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MBA in a Nutshell #22 – Accounting and Finance : The Cash Flow Statement
By Growing your tree of prosperity  •  January 29, 2020


We're now moving onto the cash flow statement. A problem faced in assessing companies is that they can be profitable but lack cash flow. Sales can be recorded but the cash only comes in after period of delay as suppliers sometimes gives customers generous credit terms. The cash flow statement is, thus, a very recent development, made compulsory in the US in 1988.

There are three main components to the cash flow statement :

a) Cash flow from Operating Activities

Measures cash obtained from direct business operations like selling of goods or services. When cash owed is paid to the business by a customer, it is recorded here.

b) Cash flow from investing activities

When you buy plant and equipment, you record the outgoing cash flow here. Companies that sell their means of production will have to record proceeds here. If dividends come from selling plant equipment, this should raise an alarm bell.

c) Cash flow...
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I have recently completed my Juris Doctor and I am waiting to be called by the Singapore Bar. For the past 15 years I was an IT manager and I have worked in multinationals, financial exchanges, trade unions and even a government agency. I started my career as an AS/400 administrator and moved on to manage IT projects and operations
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