HOW TO PREPARE CASH FLOW

STATEMENT

by :
DR. T.K. JAIN
AFTERSCHO☺OL
centre for social entrepreneurship
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bikaner 334001 rajasthan, india
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 What is cash flow ?

Flow of cash means, where is the cash going

out or where from cash is coming in

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 How to prepare cash flow ?

Identify resources, where cash has been used...

for example : building in the beginning of the
year was 2000, now it is of 5000, it means you
have spend Rs. 3000 on new building, thus
cash has flown outside for purchase of building

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 How to prepare cash flow
statement?

Identify each asset, find its closing balance for

this year and for the last year and find the
difference, this will tell you about flow of cash.
If the assets have increased, probably cash has
flown outside (you have paid cash), if assets
have decreased, probably you have sold them
(cash has flown in).
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 Liability – source of cash

Assets consume cash, but liabilities give cash.

If equity has increased, it means, cash has
increased. Loans have increased, it means, cash
has increased. Whenever there is an increase in
liability, there is an increase in cash.

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 Find out cash profit...

All your profit is not cash profit. Some of the

profit is from non-cash transactions - which
has to be excluded from profit.
Thus you have two options, - 1. prepared
adjusted profit and loss account or 2. prepare a
fresh p&l account taking into account only
cash transactions.
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 How to prepare cash flow
statement?

Classify cash flows in three types

1. cash flow from operating activities
2. cash flow from investing activities
3. cash flow from financing activities.

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 cash flow from operating
activities

These include day to day business activities.

Some of them will give cash, some of these
will require cash.
Activities can be classified into two types :
1. activities that give cash inflow
2.activities that generate cash outflow

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 Operating activities with cash
inflow

Cash sales (dont take credit sales )

interest received
fees received
other payment received.

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 Operating activities with cash
outflow
Cash purchase (dont include credit purchase,
for which you have not paid yet)
wages paid
salaries paid
rent paid
postage paid
administrative expenses paid
sales exp. Paid etc.
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 Cash from operating activities...

Direct method : here you list down all the

activities involving cash inflow and cash
outflow and find the net difference, this is
called cash profit.
Indirect method : here you take profit from P&
L account and then adjust it for non-cash items.

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 Cash from investing activities.

Those activities which require investments,

they are of two types :
1. investment activities with cash inflow
2. investment activities with cash outflow

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 investment activities with cash
inflow

Examples :
sale of building
sale of machinary
sale of furniture
sale of investments
dividend / interest received on investments
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 investment activities with cash
outflow
Examples :
purchase of building
purchase of machinary
purchase of furniture
purchase of investments
purchase of plant
purchase of other assets..
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 Cash flow from financing
activities
Financing refers to equity, loans, debts, etc,
which give money for running business.
Investing activities were related to assets of the
company, financing is related to long term
liabilities of the company.
They are of two types:
1. financing activities with cash inflow
2.financing activities with cash inflow
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 financing activities with cash
inflow

Cash inflow from equity

cash inflow from loans / debentures / bonds
cash inflow from borrowing from relatives
cash inflow from preference shares

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financing activities with cash out-
flow
Here you are making payments for the sources
of long term cash :
1. redemption of debentures
2. redemption of preference shares
3. payment of loans
4. payment of other long term liabilities.
5. interest payment on loans / dividend on
equity
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 CASH FLOW STATEMENT
It shows the total payments received or paid in
three categories :
operating
financing
investing
cash flow statement helps you in identifying
the flow of cash and it helps you in cash
planning
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 How to classify cash flow ?

Look into the nature of cash transaction and

identify the cash flow and its implication.
If dividend has been received : it is cash inflow
from investing activities
if dividend has been paid : it is cash outflow
from financing activity

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 Be careful about non-cash
transactions...

Exclude following from your reports :

depreciation, provisions, bad debts, drawings
of goods, and all those transactions, which dont
have cash flow ...

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 Example :
p la n t 100 120
d e b to rs   1 2 0 1 0 0
c re d it o rs 1 2 0 1 0 0
p ro f it  
Balances of a 100 140
company show :the following
record :

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 Analysis :

Cash flow from financing : (equity : 20, debt :

20)
cash flow from investing : (building : -20, plant
: -20 )
cash flow form operating: (debtors :-20,
creditors : 20, cash profit : 40)
thus net cash flow is only Rs. 40.
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 Simple rules to remember ????
When assets increase, cash outflow takes place
when current assets increase, cash outflow take
place
when liabilities increase, cash inflow take
place
when current liabilities increase, cash inflow
take place
exclude non-cash transactions (like exchange
of building against equity)
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