Statement of Cashflows

Statement of cash flows
Typical coverage of US GAAP
Purpose and scope
Content, format and classification
Preparation

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Executive summary
In general, the requirements under IFRS and US GAAP are quite similar.
There are some differences with regard to classification among operating,
investing and financing activities. The most notable of these are the
differences in interest and dividends paid and received:
Under IFRS, interest and dividends paid can be classified either as operating or financing
cash flows. Interest and dividends received can be classified either as operating or
investing cash flows.
Under US GAAP, interest paid, interest received and dividends received are all classified as
operating cash flows. Dividends paid are classified as financing cash flows.

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Primary pronouncements
US GAAP
ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows
IFRS
IAS 7, Statement of Cash Flows

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Progress on convergence
In October 2008, the IASB and the FASB issued a joint Discussion
Paper (DP), Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation.
The objective of the Boards joint project was to create a standard
that requires entities to organize financial statements in a manner
that clearly communicates an integrated financial picture of the
entity. There was a staff draft of an exposure draft (staff draft)
issued on this topic on July 1, 2010. The Boards had tentatively
proposed presenting cash flows using the direct method.
In conjunction with the issuance of the staff draft, the Boards
engaged in a targeted outreach program, the principal outcome of
which was a realization that respondents have concerns about the
process of applying a direct method cash flow model. To date, the
Boards have not reached any tentative decisions on the proposed
model and have delayed further effort on cash flow reporting
convergence to focus on convergence projects that are deemed to
have higher priority.
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Purpose and scope
US GAAP
IFRS
According to ASC 230-10-10-1, the primary

objective of a statement of cash flows is to
provide relevant information about the cash
receipts and cash payments of an entity during
a period.
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Cash and cash equivalents are defined.
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Purpose and scope
US GAAP
IFRS
ASC 230-10-15-4 exempts defined benefit

plans and other plans with similar
characteristics that present similar
financial information, along with certain
investment companies, from the scope.
IAS 7 applies to all enterprises for each

period for which financial statements are
presented.

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US GAAP
IFRS
Cash flows are presented in three classifications:

operating, investing and financing activities.
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The totals from the three activities (operating,

investing, financing) are summed and this balance is
reconciled with the beginning and ending cash (and
cash equivalents) balances.
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Operating, investing and financing activities are

specifically defined.
Similar, except for some differences

explained on a later slide.
Both the direct and indirect method of presenting

cash flows from operations are allowed.
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Entities must disclose their policy for determining

which items are cash equivalents.
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Bank overdrafts
US GAAP
Does not address bank overdrafts
although they are typically
considered to be liabilities and are
included in the financing section of
the statement of cash flows.
IFRS
Overdrafts that are payable on demand are included
as cash and cash equivalents if considered to be an
integral part of an enterprises cash management.
Bank borrowings (which are considered a financing
activity) are distinguished from bank overdrafts by
asserting that, in the case of overdrafts, the balance
fluctuates from positive to overdrawn and should be
shown as a component of cash and cash
equivalents.
Convergence: The staff draft issued July 1, 2010 specifies that bank overdrafts should be presented in
the debt category of the financing section of the statement of financial position.
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Interest and dividends
US GAAP
IFRS
Requires that interest paid and interest

and dividends received be classified as
operating cash flows. Dividends paid are
a financing cash flow because they are
considered a cost of obtaining resources.
Permits an entity: (a) to classify interest

and dividends paid or received as
operating cash flows; or (b) to classify
interest and dividends paid as financing
cash flows and interest and dividends
received as investing cash flows.
However, interest and dividends must be
classified in a consistent manner from
period to period.

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Interest and dividends
In practice, there may be little practical significance to this difference because IAS 7 requires
separate disclosure of interest paid and received and of dividends paid and received.
Summary of treatment of interest and dividends:
Cash flow classification
Transaction
IFRS
US GAAP
Interest paid
Operating or financing
Operating
Interest received
Operating or investing
Operating
Dividends paid
Operating or financing
Financing
Dividends received
Operating or investing
Operating

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Income taxes
US GAAP
Requires that income taxes

paid be classified as an
operating cash flow.
IFRS
Requires that cash payments or refunds of income taxes

be classified as operating activities unless they can be
specifically identified with financing or investing activities.
In that case, the tax cash flows may be classified as
financing or investing activities, as appropriate.
Statements would not necessarily result in a loss of

comparability with US GAAP since IFRS requires
disclosure of the total amount of income taxes paid.
Convergence: The staff draft issued July 1, 2010, specifies income taxes would be a separate
section of the balance sheet, the statement of comprehensive income and the statement of cash
flows.
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Indirect method
US GAAP
When using the indirect method of presenting
operating net cash flows, US GAAP
requires a reconciliation from net income
to net cash flows from operating activities
(ASC 230 -10-45-28).
IFRS
The particular income line item that must

begin the reconciliation is not specified.
Thus, an entity could begin the
reconciliation under IFRS with operating
income.

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Direct method
US GAAP
ASC 230-10-45-30 requires that an entity using the direct method of
reporting net cash flows from operating activities must provide (in a
separate schedule) a reconciliation of net income to net cash flows from
operating activities.
This has little practical significance, however, because few enterprises in
the United States use the direct method. The AICPA Accounting Trends
and Techniques 2012 reports that 495 companies of the 500 surveyed in
2011 used the indirect method of presenting operating cash flows.
IFRS
This
reconciliation
is not
required.
Convergence: The Boards had tentatively proposed presenting cash flows using the direct method (including operating cash flows)
and requiring the presentation of an indirect reconciliation of operating income to operating cash flows in the notes to financial statements.
In the Staff Paper presented to the combined Boards at their March 2012 meeting, based on outreach to preparers and users of cash flow
statements, there was little support for the direct method. To date, the Boards have not reached any tentative decisions on the proposed
model and have delayed further effort on cash flow reporting convergence to focus on convergence projects that are deemed to have
higher priority.
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Components of cash and cash equivalents
US GAAP
IFRS
No required disclosure of the

components of cash and cash
equivalents.
Required disclosure of the components of cash and cash

equivalents.
Requires that the cash and cash

equivalents line item in the
statement of cash flows equals
the cash and cash equivalents in
the statement of financial
position.
The total cash and cash equivalents presented in the statement of

cash flows does not need to agree to a single line item in the
statement of financial position.
Entities must disclose a reconciliation of the components of cash and

cash equivalents to the amounts presented on the statement of
financial position.
Thus, while users of a statement of cash flows prepared might not be

able to trace changes in cash and cash equivalents directly between
the statement of financial position and the statement of cash flows,
this difference from US GAAP has little practical significance.
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Statement of cash flows example

Example 1:
Banks Designers, Inc. (BDI) is preparing its statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31,
2012. BDI wants to see what the statement would look like using US GAAP as well as IFRS. On the
next slides are the balance sheet and statement of income account balances, and some additional
information.
Prepare the following:

A statement of cash flows using US GAAP.
A statement of cash flows using IFRS with net income for the
reconciliation of income to operating cash flows.
A statement of cash flows using IFRS with operating income for
the reconciliation of income to operating cash flows.

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Example 1 (continued):
Balance sheet accounts:
As of
January 1, 2012
As of
December 31, 2012
As of
January 1, 2012
$ 555,000
$ 674,480
Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
157,800
149,000
Accrued liabilities
Inventory
254,600
269,000
Notes payable
59,000
62,000
875,000
875,000
(120,000)
(175,000)
500,000
450,000
$2,281,400
$2,304,480
Cash
Prepaid expenses
Equipment
Accumulated
depreciation
Land
Total assets
95,000
87,500
45,000
49,800
1,200,000
1,050,000
Common stock
400,000
400,000
Retained earnings
541,400
717,180
$2,281,400
$2,304,480
Total liabilities
and equity

As of
December 31, 2012
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Income statement balances:
For the year ended

December 31, 2012
Sales
$1,300,500
Interest revenue
5,000
Dividend revenue
4,500
Cost of goods sold
(750,500)
Salary expense
(125,500)
Depreciation expense
(55,000)
Other operating expenses
(49,800)
Loss on sale of land

Interest expense
Income tax expense
Net income
(23,000)
(105,420)
$ 195,780

(5,000)
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Other information:
The following account balances are all zero at both the beginning and end of the year: interest payable,
interest receivable, dividends payable, dividends receivable and income taxes payable.
BDI does not include any interest or dividend cash flows in the operating section of the statement of
cash flows when it prepares its statement under IFRS.
BDI uses the indirect method for the operating section for both US GAAP and IFRS.
As of December 31, 2012, BDI has one bank account balance that is overdrawn. The overdraft amount
is $12,000. BDI has not yet moved this from its cash account into the liabilities section of its balance
sheet. Overdrafts are an integral part of BDIs cash management.
BDI paid dividends of $20,000 during 2012.
BDI paid income taxes of $7,000 that were attributable to financing activities. It paid income taxes of
$2,000, all attributable to investing activities.
BDI sold land this year with a cost basis of $50,000. It reported a $5,000 loss on the sale.
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US GAAP
Example 1 solution:
BDI
For the year ended December 31, 2012
Operating activities
Net income
$195,780
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash

provided by operating activities:
$55,000
5,000
Decrease in accounts receivable
8,800
Increase in inventory
(14,400)
Increase in prepaid expenses
(3,000)
Decrease in accounts payable
(7,500)
Increase in accrued liabilities

Net cash provided by operating activities
4,800
244,480
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US GAAP
Example 1 solution (continued):

Investing activities
Sale of land
$45,000
Net cash provided by investing activities
$ 45,000
Financing activities
Borrowings loan repayments
(150,000)
Borrowings bank overdraft
12,000
Payment of dividends
(20,000)
Net cash used in financing activities
(158,000)
Net increase in cash
131,480
Cash at January 1, 2012
555,000
Cash at December 31, 2012*
$686,480
*Note that the cash balance at December 31, 2012, must exclude bank overdrafts of $12,000.
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IFRS reconciling to net income
BDI
Net income
$195,780
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Interest revenue
$(5,000)
Dividend revenue
(4,500)
55,000
5,000
Interest expense
23,000
Income taxes paid due to investing and financing activities
9,000
8,800
(14,400)
(3,000)
(7,500)
4,800
$266,980
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IFRS reconciling to net income
Sale of land
$45,000
Receipt of interest
5,000
Receipt of dividends
4,500
Income taxes paid due to investing activities
(2,000)
$ 52,500
Borrowings loan repayment
(150,000)
Payment of interest
(23,000)
(20,000)
Payment of income taxes
(7,000)
(200,000)
119,480
555,000
Cash at December 31, 2012
$674,480
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IFRS reconciling to operating income
BDI
Operating income*
$319,700
Adjustments to reconcile operating income to net cash provided by operating

activities:
$55,000
Income taxes paid
(96,420)
8,800
(14,400)
(3,000)
(7,500)
4,800
$266,980
* Components of operating income include sales, cost of goods sold, salary expense, depreciation expense and other operating expenses.
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IFRS reconciling to operating income
Sale of land
$45,000
Receipt of interest
5,000
Receipt of dividends
4,500
Income taxes paid due to investing activities
(2,000)
$52,500
Borrowings loan repayment
(150,000)
Payment of interest
(23,000)
(20,000)
Payment of income taxes
(7,000)
(200,000)
119,480
555,000
Cash at December 31, 2012
$674,480
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Preparation
US GAAP
IFRS
Since the statement of cash flows under both

US GAAP and IFRS contains the same three
classifications, preparation is generally similar.

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Disclosures
Additional disclosure differences not mentioned previously:
US GAAP
Prohibits disclosure of cash flows per

share.
IFRS
Does not have restrictions on the

disclosure of cash flows per share.

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