CASH FLOW
STATEMENTS
C A ANIL TILAK
INTRODUCTION
   A Balance Sheet of any company is the status of assets and
    Liabilities as on a particular date
   The owners Equity and liabilities on one side indicate the
    sources from which the Entity,s Funds are obtained , on
    the other side the asset side of the Balance sheet shows
    the uses of those funds which would have been invested in
    Land & Building Machinery etc
   As against this the Cash flow statement explains the
    changes that took place in the various items in the
    Balance Sheet during the period between the dates of two
    balance sheets
CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
   Net Profit Before Tax                                          ---------
   Add Non Cash and Non Operating items
         Depreciation on Assets
         Goodwill Written off, Provision for Doubtful Debts
         Loss On sale of Assets/Investments
          Preliminary Exps,Discount on Issue,Share Issue Exps
          Transfer to reserves,Provision for Taxation,Proposed Dividend
     Less Profit on sale of Asset/Investments
           Transfer from Reserves                                    ---------
Adjustments on Working Capital
     Less Increase in Current Assets( Stock, Debtors, Bills Rec,Prepaid,marketable Sec)
      Add Decrease in Current Assets
      Add Increase in Current Liabilities(Creditors Bills Payable,o/s Exps Prov For Tax Prop
      Less Decrease in Current Liabilities ( Dividend Bank O/d)                                --------
Less Taxes Paid                                                           --------
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CASH FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 Purchase of Fixed Assets                 (-------)
 Purchase of Investments                  (-------)
 Sale of Fixed Assets                       -------
 Sale of Investments                        -------        ---------
CASH FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 Issue of Shares/Debentures               --------
  Receipt of Loan                            -------
  Redemption of Shares/Debentures           (-------)
  Repayment of Loan                         (-------)       ----------
  Payment of Dividend                       (-------)
  Cash and Cash Equivalents in the beginning of the year      ---------
  Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the year            ======
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS SUMMARY
   Cash Flow statement is prepared on the basis of the Balance Sheets of two
    years, profitability statement and some additional information
   Preparation of Cash Flow Statement is mandatory as per AS-3 for companies
    listed on the stock exchange
   Cash Flow Statement is prepared by classifying cash flows in three activities
    Operating activities
     Investing activities
     Financing activities
   Cash Flow Statement highlights the change in cash and cash equivalents
    during the course of the year due to various cash flows
   Cash Flow statement preparation is substantialy similar to that used for
    preparation of Fund Flow Statement.Only difference is that Cash Flow
    statement focuses on Cash /Cash Equivalents as against working capital in
    case of Fund Flow Statement