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Cash Flow
Chapter 2
The Balance Sheet
The balance sheet is an accountants snapshot of
the firms accounting value on a particular date.
What the firms owns and how it is financed
Assets = Liabilities + Stockholders equity
(this equation must always hold)
Stockholders equity = Assets Liabilities
(equity is what the stockholders would have
remaining after the firm discharged its obligations)
Analyzing A Balance Sheet
Concerns
Liquidity
Cash inflows
Sell goods or services
Sell other assets or by borrowing
Receive cash from investments by owners
Cash outflows
Pay operating expenses
Expand operations, repay loans
Pay owners a return on investment
Statement of Cash Flows
Covers the same period as the income
statement
Three sections
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Match Classification of
Cash Flows
Operating activities Transactions and
events that enter into the determination of
net income.
Investing activities Transactions and
events that involve the purchase and sale of
securities, property, plant, equipment, and
other assets not generally held for resale,
and the making and collecting of loans.
Financing activities Transactions and
events whereby resources and obtained
from, or
repaid to, owners and creditors.
Operating Activities
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Company is using reserves
to finance cash flow
8. short falls.
The Example Company
Statement of Cash Flows
December 31, 2011