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What is the Main Purpose Of Cash Flow Statement? Cash is Visible in Balance Sheet. Than why we have Cash Flow?

Apart from Cash Inflow and Outflow dose any other purpose it fulfills. Or it is Statutory requirement.

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تم إضافة السؤال من قبل Rashid Mehmood FCCA , Finance Manager , Al Ghaith Industries
تاريخ النشر: 2014/06/18
ahmed ali mohamed al hassan atbara
من قبل ahmed ali mohamed al hassan atbara , ACCOUNTANT , NASPORT AIR HANDLING Co. Ltd.

Lies the importance of cash flow in the statement of sources and uses of funds the project

Ghazanfar Imran
من قبل Ghazanfar Imran , Financial Controller , National Security Institute

in Balance sheet that is just an amount of cash while Cash flow gives you the value how and why it comes to balance sheet

Abdul Wahab
من قبل Abdul Wahab , Credit Controller , Takween Advanced Industries

To know wht are the inflow and outflow of company.

Out Flow : Obligations

Inflow: Income

 

Easy and Fast to understand..

Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi
من قبل Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi , Group Credit Controller , Gps Group,Dubai.

The primary purpose of a statement of cash flow is to provide the cash receipts and payments of an entity during a period.

Secondary purpose is to provide information about  investing and financing activities.

So that, If cash flow is used with other financial statements, it should help investors,creditors, Banks etc.

Muhammad Fiaz
من قبل Muhammad Fiaz , GROUP MANAGER ACCOUNTS, FINANCE AND TAX , SMPL Group of Companies

Apart from inflow and outflow It also provide the information regarding the utilization of resources of company effectively and efficiently.

Divyesh Patel
من قبل Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

The purpose of cash flow statements is to monitor a business in terms of income and expenditures which is the primary requirement for a healthy business.Other than that cash flows are maintained to determine the expected output with the current output during a project in the business so that steps can be taken during the project to increase the project outcome.

 

Mrinal Deb
من قبل Mrinal Deb , Manager - Finance and Accounts , Comfort Diagnostic & Nursing Home

To know the details of cash inflow & outflow according to each category divided into.........1.Cash from Operating activities2. Cash from Investing activities3. Cash from Financing activities.

Sadek sikder
من قبل Sadek sikder , Chief Accounts Officer (CAO) , Monowara Group

The objective of IAS7 is to require the presentation of information about the historical changes in cash and cash equivalents of an entity by means of a statement of cash flows, which classifies cash flows during the period according to operating, investing, and financing activities.

manaf almas
من قبل manaf almas , Auditor , DAR AL NUZUM PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

cash flow statement helps to know that how much cash went out from business and how much cash come into business in a financial year...it visible to balance sheet as cash in hand  balance under the head current assets..it helps to know the cash inflows and outflows on the basis of activity whether operating,financing,investing but balance sheet doesn't help

Aymen Nasser Mogali Alhashedi
من قبل Aymen Nasser Mogali Alhashedi , Senior Auditor , KPMG Yemen Majenni & Co

The purpose of the cash flow statement or statement of cash flows is to provide information about a company's gross receipts and gross payments for a specified period of time.The gross receipts and gross payments will be reported in the cash flow statement according to one of the following classifications: operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities. The net change from these three classifications should equal the change in a company's cash and cash equivalents during the reporting period. For instance, the cash flow statement for the calendar year2013 will report the causes of the change in a company's cash and cash equivalents between its balance sheets of December31,2012 and December31,2013.In addition to the cash amounts being reported as operating, investing, and financing activities, the cash flow statement must disclose other information, including the amount of interest paid, the amount of income taxes paid, and any significant investing and financing activities which did not require the use of cash.The statement of cash flows is to be distributed along with a company's income statement and balance sheet.

Kamran Manzoor
من قبل Kamran Manzoor , Asst Manager Finance , Celeros Networks (Pvt) Ltd

It is basically used to assess cash generation of a company. A company may be earning in millions as per profit and loss account but it may not have generated cash in actual. Rather profit is in term of increase in receivables or inventory etc.

It is used by investors specifically while making investment in any company. That's why its an integral part of Financial Statements

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