Foundation in Accounting: Cash Flow Statement Analysis Assignment

This assignment provides a comprehensive analysis of cash flow statements, a crucial component of financial reporting. It begins by defining cash flow statements, explaining their purpose in portraying a company's financial health through the tracking of cash inflows and outflows from operating, investing, and financing activities. The assignment then differentiates between the direct and indirect methods used in preparing cash flow statements, highlighting their distinct approaches to calculating cash flow from operating activities. Finally, the assignment presents a practical application by constructing a cash flow statement for Exclusive Ltd., using provided financial data to illustrate the practical application of the concepts discussed, including calculations for operating, investing, and financing activities, and determining the net increase or decrease in cash flow over a specific period.

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Foundation in Accounting
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Table of Contents
Answer to Question 1......................................................................................................................2
Answer to Question 2......................................................................................................................2
Answer to Question 3......................................................................................................................3
Reference.........................................................................................................................................4

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Answer to Question 1
A cash flow statement is part of the financial statements which are portrayed by
businesses in the annual reports of the company. The cash flow statement records all cash
inflows and outflows of a business for a particular period. The cash flow statement further shows
bifurcations between cash inflows and out flows which are from operating activities, investing
activities and financing activities (Reid & Myddelton, 2017).
The cash flow statement of the business shows the liquidity and financial position of a
business. The structure of cash flow statement considers cash flows from operating activities,
cash flow from investing activities and cash flow from financing activities. The cash flow
statement shows the cash inflows of the business and are reviewed by potential investors for
deciding whether the business is worth making investment or not.
Answer to Question 2
Direct method applies actual cash flow information which is related to operating
activities of the business. and the same does not use accrual accounting values. While in case of
indirect method, net cash flow from operating activities is considered by adjusting profit or loss
effect of non-cash items from the total profit which the business earns during the period
(Pavlović & Bogdanović, 2013). There is not much difference between the two method and the
major difference which can be identified are is related to difference in treatment of cash from
operating activities of the business.

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Answer to Question 3
Particulars Amount
Cash flow from Operating Activities:
Receipts from Cash Sales $1,000,000
Collection from Accounts Receivable $760,000
Payment to Accounts Payable -$780,000
Rent Paid -$220,000
Net Cash Inflow/(Outflow) from Operating
Activities $760,000
Cash flow from Investing Activities:
Purchase of Equipment -$1,680,000
Receipt from Sale of Equipment $240,000
Net Cash Inflow/(Outflow) from Investing
Activities -$1,440,000
Cash flow from Financing Activities:
Receipts from Issuance of Shares $4,800,000
Dividends Paid -$400,000
Net Cash Inflow/(Outflow) from Financing
Activities $4,400,000
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash Flow $3,720,000
In the books of Exclusive Ltd.
Cash Flow Statement
for the year ended 30th June,2016

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Reference
Pavlović, M., & Bogdanović, J. (2013). Cash flow statement. Škola biznisa, (3-4), 129-147.
Reid, W., & Myddelton, D. R. (2017). Cash flow statement. In The Meaning of Company
Accounts (pp. 16-16). Routledge.