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Cash Flow Statement

CBSE · Class 12 · Accountancy

Complete topic list for Cash Flow Statement in CBSE Class 12 Accountancy. Key concepts, sub-topics, and what to focus on for board exams.

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Topics in Cash Flow Statement

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1. Meaning, Need, and Legal Basis

  • Cash Flow Statement shows cash inflows and cash outflows for a specific period.
  • It is different from Position Statement and Income Statement.
  • It is one of the financial statements of a company.
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2. Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Cash Flows

  • Cash comprises cash in hand and demand deposits with banks.
  • Cash equivalents are short-term highly liquid investments readily convertible into known amounts of cash with insignificant risk of value change.
  • An investment normally qualifies as cash equivalent only if its maturity is three months or less from the date of acquisition.
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3. Classification of Cash Flows

  • Cash flows are classified into operating, investing, and financing activities.
  • Operating activities are the principal revenue generating activities of the enterprise and are not investing or financing activities.
  • Investing activities are acquisition and disposal of long-term assets and other investments not included in cash equivalents.
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4. Special Items and Their Treatment

  • In a financial enterprise, interest paid, interest received, and dividend received are operating activities, while dividend paid is financing.
  • In a non-financial enterprise, payment of interest and dividends are financing activities, while receipt of interest and dividends are investing activities.
  • Tax on operating profit is operating.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Cash Flow Statement as the statement of inflows and outflows of cash and cash equivalents classified into operating, investing, and financing activities

Financial statementsCompanies Act, 2013AS-3AS-4CashCash equivalentsOperating activitiesInvesting activities

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