The financial statements are interrelated. (a) What item of financial or operating data appears on both the income statement and the statement of owner’s equity? (b) What item appears on both the balance sheet and the statement of owner’s equity? (c) What item appears on both the balance sheet and the statement of cash flows?

Definition Definition Net amount of cash that an entity receives and expends over the course of a given period. For a business to continue operating, positive cash flows are required, and they are also necessary to produce value for investors. Investors in particular prefer to see growing cash flows even after capital expenditures have been paid for (which is known as free cash flow).