In: Accounting
Li Ltd requires you to determine, for the two scenarios below, the ‘cash and cash equivalents’ amount to include in its Statement of Cash Flows.
Scenario 1 |
Scenario 2 |
|
Cash at bank |
$20 000 |
$33 000 |
Short term investment (45 day) |
- |
$70 000 |
Foreign bank account (insignificant risk of change in value) |
3 000 |
- |
Short term investment (120 day) |
10 000 |
- |
Redeemable preference shares (redeemable in three years) |
- |
3 500 |
Petty cash |
- |
50 |
Bank overdraft |
7 680 |
- |
Redeemable preference shares (redeemable in 60 days) |
- |
15 000 |
Cash and cash equivalents = |
$ |
$ |
Details | Scenario 1 | Transaction impact on cash | Calculation | Scenario 2 | Transaction impact on cash | Calculation |
Cash at bank | $20 000 | Opening balance | 20000 | $33 000 | Opening balance | 33000 |
Short term investment (45 day) | - | No impact | 0 | $70 000 |
adding to cash and Cash eq due to less than 90 days |
70000 |
Foreign bank account (insignificant risk of change in value) | 3 000 | Added to cash and cash equivalents | 3000 | - | No impact | 0 |
Short term investment (120 day) | 10 000 | Not included in cash and cash Equi due to more than 90 days | 0 | - | No impact | 0 |
Redeemable preference shares (redeemable in three years) | - | No impact | 0 | 3 500 | No impact | 0 |
Petty cash | - | No impact | 0 | 50 | adding to cash and Cash eq | 50 |
Bank overdraft | 7 680 | Reduced from cash and increased Current Liabilities | -7680 | - | No impact | 0 |
Redeemable preference shares (redeemable in 60 days) | - | No impact | 0 | 15 000 | No impact | 0 |
Cash and cash equivalents = | $ | 15320 | $ | 103050 |
Note: investment normally qualifies as a cash equivalent only when it has a short maturity of, say, three months or less from the date of acquisition. Equity investments are excluded from cash equivalents.