The document discusses a cash flow statement, which reflects sources and uses of cash from operating, investing, and financing activities. Operating activities relate to day-to-day business operations and include cash from sales, collections from debtors, and expenses. Investing activities involve the purchase and sale of long-term assets and investments. Financing activities relate to changes in a company's debt and equity capital structure, such as issuing shares or taking out loans. A cash flow statement provides useful information but has some limitations as precisely defining "cash" can be difficult.
2. What is CASH?
Cash in hand
Demand deposits in bank
Cash equivalents short-term
highly liquid investment
readily convertible into cash
3. CASH FLOW STATEMENT
It reflects applications &
sources of cash
resources resulting in
increase/ decrease in
cash & cash
equivalents.
6. Operating activities
Deals with day to day
*Inflows
Cash from sales
Cash received from debtors
Cash received from
commission and fees
Royalty & other revenues
business activities.
*Outflows
Cash purchases
Payment to creditors
Payment of wages
Income tax
Cash operating expenses
7. Investing activities
Acquisition and disposal of long-term
* Inflows
Sale of fixed asset
Sale of investments
Interest received
Dividend received
assets and other investments.
* Outflows
Purchase of fixed assets
Purchase of
investments
8. Financing activities
Relate to changes in the composition of
* Inflows
Issue of :shares
debentures
Proceeds from
borrowing:
long term
short term
capital and debt of the company.
* Outflows
Cash repayments for
the amount borrowed
Interest paid on
loan/debentures
Dividends paid on:
equity &
preference shares
9. Limitations of cash flow
It is very difficult to define the term cash.
Controversies over a number of items like
cheques,stamps,postal orders,etc to be
included in cash or not.
Prepaid and accruals recorded as increase in
working capital would actually mislead to
equate net income to cash flows.