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Frank Wood's Business Accounting Vol.2

Alan Sangster, Frank Wood

Chapter 15

Statements of cash flows - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

List the three headings in the statement of cash flows, as required by IAS 7.

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Problem 2

Give an example of the information to be included under each of the headings in an IAS 7 -based statement of cash flows and indicate why this information might be useful.

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Problem 3

Prepare a statement of cash flows for Chipsea Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2017 as required under IAS 7 using the direct method. The statement of profit or loss, statement of financial position and cash account of Chipsea Ltd for the year 2017 are given below:

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Problem 4

The statements of financial position and additional information relating to Pennylane Ltd are given below. Prepare a statement of cash flows for Pennylane Ltd for the year ending 31 December 2016 as required under IAS 7 using the indirect method.

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Problem 5

State the purposes of a statement of cash flows.

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Problem 6

The following information has been extracted from the books of Hayes Limited for the year to 31 December 2016:
Additional information:
1 The directors are extremely concerned about the large bank overdraft as at 31 December 2016 and they attribute this mainly to the increase in trade accounts receivable as a result of alleged poor credit control.
2 During the year to 31 December 2016, non-current assets originally costing $£ 15,400,000$ were $£ 10,640,000$.

Required:
Prepare a statement of cash flows using the IAS 7 indirect method for the year to 31 December 2016.

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Problem 7

The following summarised statements of financial position relate to Track Limited:
Additional information:
1 During the year to 30 June 2018 , some non-current assets originally costing $£ 25,000$ had been sold for $£ 20,000$ in cash. The accumulated depreciation on these non-current assets at 30 June 2017 amounted to $£ 10,000$. Similarly, some of the investments originally costing $£ 150,000$ had been sold for cash at their book value.
2 The taxation balances disclosed in the above statements of financial position represent the actual amounts agreed with the Revenue and Customs. All taxes were paid on their due dates. Advance corporation tax may be ignored.
3 A dividend of $£ 130,000$ was paid during the year to 30 June 2018 .
4 During the year to 30 June 2018 , the company made a 1 -for- 2 rights issue of 250 ordinary $£ 1$ shares at 120 p per share.

Required:
Prepare Track Ltd's statement of cash flows for the year to 30 June 2018 in accordance with the requirements of IAS 7 using the indirect method.

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Problem 8

The accountant of a private company has been able to get the use of a computer to produce the spreadsheets shown below but as yet the computer lacks a program to print out final accounts. The accountant nevertheless expects to use the spreadsheet data to reconstruct a summary statement of profit or loss and a statement of cash flows for the year ending 30 April 2016.
Notes:
(i) Proceeds of $£ 40,000$ were received from the sale of plant and vehicles.
(ii) During the year the company redeemed 10,000 of its $£ 1$ ordinary shares for $£ 125,000$ wholly out of distributable profits and this transaction has not been included in the spreadsheets.

Required:
(a) Reconstruct the statement of profit or loss for the year ending 30 April 2016.
(b) Prepare a statement of cash flows for the year ending 30 April 2016.

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Problem 9

You are presented with the following forecast information relating to Baker Limited for the nine months to 30 September 2017.
Forecast statements of profit or loss (abridged) for the three quarters ending 30 September 2017:
Additional information:
1 Sales of tangible non-current assets in March 2017 were expected to realise $\mathrm{f} 12,000$ in cash.
2 Administration, selling and distribution expenses were expected to be settled in cash during the month in which they were incurred.
3 Baker Limited includes as liquid resources term deposits of less than one year.
4 The directors have proposed that a dividend of $£ 15,000$ be paid on 28 February 2017.
Required:
(a) Calculate Baker Limited's forecast net cash position at 31 March, 30 June and 30 September 2017 respectively.
(b) Prepare a forecast statement of cash flows for the nine months ending 30 September 2017.

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Problem 10

The following information has been extracted from the draft financial information of V Ltd:
(a) You are required to prepare a statement of cash flows for V Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2016 in accordance with the requirements of IAS 7.
(b) It has been suggested that the management of long-term profitability is more important than short-term cash flow. Explain why this might be so.

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Problem 11

Indicate whether each of the following items would be associated with cash inflow (I), cash outflow $(\mathrm{O})$ or non-cash item $(\mathrm{N})$ and under which category each would be reported on a statement of cash flows: Operating Activities (OA); Investing Activities (IA); Financing Activities (FA) or not on the statement (NOS).
1. Fees collected for services
2. Interest paid
3. Proceeds from sale of equipment
4. Cash (principal) received from bank on loan note
5. Purchase of Treasury stock for cash
6. Collection of loan made to company officer
7. Cash dividend paid
8. Taxes paid
9. Wages paid to employees
10. Cash paid for inventory purchases
11. Proceeds from sale of common stock
12. Interest received on loan to company officer
13. Utility bill paid

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Problem 12

Limedrop plc had the following selected transactions during the past year:
1. Sold (issued) 3,600 ordinary shares at $\mathrm{f} 10$ par for $\mathrm{f} 35$ per share.
2. Received $£ 270,000$ from various trade debtors.
3. Paid dividends of $£ 220,000$.
4. Received $f 3,200$ interest on a note receivable from a company officer.
5. Paid an annual insurance premium of $£ 9,200$.

Required:
(a) Journal entries for each of the above transactions (omit explanations).
(b) For each transaction, indicate the amount of cash inflow or outflow and also how each cash flow would be classified in a statement of cash flows.

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