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Cashflow Statement
Cashflow Statement
II. Cash Equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments that are
readily convertible into known amount of cash and which are subject to an
insignificant risk of change in value.
An investment normally qualifies as cash equivalent only when it has a
short maturity of, say (a) treasury bills,(b) commercial paper,(c)money
market funds and (d)investments in preference shares and redeemable
within three months can also be taken as cash equivalents if there is no
risk of the failure of the company.
III. Cash Flows are inflows and outflows of cash and cash equivalents.AS-3
requires a cash flow statement to be prepared and presented in a manner
that it shows cash flows from business transactions during a period
classifying the into:
(I)Operating Activities; (ii) Investing Activities; (III) Financing Activities.
VI. Financing Activities: Financing activities are the activities that result in
change in the size and composition of the owner’s capital (including
preference share capital in the case of a company) and borrowing of the
enterprise.
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
If the amount of tax paid is not given, it is calculated by preparing the provision for
Tax Account:
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NOTE:
If only the provision for tax is given in the two Balance Sheets and no information
about tax paid is given, the amount in the previous year’s Balance sheet is
treated as tax paid during the current year. It involves an Outflow of cash.
The current year’s provision for tax represents the amount of tax provided for the
current year. It is added back to the current year’s profits to calculate net profit
before tax and extraordinary items (under the indirect method). It is merely a
book entry and does not involve outflow of cash.
The provision for Tax Account provides information about the tax paid during the
current year as well as the tax provided for the current year.
The amount being net profit before tax is the starting point for calculation. It can
be calculated as:
Difference between the Closing Balance and the Opening Balance of Profit and Loss A/c
Less: Refund for tax credited to the Profit and Loss A/c
Less: Extraordinary items, if any, credited to the Profit and Loss A/c
After that tax paid (the net of refund of tax) is deducted from cash generated
from operations to arrive at the cash flow from operating activities before
extraordinary items. After that we add or subtract the proceeds of
extraordinary item(s) to get Net cash from (used in) operating activities.
Current Assets
The general rules that develop from the above discussion are:
Treatment of Depreciation
Sale proceeds of fixed assets will, of course, result in a cash inflow but this inflow
will be shown in the cash flow statement under cash flow from investing activities.
CASE 1: When the Fixed Asset is shown at the Written down Value.
Under this case, depreciation is charged to the Asset Account and the
balance of the Asset Account shows the written down value of the
asset, which is also called the book value.
Dr. FIXED ASSETS ACCOUNT (AT WRITTEN DOWN VALUE) Cr.
NOTES:
1) Generally, the purchase of fixed assets is a balancing amount on the debit
side of the account and depreciation or the sale of fixed assets on the
credit side of the account.
2) Information regarding depreciation is generally given in the question.
Students are required find out only the sale or purchase of asset.
3) If the sale and depreciation are not given, then assume it is either sale or
depreciation and give your assumptions.
In case of land, it should be assumed sale as depreciation is not charged
on land. In case of patents/goodwill/trade marks, it should be assumed
that the amount is written off.
CASE 2: When the fixed assets are shown at their original cost and
accumulated depreciation (provision for depreciation) is separately
maintained.
Under this case, (in contrast to the above case), depreciation is not directly
charged to the Asset Account. The depreciation for the period is debited to the
depreciation account (transferred to P&L A/c) and credited to Accumulated
Depreciation Account.
In the Balance Sheet, asset appears at its original cost and the accumulated
depreciation is shown either by deducting from Fixed Asset Account or on the
liability side of Balance sheet. In such cases, we prepare separate accounts for
fixed assets and accumulated depreciation. Depreciation for the year can be
ascertained from provision for depreciation account.
Dr. FIXED ASSET ACCOUNT (AT COST) Cr.
NOTE: Normally, the purchase of fixed asset is a balancing amount on the debit
side of the account and the sale of fixed asset on the credit side of the account.
Enterprises
INDIRECT METHOD
FORMAT OF CASH FLOW STATEMENT
For the year ended….
As per Accounting Standard-3 (Revised)
Particulars Rs.
Notes:
1. Amounts in brackets indicate negative amounts, i.e., amounts that are to be
deducted.
2. Increase/Decrease in unpaid Interest on Debentures/Loans affects the Cash
Flow from Financing Activities and not Operating Activities.
3. Increase/Decrease in Unclaimed Dividend affects the Cash Flow from
Financing Activities and not Operating Activities.
4. Increase/Decrease in Accrued Interest on Investment affects the Cash Flow
from Investing Activities and not Operating Activities.