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CASH FLOW
Statement of Cash Flow
shows the movement in the
Cash account of a company.
CASH FLOW Represents
Represents
•Inflows (Receipts)
•Outflows (Payments
or Disbursements)
THREE ACTIVITIES OF CASH FLOWS
•Operating Activities
•Investing Activities
•Financing Activities
Sections of the SCF
1. Operating activities
✔ The SCI shows a net income computed based on accrual.
On the other hand, SCF shows net cash flows provided by
or used in operating activities.
✔ Examples of cash flow transactions reported under
operating activities are:
a. Cash received from customers (cash receipts from
sale of goods and rendering of services)
b. Cash received from fees, commissions, and other
income
c. Cash payments to suppliers
d. Cash payments to employees
e. Cash payments for other operating expenses
f. Interest payments
Sections of the SCF
2. Investing activities
✔ Reported within this section are cash used for acquisition of
property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and other long
term assets as well as cash proceeds from the disposals of such
long term assets.
✔ Cash flows from investing activities hints on the company’s
ability to generate cash in the future.
✔ A negative cash flows from investing activities implies that the
company used cash to acquire long-term assets intended to
generate cash and revenue in the future. On the other hand, a
positive cash flow from investing activities may indicate that the
company is divesting or downsizing.
Sections of the SCF
2. Investing activities
✔ Examples of cash flow transactions reported under investing
activities:
a. Cash payments to acquire property, plant and equipment,
intangibles and other long-term assets.
b. Cash receipts from sale of property, plant and equipment, intangibles and
other long-term assets.
c. Cash loans made to other parties (long term note receivable).
d. Cash collection on long term note receivable.
Sections of the SCF
3. Financing activities
✔ Cash flow from financing activities is the last section of the SCF.
This section reports cash received and cash paid to equity
owners and long-term creditors.
✔ Examples of cash flow transactions reported under financing
activities:
a. Cash received from issuing common shares (or capital
contribution from owners).
b. Cash received from issuing notes or getting a long term
loan from a bank.
c. Cash dividends distributed to shareholders.
d. Cash withdrawals of owners.
e. Cash payment for principal of long-term loan.
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Main operations of the company
•professional services
•acquisition of inventories and supplies
•selling of inventories for merchandising and manufacturing
concerns
•collection of accounts
• payment of accounts to suppliers
Cash inflows (proceeds) from operating
activities include:
• Cash receipts from sales of goods and services including receipts from
collection of accounts receivable and both short/long-term notes
receivable from customers and students arising from those sales
• Cash receipts from quasi-external operating transactions with other
funds
• Grant receipts for activities considered as operating activities of the
grantor government
• Cash receipts for reimbursement of operating transactions
• Cash receipts from collection of program loans
Cash outflows (payments) from operating
activities include:
• Cash payments to suppliers of goods and services
• Cash payments to employees for services including benefits
• Cash payments for grants considered to be operating activities of the
grantor
• Cash payments for quasi-external operating transactions (including
payments in lieu of taxes)
• Cash payments for program loans
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
"where the company puts its money for long-term purposes“
•Acquisition of property, plant and
equipment
•Investment in long term securities
Cash inflows (proceeds) from investing
activities include:
• Receipts from collections of loans (except program loans) and sales of
other entities’ debt instruments (other than cash equivalents)
• Receipts from sales of equity instruments and from returns of
investment in those instruments
• Receipts of interest and dividends received as returns on loans
(except program loans), debt instruments of other entities, equity
securities and cash management or investment pools
• Receipts from withdrawals on investment pools the governmental
enterprise is not using as demand accounts
Cash outflows (payments) for investing
activities include:
• Payments for loan disbursements (except program loans) and
acquisition of debt instruments of other entities
• Payments to acquire equity instruments
• Payments for deposits into investment pools the governmental
enterprise is not using as demand accounts
FINANCING ACTIVTIES