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IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows — wording before IFRS 18Applicable today

Applies to annual periods beginning before January 1, 2027.

IAS 7Chapter 3Lesson 3

Investing activities

Step 1 of 9Learning objectives

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Investing cash flows show what the entity spends on resources intended to generate future income. Only expenditures that result in a recognised asset can be included: acquisitions and disposals of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets (capitalised development included), securities of other entities, loans to third parties, certain derivatives. The amounts are rebuilt from balances, excluding acquisitions without payment.

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Learning objectives

  • Determine whether an expenditure may be classified as investing.
  • Calculate acquisition payments and disposal receipts from balances.
  • Link the acquisition or disposal entry to the cash flow presented.

In this lesson

Original teaching content: it paraphrases the standard without reproducing it and does not replace the official text.

Contents — IAS 7 — Statement of Cash Flows

  1. 1 · Not startedObjective, scope and benefits of the statement0 / 1 lesson
  2. 2 · Not startedDefinitions: cash, equivalents, activities0 / 2 lessons
  3. 3 · Not startedClassifying cash flows into three activities0 / 4 lessons
  4. 4 · Not startedOperating cash flows: direct and indirect methods0 / 2 lessons
  5. 5 · Not startedGross or net presentation0 / 1 lesson
  6. 6 · Not startedSpecific flows: foreign currency, interest, dividends, taxes, investees0 / 4 lessons
  7. 7 · Not startedSubsidiaries: obtaining and losing control, changes in interests0 / 1 lesson
  8. 8 · Not startedNon-cash transactions0 / 1 lesson
  9. 9 · Not startedDisclosures: financing liabilities, suppliers, cash0 / 3 lessons