In financial accounting, a cash flow statement, also known as statement of cash flows or funds flow statement,[1] is a financial statement that shows how changes in balance sheet accounts and income affect cash and cash equivalents, and breaks the analysis down to operating, investing, and financing activities. Essentially, the cash flow statement is concerned with the flow of cash in and cash out of the business. The statement captures both the current operating results and the accompanying changes
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the statement of cash flow. Discuss the decisions that are made based upon this information. Statement of cash flow reports sources and uses of cash for an entity and provide an entry for the cash balance shown on your balance sheet. Also statement of cash flow knows where the cash comes from is important in projecting whether cash will be generated from those sources in the future. In addition it also must knowing where the cash goes is important in assessing the organization’s future cash needs
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of financial statements for an entity at a point in time and/or its results cash flows for a period of time. 2. What are the three major divisions in the accounting field? Internal Auditing: the practice of examination in the financial statements within a company by a third party with the objective of expressing an opinion about the fairness of the company’s financial position Governmental and Non-profit auditing: the practice of examination in the financial statements of a state or
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[pic] Financial Statement Analysis For Small Businesses A Resource Guide Provided By Virginia Small Business Development Center Network (Revised for the VSBDC by Henry Reeves 3/22/2011) Contents |Topic |Page | |Introduction |3
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Financial Statements and Cash Flow 2 LO 1 LO 2 LO 3 LO 4 Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow W hen a company announces a “write-off,” it frequently means that the value of the company’s assets has declined. AFTER STUDYING THIS CHAPTER, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: Differentiate between accounting value (or “book” value) and market value. Distinguish accounting income from cash flow. Explain the difference between average and marginal tax rates. Determine a firm’s cash flow from its financial
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page (IBM US Equity). Check Company Overview and then Company Management. Find the composition of the Management Team and the Board and check the backgrounds of the Chair as well as the top 3 longest serving board members. (a) How many of these three board members appear to be independent? (b) What are their compensations? (c) What other board memberships or executive positions do they hold? (d) Do you think having these positions help increase or reduce agency cost and help better align the
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Cash flows are critical to a company’s success because among other things they measure the ability of a business to generate cash internally. Positive cash flows allow a company to meet its obligations with creditors and suppliers, take advantage of investment opportunities, replace assets, negotiate better pricing in purchases, and pay dividends; all these without the need of incurring in external financing. Net cash flow needs to be distinguished from Net Income, which
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Accounting FOR DUMmIES 4TH ‰ EDITION By John A. Tracy, CPA Accounting For Dummies®, 4th Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical
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in gross profit margins and net profit margins (Table 2). Although the revenue was increasing from 1998 to 2000, the cost of doing business in Enron was also increasing over time. For example, in 2000, the company had usual cost increasing in gas, electricity metals and other products. The cost number was almost three times more than its last year. In Enron’s 10-K, FY 2000, the company made investment to purchase gas and electric utilities in a large dollar amount (Note 3). This big purchase largely
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