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Notecards I made from Wiley's 2012 CPA Exam Review
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What are the three sections on the statement of cash flows? Provide a word on each. | 1. Operating activities- related to net income, current asset/liability section of BS 2. Investing activities- related to the noncurrent section of BS 3. Financing activities- related to noncurrent liabilities and equity section of BS |
Where does the presentation of cash flow differ from the direct and indirect method? Which does the FASB prefer? | 1. Operating activities section 2. Direct |
What is the primary purpose of the statement of cash flows? | provide information about an entity's cash receipts and cash payments and disclose financing and investing activities |
What are cash equivalents? | short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and close to maturity (3 months) so there is a negligible risk of change in value |
What is generally included in operating activities? | all transactions that are not investing and financing activities, includes delivering or producing goods for sale and providing services |
What are some specific activities included in operating activities? (Direct method) | CASH received from; customers, interest, dividends, sales of securities classified as trading CASH paid to/for; suppliers, operating expenses, interest, income taxes, securities classified as trading |
What is generally included in investing activities? | acquisition and disposition of long-term productive assets or securities that are not considered cash equivalents |
What are some specific activities included in investing activities? Profit on | proceeds from; sales of P,P,& E, stocks/ bonds (available for sale), bonds held to maturity, collection of loans (principal), selling components of company |
What are some specific activities included in investing activities? Pay for | CASH paid for; securities (trading), P,P,&E, stocks/bonds (available for sale/held to maturity), making loans to other entities, acquiring other businesses |
What is generally included in financing activities? | obtaining resources from owners and repaying amount borrowed |
What are some specific activities included in financing activities? | proceeds from; issuing common/preferred stock, reissuing treasury stock, issuing short/long term debt Paying; cash dividends, repurchase of common stock, repaying short term/ long term (lt-include capital lease obligations) loans (principal only) |
What is reported in a separate schedule and general nature? What specifically is in it? | 1. non cash investing and financing activities- involve no cash but have significant effect on prospective cash flows 2. acquiring asset through a capital lease, conversion of debt to equity, exchanges of non cash asset/liabilities, issue stock for asset |
If the direct method is chosen for the statement of cash flows, is it necessary to do out the indirect method? | Yes, indirect method must be presented as a separate accompanying schedule |
How are the numbers derived using the direct method for the statement of cash flows? | cash flow is derived from the accrual basis of net income i.e. Net sales + Beg AR - Ending AR - AR written off= cash received from customers |
How is the indirect method created? | 1.Start with income from continuing operations 2.Add back noncash items that were subtracted (amortization, depreciation) 3.Subtract noncash items added 4. adjust gains/losses on fixed assets to show not only gain/loss but cash |
With the indirect method for the statement of cash flows, what disclosures are required? | none required, disclosure of cash flows related to extraordinary items and discontinued operations is permitted though |
What specifically would be added to net income under the indirect method? | Decreases in; AR(net), inventory, prepaid expenses, deferred tax assets Increases in; AP, income tax payable, deferred tax liability, interest payable, other accrued payables, unearned revenue Other; loss disposing P,P&E, depreciation/amortization expen |
What specifically would be subtracted from net income under the indirect method? | Increases in; AR(net), inventory, prepaid expenses, deferred tax assets Decreases in; AP, income tax payable, deferred tax liability, interest payable, other accrued payables, unearned revenue |
What are the steps to creating a statement of cash flows? | 1. calculate the change in cash and cash equivalents 2. calculate net cash flows from operating activities 3. analyze other accounts and determine if change is a cash inflow or outflow and what change is classified as 4. prepare the formal statement |
What happens on the statement of cash flows in the period an entity enters into a capital lease? payments made? interest? | 1. noncash financing and investing activity at PV of minimum lease payments reported 2. amount that reduces principal reported as financing activity, cash outflow 3. direct method- report in operating activities section indirect method- disclosure only |
Under IFRS, what is meant by a modified indirect method? | shows revenues and expenses in operating activities and then reports changes in working capital accounts |
Under IFRS what must happen at the bottom of the statement of cash flows? | reconciliation with the amounts in the statement of cash flows and cash and cash equivalents from the statement of financial position |
What are some examples of the difference of placement of items between IFRS and US GAAP? | -Cash from purchase/sale of trading securities are operating -cash advances and loans are operating -income taxes disclosed separately on operating -entity can put interest/dividends received as operating or investing and paid as operating or financing |