13.1: Introduction to Preparing a Statement of Cash Flow
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What you’ll learn to do: Describe how cash flow factors can be used to improve or evaluate a business
Now we are ready to put it all together! There will be three sections to our statement of cash flow:
- Operating section
- Investing section
- Financing section
We have the two ways we can do this, using either the direct or indirect method. Watch this video for a quick review of the entire cash flow statement process:
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- Introduction to Cash Flow Analysis. Authored by: Freedom Learning Group. Provided by: Lumen Learning. License: CC BY: Attribution
CC licensed content, Shared previously
- Module 11, Video 1 - Statement of Cash Flows. Authored by: Tony Bell. Located at: https://youtu.be/VWlfmPSE6Kw. License: CC BY: Attribution