Case - Statement of Cash Flow: Three Examples Exhibit #1 Alpha Corp: In this example we have a case in which years 89, 90 and 91 net income is less than net cash provided by operating activities. One of the major reasons for this appears to have been depreciating high cost of equipment. The depreciation is trending downward over the three-year period indicating less long-term assets are being purchased/capitalized to run operations. While depreciation does not involve cash, it does impact
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Rev. November 3, 1998 rP Statements of Cash Flows: Three Examples yo John Stacey, a sales engineer for Aldhus Corporation, was worried. A flight delay had caused him to miss last week’s accounting class in the evening MBA program in which he had enrolled at the suggestion of the personnel director at Aldhus, a growing manufacturer of computer peripherals. The class he had missed had been devoted to a lecture and discussion of the statement of cash flows, and he was sure the material
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9-193-103 Rev. November 3, 1998 Statements of Cash Flows: Three Examples John Stacey, a sales engineer for Aldhus Corporation, was worried. A flight delay had caused him to miss last week’s accounting class in the evening MBA program in which he had enrolled at the suggestion of the personnel director at Aldhus, a growing manufacturer of computer peripherals. The class he had missed had been devoted to a lecture and discussion of the statement of cash flows, and he was sure the material he had
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into the following sequence. 1. Asset accounts Examples: * Cash | (Amount of cash on hand) | * Accounts Receivables | (Amount owed to the company for services performed or products sold, where the cash has not yet been received) | * Property and Equipment | (Amount of land, buildings and equipment) | * Prepaid Insurance | (Insurance paid in advance, but not yet used) | 2. Liability accounts Examples: * Accounts Payable | (Amount owed to suppliers
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CONCEPTS a. The statement of cash flows details the actual cash generated through a specific time period, usually for fiscal year ending 20XX, for example. The cash flow statement, specifically, identifies the actual cash flowing in and out of the company and reveals how a company spends its money. Conversely, the income statement is based on the accrual method of accounting and will contain revenue, for example, that has not been received or expenses that have not yet been paid. b. The
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Navarrete Weis Markets Inc. Case 2 A. The statement of cash flows simply provides information on cash coming in and out of the company. The statement of cash flows consists of three different categories: operating, investing, and financing activities by the company that affected the cash flows. The main difference between The Statement of Cash Flows and The Income statement is accrual accounting. Accrual accounting is used when developing income statements because it records revenues and expenses
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According to “Financial Accounting, sixth edition”, cash flow “permits a company to expand operations, replace worn assets, take advantage of new investment opportunities, and pay dividends to its owners”. Analyzing cash flow enables one to understand what happened to cash and cash equivalents throughout a specific period – how to the beginning balance of cash become the ending balance. The statement classifies cash flow in three different categories; operating activities, investing activities,
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Statement of Cash Flows It was the fall of 2011 and I was reporting sales close to $10,000 for the month of November, thanks in part, to the holiday rush. On the surface, it was pretty good for a first-year online “micro” business selling custom tableware and home decor, run by one person on a part-time basis. As I was caught up on the selling-to-customers aspect of my business, I neglected to pay attention to the inflows and outflows of cash until it was time to file tax returns the following
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Indicate the Usefulness of the Statement of Cash Flows The statement of cash flows reports the cash receipts, cash payments, and the net change in cash resulting from the operating, investing, and financing activities of a company during the period. The information in a statement of cash flows should help investors, creditors, and others assess: ▪ The company’s ability to generate future cash flows. By examining relationships between items in the statement of cash flows, investors and others can
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What Are Financial Statements? 4/24/2012 BUS 100 Jay Hosey What Are Financial Statements? Business owners use three basic financial statements to track the financial health of there businesses. These statements are the income statement, the cash flow statement, and the balance sheet. Business owners generally create these statements monthly using their financial records. The Income Statement An income statement is a financial statement used to show whether a business is generating a
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