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.
4.
5.
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.