital (purchase of Current Assets and payment of Current Liabilities)

Cashflow from Financing (Equity and/or Debt) to finance the investment in Non Current Assets

  Cash Flow

BALANCE SHEET   Cash FlowASSETS

 LIABILITIES

Investment Cycle(i.e. cash used to buy assets or received from the sale of assets)

Non Current Assets

Equity From Financing (i.e. cash from shares issued and loans taken)

Non Current Liabilities (Debt)

Operating Cycle(i.e. from core trading activities) 

Current Assets  

Current Liabilities

Evaluation

What does the Cash Flow Statement of Tesco tell you about them, after all the Net Decrease in cash and cash equivalents is £ 903 M for the year ?

Summary

Fundamental Principle in IAS 7 All enterprises that prepare financial statements

in conformity with IFRSs are required to present a statement of cash flows.

 Objective of IAS 7  to require the presentation of information about

the historical changes in cash and cash equivalents of an enterprise by means of a statement of cash flows, which classifies cash flows during the period according to operating, investing, and financing activities.

Cash flows must be analysed betweenOperating,Investing  Financing Activities.