IAS 7 · Workpapers (Step 4 of 5)
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IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows — wording before IFRS 18Applicable today
Applies to annual periods beginning before January 1, 2027.
Group cash flows
File for preparing the consolidated statement of cash flows of a retail group
Section 1 of 8
Objective
Section brief
- What to document
- The engagement, its scope and the working mode chosen.
- Why
- A workpaper answers one precise question: framing it avoids off-topic work.
- How
- Read the objective and the assignment, then choose the mode (guided, semi-guided, professional).
- Expected result
- You know which question the workpaper must settle, and for which reporting date.
- Your role
- Preparer of the IAS 7 workpaper
- Level
- Expert
- Estimated time
- ≈ 50 min
- Progress
- 0 / 4 steps done (review excluded)
Context
The Hestrel group (fictitious entity, DIY and garden retail) is closing its 20X5 consolidated financial statements. The year combines the acquisition of Brivaldi SAS, the disposal of Hestrel Atlantique, a purchase of non-controlling interests, new leases, a dollar loan, a US subsidiary, trapped cash and a supplier finance programme. The draft statement does not reconcile with cash. You prepare the file, submitted to the reviewer before sign-off. Teaching simulation: the review trail of the file (preparation, reviewer notes and final sign-off) is simulated for demonstration purposes; it is neither a real review nor a validation of the content.
Assignment
Group cash flows
Purpose of the workpaper
From the acquisition and disposal agreements, the balance sheets of the subsidiaries at the transaction date, the movements in equity-accounted investments and the exchange rates provided, determine the cash flows from acquiring and disposing of subsidiaries net of cash acquired or disposed of, classify changes in ownership without loss of control, determine the cash flows with associates, measure the exchange effect on the cash of a foreign subsidiary and prepare the disclosures on obtaining and losing control.
Questions of the file covered by this workpaper
- Compute the effect of exchange rate changes on cash.
- Determine the group cash flows.
Documents in the file
Open the documents to pick out the relevant information.