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Would a lender be more interested in looking at cash accruals generated or cash generated during the year ?

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Question added by SAI ANIMESH KUMAR N , Senior Manager, Credit , Ahli United Bank
Date Posted: 2015/07/06
SAI ANIMESH KUMAR N
by SAI ANIMESH KUMAR N , Senior Manager, Credit , Ahli United Bank

Cash accruals might have been generated well during the year but there might be a decline in the cash. 

A lender would be more interested in cash generated than the cash accruals generated during the year. After all, its your cash generated which pays up the financial obligations.

Frank Mwansa
by Frank Mwansa , ACCOUNTING LECTURER , FREELANCER

Thanks for invitation

A lender will be more interest in cash generated during the year  for the following reasons:

1. creditors are more interested in an entity's ability to repay them than in its profitability. Whereas profits might indicate that cash is likely to be available, cash flow accounting is more direct with its message.

2 The accruals concept is confusing and cash flows are more easily understood

3.cash flow is more comprehensive than profit which is dependent on accounting conventions and concepts.

4. cash flow accounting can be both retrospective and also include a forecast for the future . This is of great information value to lenders.

TARIG BABIKER AL AMIN
by TARIG BABIKER AL AMIN , Head of Planning and Studies Unit , Sudanese Free Zones and Markets Co.

The lender typically wants to take a look at your financial records. In reviewing your credit-worthiness, the bank typically looks at your assets. In particular, creditors want to see that you have enough to provide financial stability when you take on new debt obligations. Several common liquidity ratios are used to compare assets and debts

حسين محمد ياسين
by حسين محمد ياسين , Finance Manager , مؤسسة عبد الماجد محمد العمر للمقاولات العامة

agree with the answers ..................................................

Ghada Eweda
by Ghada Eweda , Medical sales hospital representative , Pfizer pharmaceutical Plc.

Thank you for invitation. Agree with expert answer given here.

Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

agree with mr. sai on his answer

 

Mohammed Amin Petiwala
by Mohammed Amin Petiwala , CFO , Osool Poultry SAOC

Both are important. Business should have enough profits (irrespective of cash) and it should also have enough cash generation to service the debt (principal and interest payments both)

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India
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