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According to [[College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)]], | According to [[College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition)]], | ||
:[[Statement of cash flows]]. A financial report that provides a detailed breakdown of the specific increases and decreases in cash during an [[accounting period]]. It helps readers of the statement evaluate past performance as well as predict future cash flows of the business. | :[[Statement of cash flows]]. A financial report that provides a detailed breakdown of the specific increases and decreases in cash during an [[accounting period]]. It helps readers of the statement evaluate past performance as well as predict future cash flows of the business. | ||
+ | According to [[Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition)]], | ||
+ | :[[Statement of cash flows]]. Reports the impact of a firm's operating, investing, and financing activities on cash flows over an [[accounting period]]. | ||
==Related concepts== | ==Related concepts== |
Revision as of 13:53, 28 October 2019
Statement of cash flows is a financial report that provides a detailed breakdown of the specific increases and decreases in cash during an accounting period. It helps readers of the statement evaluate past performance as well as predict future cash flows of the business.
Definitions
According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition),
- Statement of cash flows. A financial report that provides a detailed breakdown of the specific increases and decreases in cash during an accounting period. It helps readers of the statement evaluate past performance as well as predict future cash flows of the business.
According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),
- Statement of cash flows. Reports the impact of a firm's operating, investing, and financing activities on cash flows over an accounting period.
Related concepts
- Accounting (alternatively known as accountancy) is management of financial data, information, and knowledge about financial transactions of legal entities. Accountancy tends to include bookkeeping and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include quatitative analysis of financial data in the bookkeeping system and/or business intelligence.