Ind As 7: Statement of Cash Flows: Key Points
Ind As 7: Statement of Cash Flows: Key Points
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IND AS 7 : STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
KEY POINTS
1. Time Frame: A cash equivalent should have a maturity of less than 3 months
from the date of Acquisition (and not the Balance Sheet Date)
2. Equity Investment are highly volatile and do not have a maturity date and
hence can never be a part of cash Equivalents
3. In case of Open Ended Bonds, an investor can directly redeem whenever he
desires. The maturity date in such cases would be depended on the intention
of the investor
4. Bank Overdraft
Bank Overdraft
Part of Cash
Part of Financing
Management
Activities
Activities
In the Balance Sheet, Bank Overdraft will be shown as Short Term Borrowings
(irrespective of whether it is shown as a Cash Equivalent or Financing Item in the Cash
Flow).
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5. Forex Gain / Loss on Foreign Currency Cash: The gain / loss would be shown
as reconciliation between opening and closing cash and cash equivalent.
CASH FLOW
Involves cash flows arising Involves the purchase and Cash Flows pertaining to the
from the day to day course sale of long term assets sources of finance [equity
of operation / buisiness [ PPE / INTANGIBLE] and shares / preference shars
these cash flows are other investments. shares / debentures issued]
revenue in nature. eg. PPE purchased. eg. loan taken
eg. cash sales
KEY POINTS
1. Interest paid / dividend paid along with their attached taxes would be financing
in nature since this cash flows are on equity shares / debentures issued (which
are financing in nature).
2. Similarly, dividend income / interest income on investments and their attached
taxes would be investing in nature.
[The selection of the method depends upon the data given in the questions]
Irrespective of the method selected for operations, the working for investing and
financing cash flows remains the same.
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a b
Non-Cash
(Depreciation) Non-operating
(Interest, Loss
on FA)
c d
Operating
assets / liabilities Tax Paid
adjustment (Changes
in Current Assets
– Opposite Impact,
Changes in Current
Liabilities – Same
Impact)
Under Direct Method, we directly take the operating items from the P/L and the Cash
Paid / Received for these items is found by directly adjusting the individual operating
assets / liabilities.
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(+) INCREASE CL xx
(-) DECREASE CL DIRECT (xx)
[Do not include interest payable / interest receivable / provision for
tax / dividend payable in the above workings, they will be adjusted
along with the relevant paid / interest receive / tax period / dividend
paid in the appropriate heading]
(-) Tax Paid xx
CFO (xx) xx
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