Accounting Principles

Second Canadian Edition

Weygandt · Kieso · Kimmel · Trenholm

Prepared by:
Carole Bowman, Sheridan College
 CHAPTER

18

CASH FLOW STATEMENT

 PURPOSE OF THE
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
• The primary purpose of the cash flow
statement is to provide information about
the cash receipts and cash payments of an
entity during a period.
• A secondary objective is to provide
information about its
– Operating activities
– Investing activities
– Financing activities
 MEANING OF CASH FLOWS
• The cash flow statement is usually prepared
using cash and cash equivalents as its basis.
• Cash equivalents are short-term, highly
liquid investments that are both
1. readily convertible to known amounts of
cash, and
2. so near to their maturity that their
market value is relatively insensitive
to changes in interest rates.
 CLASSIFICATION OF CASH
FLOWS

• Operating activities
• Investing activities
• Financing activities
 OPERATING ACTIVITIES

• Include
– Cash effects of transactions that create
revenues and expenses and
– Enter into determination of net income (loss)

Balance Sheet: Noncash Current

Assets and Current Liabilities;
Income Statement Items
 INVESTING ACTIVITIES

• Include
– Purchasing and disposing of investments
and productive long-lived assets using
cash and
– Lending money and collecting the loans

Balance Sheet: Investment and

Long-Term Asset Items
 FINANCING ACTIVITIES

• Include
– Obtaining cash from issuing debt and
repaying the amounts borrowed and
– Obtaining cash from owners/shareholders
and paying them drawings/dividends

Balance Sheet: Long-Term

Liability and Equity Items
 SIGNIFICANT NONCASH
ACTIVITIES
• If it does not affect cash, do NOT report in
body of cash flow statement
• Report in separate note to the financial
statements
 ILLUSTRATION 18-2
FORMAT OF CASH FLOW STATEMENT
COMPANY NAME
Operating, investing, Cash Flow Statement
and financing plus Period Covered
the significant Cash flows from operating activities
noncash investing (List of individual items)
and financing XX
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities
activities constitute XXX
the general format Cash flows from investing activities
of the cash flow (List of individual items)
XX
statement, an
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities
example of which XXX
is shown on the Cash flows from financing activities
right. (List of individual items)
XX
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
XXX
Net increase (decrease) in cash
 PREPARING
THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT
The cash flow statement is prepared differently
from the three other basic financial statements.
1. It is not prepared from the adjusted trial balance.
2. The cash flow statement deals with cash receipts
and payments, so the accrual concept is not used
in the preparation of this statement.
The information to prepare this statement usually
comes from three sources:
1. Comparative balance sheet
2. Current income statement
3. Additional information
 ILLUSTRATION 18-3
THREE MAJOR STEPS IN PREPARING
THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Step 1: Determine the net increase (decrease) in cash.
The difference between the
beginning and ending cash
balances can be easily calculated + or -
from comparative balance sheets.
Step 2: Determine net cash provided (used) by operating activities.
This step involves analysing not only the current XYZ
Goods
year’s income statement but also comparative
balance sheets and selected additional data.

Step 3: Determine net cash provided (used) by investing and

financing activities.
This step involves analysing
For
comparative balance sheet data Sale Investing Financing
and selected additional information
for their effects on cash.
STEP 1: DETERMINE NET INCOME
(DECREASE) IN CASH
 STEP 2: DETERMINE NET CASH
PROVIDED (USED) BY OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
• Net income must be converted from an
accrual basis to a cash basis in the
operating activities section
• Conversion may be done by two methods:
– Indirect (used extensively in practice)
– Direct
INDIRECT AND DIRECT METHODS

• Both methods arrive at the same total

amount of cash provided (used) by
operating activities
• Methods differ in disclosing the items
that make up the total amount
• Choice of methods affects only the
operating activities section; the investing
and financing activities sections are the
same
OPERATING ACTIVITIES –
INDIRECT METHOD

Section 1
 ILLUSTRATION 18-6
NET INCOME VS. NET CASH PROVIDED
BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
The indirect method starts with net income and converts it to net
cash provided by operating activities. In other words, it adjusts
net income for items that affect reported net income but do not
affect cash, as shown below.
Accrual Basis of Accounting Cash Basis of Accounting

Earned Eliminate noncash revenues

Revenues

Net Cash Provided

Net Income (Used) by Operating
Activities

Incurred
Expenses
Eliminate noncash expenses
 NET INCOME TO NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
(B/S: Noncash Current Assets and Current Liabilities)
Adjustments to Convert Net Income
to Net Cash Provided (Used) by
Operating Activities
Add* Deduct*

Change in Current Asset Account Balance

Accounts receivable Decrease Increase
Inventory Decrease Increase
Prepaid expenses Decrease Increase
Other current assets Decrease Increase

Change in Current Liability Account Balance

Accounts payable Increase Decrease
Accrued expenses payable Increase Decrease
Other current liabilities Increase Decrease

* Add (deduct) change in account balance to net income

 NET INCOME TO NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
(I/S: Noncash Items)
Adjustments to Convert Net
Income to Net Cash Provided
(Used) by Operating Activities

Noncash Items on Income Statement

Amortization (of capital assets) expense Add

Amortization of bond discount to interest expense Add
Amortization of bond premium to interest expense Deduct
Loss on sale of asset Add
Gain on sale of asset Deduct
Income from long-term equity investment Deduct
NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY
OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Indirect Method –
Sample Format
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
– DIRECT METHOD

Section 2
CASH RECEIPTS AND CASH PAYMENTS
(Direct Method)
 CASH RECEIPTS FROM
CUSTOMERS

• The relationships among cash receipts from

customers, revenues from sales, and
changes in accounts receivable is:

{
Cash receipts Revenues + Decrease in accounts receivable
from
customers
= from sales or
– Increase in accounts receivable
 CASH PAYMENTS TO SUPPLIERS

• The relationship among cash payments to

suppliers, cost of goods sold, changes in
inventory, and changes in accounts payable is:

Cash
payments to
suppliers

=
+ Increase in inventory
Cost of
goods sold { or
– Decrease in inventory
{ + Decrease in accounts payable
or
– Increase in accounts payable
 CASH PAYMENTS FOR OPERATING
EXPENSES
• The relationship among cash payments for
operating expenses, changes in prepaid expenses,
and changes in accrued expenses payable is:

Cash
payments
for services

=
+ Increase in prepaid + Decrease in accrued expenses
Operating
dxpenses { expenses
or
– Decrease in prepaid
expenses
{ payable
or
– Increase in accrued expenses
payable
 CASH PAYMENTS FOR INCOME
TAX

• The relationships among cash payments for

income tax, income tax expense, and
changes in income tax payable is:

Cash
payments for
income tax
=
Income
tax
expense
{
+ Decrease in income tax payable
or
– Increase in income tax payable
 NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY
OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Direct Method –
Sample Format

COMPUTER SERVICES CORPORATION

Cash Flow Statement – Direct Method
For the Year Ended December 31, 2002
Cash flows from operating activities

Cash receipts from customers

$120,000
Cash payments:
To suppliers
($75,000)
For operating expenses
(36,000)
For income tax
 STEP 3: DETERMINE NET CASH
PROVIDED (USED) BY INVESTING AND
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY
INVESTING ACTIVITIES

• Study the balance sheet to determine changes

in investments and long-term assets
• Changes in each short-term investment
(unless incorporated as part of cash
definition) and long-term account are
analysed using selected transaction data to
determine the effect, if any, the changes had
on cash
NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY
FINANCING ACTIVITIES

• Study the balance sheet to determine

changes in noncurrent liabilities and
owner’s/shareholders’ equity
• Changes in each noncurrent account are
analysed using selected transaction data
to determine the effect, if any, the
changes had on cash
 ILLUSTRATION 18-8
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
INDIRECT METHOD
COMPUTER SERVICES COMPANY
Cash Flow Statement — Indirect Method Operating
For the Year Ended December 31, 2002
activities
used $1,000
cash and
investing
activities
used $10,000
cash, while
financing
activities
provided
$45,000 cash.
 ILLUSTRATION 18-23
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
DIRECT METHOD
COMPUTER SERVICES CORPORATION
Cash Flow Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2002
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash receipts from customers The cash flow $120,000
Cash payments: statement
To suppliers shows$(75,000)
that
For operating expenses operating(36,000)
For income tax activities (10,000) (121,000)
Net cash provided by operating activities used (1,000)
Cash flows from investing activities $1,000
Purchase of equipment cash and$(10,000)
Net cash used by investing activities investing (10,000)
Cash flows from financing activities activities
Issue of common shares used $ 60,000
Payment of cash dividends $10,000(15,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities cash, while 45,000
Net increase in cash financing 34,000
Cash, January 1 activities 0
Cash, December 31 $ 34,000
provided
 USING CASH FLOWS TO
EVALUATE COMPANY
• Liquidity
– Cash current debt coverage ratio
• Profitability
– Cash return on sales ratio
– Cash flow per share
• Solvency
– Cash total debt coverage

These ratios are cash-based instead of

accrual-based
CASH CURRENT DEBT COVERAGE
• Cash current debt coverage indicates the amount
of cash to pay off current debt that is generated
from operating activities.
• The ratio provides a better picture of liquidity
than using the current ratio because it uses cash
provided by operating activities rather than the
year-end asset balance.

Cash
Provided Average Cash
by ÷ Current Current
Debt
Operating Liabilities
Activities Coverage
 CASH RETURN ON SALES
• Cash return on sales indicates how quickly
sales are turned into cash.
• The company is efficient at turning sales
into cash when its cash return on sales is
greater than its accrual-based counterpart,
the profit margin.

Cash
Provided Cash
by Return
Operating ÷ Net Sales
on Sales
Activities
 CASH FLOW PER SHARE

• Cash flow per share indicates the cash flow

generated for each common share.

Cash Flow
from
Operating, Number of
Cash Flow per
Investing, and
Financing
÷ Common
Shares
Share

Activities
 CASH TOTAL DEBT COVERAGE
• Cash total debt coverage indicates the
amount of cash to pay off total debt that is
generated from operating activities.
• The ratio is the cash based counterpart to
the debt to total assets ratio.

Cash
Provided Average Cash Total
by ÷ Total Debt
Operating Liabilities Coverage
Activities
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