1) Hertz makes five adjustments (ignoring ‘Other adjustments’) to net income before including the changes in operating assets and liabilities. List each of these five items and explain why each of these items is added (subtracted) from net income to calculate Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities.
Answer:
The five adjustments to net income before including the changes in operating assets and liabilities in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. are listed as follows;
Explanation:
Since the net income reported in the statement of cash flows is transferred from the profit and loss account which is the difference between revenue and expenditures all of two types;
(a) Those
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Notice that Hertz does not separately classify assets as ‘current’ and ‘long-term’. Do you think the largest asset is a current or long-term asset? Why?
Answer:
The largest asset reported on Hertz’s balance sheet is as follows;
The classifications of assets in terms of current and long-term nature are as follows
The current assets are those which are readily convertible into cash and cash equivalents due to their highly liquid nature and also form part of working capital of the company’s operations. However, the long term assets in contrast are not liquid because since they have a useful life of more than a year and hence their full value cannot be easily realized within
Adjustments shall be made to avoid double counting in comprehensive income items that are displayed as part of net income for a period that also had been displayed as part of other comprehensive income in that period or earlier periods. For example, gains on investment securities that were realized and included in net income of the current period that also had been included in other comprehensive income as unrealized holding gains in the period in which they
2. Was cash flow from operations greater than or less than net income? Explain in detail the major reasons for the difference between these two figures.
Again, using my carefully crafted Statement of Activities, I prepared the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. It was relatively easy in that I had already classified my assets by type. Under the temporarily restricted assets, the net assets released from restrictions are the sum of satisfaction of plant acquisition and satisfaction of program restrictions. Increase in Net Assets is the sum of increase/decrease in unrestricted net assets, increase in temporarily restricted net assets and increase in permanently restricted net assets. Net Assets, 12/31/15 is the sum of ending balances given in the exercise and the increase in net assets. Again it was important to check to make sure this tied back to the Statement of Activities and the Statement of Unrestricted Revenues, Expenses and Other Changes in Unrestricted Net Assets.
‘Cash and cash equivalents’ include certain short-term investments and, in some cases, bank overdrafts. Like IFRS, ‘cash and cash equivalents’ include certain shortterm investments, although not necessarily the same short-term investments as under IFRS. Unlike IFRS, bank overdrafts are considered a form of short-term financing, with changes therein classified as financing activities. The statement of cash flows presents cash flows during the period, classified by operating, investing and financing activities. Like IFRS, the statement of cash flows presents cash flows during the period, classified by operating, investing and financing activities. The separate components of a single transaction are classified as operating, investing or financing. Unlike IFRS, cash receipts and payments with attributes of more than one class of cash flows are classified based on the predominant source of the cash flows unless the underlying transaction is accounted for as having different components. Cash flows from operating activities may be presented using either the direct method or the indirect method. If the direct method is used, then an entity presents a reconciliation of profit or loss to net cash flows from operating activities; however, in our experience practice varies regarding the measure of profit or loss used. Like IFRS, cash flows from operating activities may be presented using either the direct method or the indirect method. Like IFRS, if
The cash flow statement shows the amount of cash within a company. Items that affect the cash balance are listed on the statement. The first section of the cash flow statement is operating activities, which shows the cash flowing in and out of the company in relation to its business operation. The operating activities section also includes net income and the change in dollars of certain accounts listed on the balance sheet. The next section, investing activities, shows cash the company received and spent on a company's capital investments. The financing activities section shows the inflows and outflows of cash related to the company’s issued financial securities, which is also listed on the balance sheet and statement of shareholders' equity.
* Net Operating Income (NOI), Cash Flow from Operations (CFO) and Cash Flow after Financing (CFAF)
the asset or the market price, which may differ considerably from their original purchase price. ▫ Four broad categories: liquid assets, investments, real property, and personal property.
20.Current assets include cash and all other assets expected to become cash or be consumed:
Effects of a change in accounting policy or correction of accounting error (“What Is A Cash Flow” 2004).
The use and purpose of the Statement of Cash Flows The cash flow statement identify the sources of cash flowing into the business and shows how they have been used over a period. Companies or users need to read this statement in conjunction with trading and profit and loss accounting and balance sheet and also in the context of the statement in the previous year. (Cox, 2004) This statement provides a useful tool for analysing management decisions and strategy. It can reveal such things as the amount of liquid funds generated from operating activities; the ways in which financing occurred and investment activities during a period.
A statement of cash flow or cash flow statement is a detailed report that provides investors and shareholders with the correct information about cash inflows and outflows and the resulting change in cash and cash equivalents over a period of time. They are
The statement of cash flows commences with a negative net income. That, in addition to the increase in accounts receivables during the year, results in a negative cash flow from operating activities. Although Tesu reduced their inventory by a significantly large amount, held back on their
Question 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Total: Topic Revenue and Events after reporting period Income taxes and Leases Property, plant and equipment, Impairments and Investment Property Intangible assets Changes in accounting estimates and errors Marks 19
Current assets include cash and those assets which can be converted into cash within year such as inventories, sundry debtors, marketable securities, loans and advances and prepaid expenses.