BASIC CONCEPTS REGARDING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS AS PER IAS 7 AND IND AS 7

1. DR. ASHWANI BHALLA
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS/CASH FLOW STATEMENT
IAS 7 AND IND AS 7

2. Usefulness
Classifications
Significant noncash
activities
Format
Preparation
Indirect and direct
methods
Step 1: Operating
activities
Step 2: Investing and
financing activities
Step 3: Net change in
cash
Free cash flow
Assessing liquidity
and solvency
The Statement of
Cash Flows:
Usefulness and
Format
Preparing the
Statement of Cash
Flows—Indirect
Method
Using Cash Flows to
Evaluate a Company
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

3. Provides information to help assess:
1. Entity’s ability to generate future cash flows.
2. Entity’s ability to pay dividends and obligations.
3. Reasons for difference between net income and net
cash provided (used) by operating activities.
4. Cash investing and financing transactions during the
period.
Usefulness and Format
Usefulness of the Statement of Cash Flows

4. RELEVANCE OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 “Cash is king”
 The increasing attention on companies’ cash
generation and liquidity position has led to
greater focus on the Statement of Cash flows
by financial statement users, regulators and
other commentators. However

5. THE RELEVANCE OF CASH/CASH EQUIVALENTS IN CORPORATE
WORLD

6.  Information about the cash flows of an entity is
useful in providing users of financial statements
with a basis to assess the ability of the entity to
generate cash and cash equivalents and the
needs of the entity to utilise those cash flows.
 The economic decisions that are taken by users
require an evaluation of the ability of an entity to
generate cash and cash equivalents and the
timing and certainty of their generation.

7. IAS 7 AND IND AS 7 9 (OBJECTIVE)
 The objective of this Standard is to require
the provision of information about the
historical changes in cash and cash
equivalents of an entity by means of a
statement of cash flow which classifies cash
flows during the period from operating,
investing and financing activities.

8. IAS7 IND AS 7
 An entity shall prepare a statement of
cash flow in accordance with the
requirements of this Standard and shall
present it as an integral part of its
financial statements for each period for
which financial statements are presented.

13. BUSINESS ACTIVITIES-TYPES

17. GUIDANCE NOTE-INTEREST AND DIVIDEND

22. Format of the Statement of Cash Flows