In: Accounting
Jackson corporation bought debt securities that it intends to hold as short-term investments. This purchase should be classified on Rail’s statement of cash flows as a
A-) operating cash inflow
B-) financing cash inflow
C-) operating cash outflow
D-) financing cash outflow
E-) investing cash outflow
Short term investments are done not for the purpose of real investment but to park the surplus cash . And since debt securities are tradable securities so cash used in purchasing them will be regarded as operating cash ouflow..
Hence option c is correct