Conceptual Framework of Cash Flow
Conceptual Framework of Cash Flow
Conceptual Framework of Cash Flow
See paragraph 20 of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 95. Of 600 companies surveyed by the
AICPA in 1996, only 11 used the direct method of reporting (Accounting Trends and Techniques, 1997).
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companies must present information required by the indirect method. Therefore, the primary
focus of this note will be on the preparation of the statement of cash flow using the indirect
method.
In general, you will observe two types of adjustments that convert net income into CFO
under the indirect method:
1. Noncash revenues and expenses included under accrual accounting in the determination
of net income (i.e., depreciation expense, amortization expense, gains or losses on
investment sales, and noncash restructuring charges).
2. Changes in operating assets and operating liabilities. With some exceptions, operating
assets and liabilities are typically those classified as current assets and current liabilities.
Examples include, but are not limited to, accounts receivable, inventory, accounts
payable, and taxes payable. Exceptions include investments in marketable securities and
short-term debt, as those items relate to investing and financing activities, respectively.
It is worth emphasizing again that, despite the difference in format of the operating
section of the statement of cash flow, the direct and indirect methods of preparing the statement
of cash flow both lead to the same cash flow from operating activities (CFO), cash flow from
investing activities (CFI), and cash flow from financing activities (CFF).
On the following page is a comparison of the indirect and direct methods of presenting
the statement of cash flow.
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Indirect Method
Direct Method
Operating Activities:
Net income
+ Depreciation
+/ Loss/gain on sales
.
.
+/ Decrease/increase in operating assets
+/ Increase/decrease in operating liabilities
.
_____________________________________
CFO (cash flow from operating activities)
Operating Activities:
Investing Activities:
Cash in from sale of investments
Cash out from purchase of investments
.
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CFI (cash flow from investing activities)
Financing Activities:
Cash in from stock issues
Cash in from borrowing
Cash out from retirement of debt
Cash out from stock repurchase
Dividends paid
_____________________________________
CFF (cash flow from financing activities)
Cash at end of period
less: Cash at start of period
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Net Change in Cash = CFO + CFI + CFF
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CFI (cash flow from investing activities)
Financing Activities:
[Same as Indirect Method]
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CFF (cash flow from financing activities)
Cash at end of period
less: Cash at start of period
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Net Change in Cash = CFO + CFI + CFF
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Lets focus on the preparation of the statement of cash flow using the indirect method.
Recall the following: (1) the indirect method of presentation for the statement of cash flow starts
with net income, and (2) the accrual-accounting income statement ends with net income.
Envision an income statement sitting above the statement of cash flow, providing the net-income
value that is the necessary starting point for the statement of cash flow under the indirect method:
Income
Statement
Revenues
less:
COGS
Wage expense
Depreciation expense
Gain/loss on sale
Etc.
Operating Activities:
Net income
:
:
Accounts receivable
:
CFO
Statement of
Cash Flow
$ xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
xxx
$ xxx
xxx
$ xxx
Investing Activities:
:
CFI
xxx
$ xxx
Financing Activities:
:
CFF
xxx
$ xxx
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
$ xxx
With the indirect method, the adjustments made to net income to yield CFO are simply
adjustments made for differences in the timing of accrual-accounting-based entries and actual
cash receipts or outlays, for each line item on the income statement. Take revenues, for example.
Assume ABC Company records revenues of $10,000 during the period. Further assume that
ABC has no sales on account (i.e., all sales are cash sales). The following entry records revenue
for the period:
Cash (A)
(inc) $10,000
Retained earnings (OE) (Revenues)
(inc) $10,000
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From this entry, we can see that all $10,000 of the revenues represent a cash inflow during the
period (cash receipts from customers). Thus, in constructing the statement of cash flow, the
entire $10,000 in revenues should be represented as a cash inflow in the operating activities
section.
If we are preparing a statement of cash flow using the direct method, we simply list the
$10,000 as cash receipts from customers in the operating activities section. If we are preparing a
statement of cash flow using the indirect method, the logic for reporting the $10,000 cash inflow
is as follows. Revenues increase by $10,000, and net income includes the effect of the entire
$10,000 in revenues. Since the $10,000 cash inflow from customers is captured in net income,
with which we start the statement of cash flow, we have no need to list a line item such as cash
receipts from customers, and no need to adjust net income to get to CFO.
Revenues
COGS
$ 10,000
Wage expense
Depreciation expense
Gain/loss on sale
Operating activities:
Net Income
:
:
Accounts Receivable
:
CFO
$ 10,000
xxx
$ 10,000
Investing activities:
:
CFI
$0
Financing activities:
:
CFF
$0
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
$ 10,000
As a modification to the above scenario, assume that ABC Company records revenues of
$10,000 during the period, 60% of which are on account. The following entry records revenues
for the period:
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(inc) $4,000
Accounts Receivable (A)
(inc) $6,000
Retained earnings (OE) (Revenues)
(inc) $10,000
Assume the companys balance sheets show that the beginning and ending balances in
the accounts receivable account are $500 and $1,600, respectively. Given these balances, the
company must have collected $4,900 from customers on account. This is illustrated by the
following analysis of transactions affecting the accounts receivable account:
(given) beg. bal.
(given) credit sales
(given)
end bal.
collections
The following entry records the collections from customers on account for the period:
Cash (A)
Accounts Receivable (A)
(inc) $4,900
(dec) $4,900
From the two entries above, we see that total cash receipts from customers during the
period are $8,900. Why is the $10,000 in revenue different from the $8,900 cash receipts from
customers? (1) because $6,000 of the $10,000 in revenues were not cash sales, and (2) because
the company collected $4,900 from customers that had purchased on account. Together this
difference is $1,100 ($6,000 $4,900); the increase in accounts receivable captures the different
rates at which customers buy on account and pay their bills.
Cash receipts from customers
It is this $8,900 cash receipts from customers that must be represented as a cash inflow in CFO.
If we were preparing a statement of cash flow using the direct method, we would simply
list the $8,900 as cash receipts from customers in the operating activities section. Note, however,
that preparing the statement of cash flow using the indirect method is less straightforward.
Because we begin with net income, and net income includes the effect of the entire $10,000 in
revenue for the period, it must be adjusted for the increase in the balance in the accounts
receivable account during the period (i.e., $1,100).
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Revenues
COGS
$ 10,000
Wage expense
Depreciation expense
Gain/loss on sale
Operating activities:
Net Income
:
:
in accounts receivable
:
CFO
$ 10,000
(1,100)
$ 8,900
Investing activities:
:
CFI
$0
Financing activities:
:
CFF
$0
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
$ 8,900
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An Illustration
Below we use six examples to illustrate the application of the conceptual framework
underlying the preparation of the statement of cash flow using the indirect method. We will start
by treating each of items 1 through 6 independently. Specifically, for any item that affects cash
flow from operations (CFO), we will reconcile what would be reported in net income on the
income statement to what would be reported as CFO on the statement of cash flow. For any item
that affects cash flow from investing or financing, we will compute the cash amount collected or
disbursed and list it in its proper place on the statement. Once we have addressed each item
separately, we will combine all of the items into a single, aggregated, final statement of cash
flow.
1. Revenue recognized on the income statement for the period totaled $200,000; 25% of
sales were on account. The beginning and ending accounts receivable balances found on
the balance sheets were $25,000 and $20,000, respectively.
2. Cost of goods sold for the period was $135,000. The balance in the inventory account on
the balance sheet at the beginning of the period was $40,000. Of the $145,000 total
inventory purchased during the period, $29,000 was on account. A liability was booked
directly to accounts payable, an account that related only to inventory transactions. Its
beginning balance on the balance sheet was $5,000, and its ending balance was $14,000.
3. Wage expense for the period was $50,000. The beginning and ending balances in the
wages payable account on the balance sheets were $10,000 and $5,000, respectively.
4. Stock investments, purchased in a prior period for $2,000, were sold during the period for
$3,000. The total beginning balance in the investment account on the balance sheet was
$20,000.
5. The company purchased equipment during the period for $5,000 cash. Including the
depreciation on this new equipment, the company recording $6,000 in depreciation
expense during the period. The company sold no equipment during the period. The
beginning and ending balances in the equipment account on the balance sheets were
$18,000 and $17,000, respectively.
6. During the period the company issued stock for $10,000 cash, paid $3,000 in dividends,
and borrowed $2,500 for three years from the bank (on the last day of the year). The
beginning balances in the common stock account, retained earnings account, and longterm debt account on the balance sheet were $50,000, $100,000, and $0, respectively.
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1. Revenue recognized on the income statement for the period totaled $200,000; 25% of sales
were on account. The beginning and ending accounts receivable balances found on the
balance sheets were $25,000 and $20,000, respectively.
Of $200,000 in sales for the period, $150,000 were cash sales. Also, from an analysis of
transactions affecting the A/R account, we see that the company collected $55,000 from
customers on account:
beg. bal.
credit sales
end bal.
collections
Thus, total cash receipts from customers during the period are $205,000:
Cash receipts from customers
Why is the $200,000 in revenue different from the $205,000 in cash receipts from customers?
(1) because $50,000 of the $200,000 in revenues were not cash sales, and (2) because the
company collected $55,000 from customers that had purchased on account. Together this
difference is $5,000; the decrease in A/R captures the different rates at which customers buy
on account and pay their bills.
This $205,000 cash receipts from customers must be represented as a cash inflow in CFO.
The statement of cash flow begins with net income, in this case $200,000 in revenues.
Therefore, the $5,000 decrease in A/R that occurred during the period must be added to net
income to determine CFO, resulting in $205,000 in cash receipts from customers during the
period being included in CFO.
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$ 200,000
Wage expense
Depreciation expense
Gain/loss on sale
Net Income
:
:
in accounts receivable
:
CFO
$ 200,000
5,000
$ 205,000
Investing
:
CFI
$0
Financing
:
CFF
$0
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
$ 205,000
2. Cost of goods sold for the period was $135,000. The balance in the inventory account on the
balance sheet at the beginning of the period was $40,000. Of the $145,000 total inventory
purchased during the period, $29,000 was on account. A liability was booked directly to
accounts payable, an account that related only to inventory transactions. Its beginning
balance on the balance sheet was $5,000, and its ending balance was $14,000.
Of the $145,000 in inventory purchases for the period, $116,000 were paid in cash. In
addition, from the following analyses of transactions affecting the inventory and accounts
payable accounts, we can see that the company made payments of $20,000 to suppliers on
account:
beg. bal.
purchases
end bal.
Inventory (A)
40,000
145,000 135,000
50,000
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payments
[Change in inventory
[Change in accounts payable
beg. bal.
credit purchases
end bal.
= of 10,000]
= of 9,000]
Thus, total cash payments to suppliers during the period are $136,000:
Cash paid for inventory = cash purchases + payments to suppliers on account
= ($145,000 $29,000) + $20,000
= $136,000
Why is the $135,000 in cost of goods sold (COGS) different from the $136,000 in cash
payments to suppliers? (1) because $10,000 of the purchases remained in inventory at the end
of the period and didnt affect COGS, (2) because $29,000 of the $145,000 in purchases were
not cash purchases, (3) because the company paid some suppliers on account, in the amount
of $20,000. Together this difference is $1,000.
It is this $136,000 cash payment to suppliers that must be represented as a cash outflow in
CFO. The statement of cash flow begins with net income, which was reduced during the
period by $135,000 due to COGS. To determine CFO, we must adjust net income for the
increase in inventory of $10,000 and the increase in accounts payable of $9,000. Notice that
these two adjustments have opposite impacts on CFO. These adjustments to net income result
in $136,000 in cash payments to suppliers during the period being included in CFO.
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(135,000)
Wage expense
Depreciation expense
Gain/loss on sale
Net Income
:
:
in inventory
in accounts payable
:
CFO
$ (135,000)
(10,000)
9,000
$ (136,000)
Investing
:
CFI
$0
Financing
:
CFF
$0
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
$ (136,000)
3. Wage expense for the period was $50,000. The beginning and ending balances in the wages
payable account on the balance sheets were $10,000 and $5,000, respectively.
From the following analysis of transactions affecting the wages payable account, we see that
although $50,000 of wage expense was incurred during the period, the company paid
employees $55,000 in cash payments:
wage payments
Beg. bal.
wage expense
End bal.
= of 5,000]
Why is the $50,000 in wage expense different from the $55,000 in cash payments to
employees? Because $5,000 of the $55,000 in payments to employees was for work
performed (and expensed) in the prior period.
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It is the $55,000 cash payments to employees that must be represented as a cash outflow in
CFO. The statement of cash flow begins with net income, which was reduced by $50,000 for
current period wage expense. In determining CFO, net income must be adjusted for the
decrease in wages payable of $5,000. This adjustment results in $55,000 in cash payments to
employees during the period being included in CFO.
Translated to SCF format:
Revenues
COGS
Wage expense
Depreciation expense
Gain/loss on sale
Net Income
:
:
in wages payable
:
CFO
(50,000)
$ (50,000)
(5,000)
$ (55,000)
Investing
:
CFI
$0
Financing
:
CFF
$0
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
$ (55,000)
4. Stock investments, purchased in a prior period for $2,000, were sold during the period for
$3,000. The total beginning balance in the investment account on the balance sheet was
$20,000.
Because we are dealing with investments the company has made in the common stock of
other businesses, any related transactions should be classified as investing activities. It is the
$3,000 cash proceeds from the sale of investments that should be represented as a cash
inflow in CFI. However, because the statement of cash flow begins with net income, which
included the $1,000 gain on the investment sale, we must remove that gain from the CFO
section to avoid double counting the $1,000 on the statement of cash flow.
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1,000
$ 1,000
(1,000)
$0
3,000
$ 3,000
$0
$ 3,000
5. The company purchased equipment during the period for $5,000 cash. Including the
depreciation on this new equipment, the company recording $6,000 in depreciation expense
during the period. The company sold no equipment during the period. The beginning and
ending balances in the equipment account on the balance sheets were $18,000 and $17,000,
respectively.
Because we are dealing with investments the company has made in property, plant, and
equipment, any related transactions should be classified as investing activities. It is the
$5,000 cash payment for equipment that should be represented as a cash outflow in CFI.
However, the statement of cash flow begins with net income, which includes $6,000 of
depreciation expense. Because this expense was a noncash expense, it must be added back to
convert the accrual accounting based net income to a cash flow amount to be included in
CFO.
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Revenues
COGS
Wage expense
Depreciation expense
Gain/loss on sale
Net Income
:
:
+ depreciation expense
:
CFO
Investing
:
Purchase of equipment
:
CFI
Financing
:
CFF
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
(6,000)
$ (6,000)
6,000
$0
(5,000)
$ (5,000)
$0
$ (5,000)
6. During the period the company issued stock for $10,000 cash, paid $3,000 in dividends, and
borrowed $2,500 for three years from the bank (on the last day of the year). The beginning
balances in the common stock account, retained earnings account, and long-term debt
account on the balance sheet were $50,000, $100,000, and $0, respectively.
Because the issuance of additional capital stock, the payment of dividends, and the long-term
borrowing from the bank are all financing transactions, they should be presented in the
statement of cash flow as financing activities.
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$0
$0
Investing
:
CFI
$0
Financing
:
Issue of stock
New borrowings
Dividends paid
:
CFF
$ 9,500
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
$ 9,500
10,000
2,500
(3,000)
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We can aggregate all six of these items into one statement of cash flow presented using the
Indirect Method, as follows:
Indirect Method:
Revenues
COGS
Wage expense
Depreciation expense
Gain/loss on sale
Transaction
Number
200,000
(135,000)
#1
#2
(50,000)
(6,000)
1,000
#3
#5
#4
Operating activities:
Net Income
+ depreciation
gain on sale
in accounts receivable
in inventory
in accounts payable
in wages payable
CFO
10,000
6,000
(1,000)
5,000
(10,000)
9,000
(5,000)
#5
#4
#1
#2
#2
#3
$ 14,000
Investing activities:
Sale of investment
Purchase of equipment
CFI
Financing activities:
:
Issue of stock
New borrowings
Dividends paid
:
CFF
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
3,000
(5,000)
#4
#5
$ (2,000)
10,000
2,500
(3,000)
#6
#6
#6
$ 9,500
$ 21,500
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Note that the analogous presentation under the direct method must yield the same cash flow from
operating, investing, and financing subtotals, but the reconciliation of net income to cash from
operations is not necessary. The direct method of presentation would be as follows:
Direct method:
Transaction
Number
Operating activities:
Cash receipts from customers
Cash payments to suppliers
Cash payments to employees
CFO
205,000
(136,000)
(55,000)
#1
#2
#3
$ 14,000
Investing activities:
Sale of investment
Purchase of equipment
CFI
Financing activities:
:
Issue of stock
New borrowings
Dividends paid
:
CFF
Cash=CFO+CFI+CFF
3,000
(5,000)
#4
#5
$ (2,000)
10,000
2,500
(3,000)
#6
#6
#6
$ 9,500
$ 21,500
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The information contained in items 1 through 6 can be represented in the following comparative
balance sheet:
Balance Sheet
Beginning of period
End of period
Assets:
Cash
Accounts receivable
Inventory
Investments
Equipment
$ 62,000
25,000
40,000
20,000
18,000
$ 83,500
20,000
50,000
18,000
17,000
Total assets
165,000
188,500
Liabilities:
Accounts payable
Wages payable
Long-term debt
5,000
10,000
0
14,000
5,000
2,500
Total liabilities:
15,000
21,500
Owners equity:
Common stock
Retained earnings
50,000
100,000
60,000
107,000
$150,000
$167,000
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