Author: Dauda Osmanu

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-27

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9781790410682

This book takes readers through the two main methods of preparing cashflow statements-the Direct Method and the Indirect Method -with particular emphasis on the indirect method. It also explains the three major steps involved in preparing the statement of cash flows using the indirect method.Both the direct method and indirect method of preparing cashflow statement are explained and illustrated.The book considers how net profit affects capital and cash on hand considering various situations such as cash transactions and credit transactions and how the adjustments to net profit before tax is carried out.In illustrating how account balances impact profit, cash and equity, each element of the statement of profit or loss and the statement of financial position is considered separately and treated as a chapter on its own.The book takes a further look at decreases and increases in different account balances and their treatment in the preparation of cashflow statements using the indirect method. In doing this, the statement of cashflows is first presented with explanations. This is then followed by the statement of profit or loss and the statement of financial position which form the basis for the preparation of the statement of cashflows.