SOLUTIONS TO CONCEPTS FOR ANALYSIS
CA 23.1
(a) The main purpose of the statement of cash flows is to provide information about cash receipts and
(b) The following are weaknesses in form and format of Maloney Corporation’s Statement of Sources
and Uses of Cash:
1. The title of the statement should be Statement of Cash Flows.
the employee share option plans, and for changes in current assets and liabilities.
3. The format used should separate the cash flows into investing, financing, and operating
activities. Non-cash investing and financing activities, if significant, should be shown in a note to
the financial statements.
4. Individual items should not be grouped together, as was the case for the $14,000 item.
(c) 1. (i) The $25,000 share-option plan wage and salary expense should be included in the
2. The expenditures for plant asset acquisitions should not be reported net of the proceeds from
3. Share dividends or share splits need not be disclosed in the statement because these
transactions do not significantly affect financial position.
4. The issuance of the 16,000 ordinary shares in exchange for the preference shares should be
5. The presentation of the combined total of depreciation and depletion is probably acceptable.
The general rule is that related items should be shown separately in proximity when the result