Review best Buy SEC 10-K company's statement of cash flows.

There are three main sections to the statement of cash flows:Cash flows from Operating Activities, Cash flows from Investing Activities, and Cash Flows from Financing Activities.

The balance sheet and income statement provide important information used to prepare the statement of cash flows. The relationship between these two financial reports with the statement of cash flows may be summarized as follows:

1. Net income (from the income statement) is a measure of operating activities but the income statement reports net income based on financial accounting, not based on cash flows.Thus, net income is adjusted from a financial accounting measure back to a cash flow by adding back expenses that do not affect cash (such as depreciation), subtracting non cash gains on sale of assets, adding back non cash losses from sales of assets, and adjusting for changes in current assets and current liabilities (information from the balance sheet).

2. Cash flows from the sale and purchase of long term assets are reported in the investing activities section.

3. Cash flows from changes in long term liabilities and owners' equity are reported in the financing activities section.

Reviewing Best Buy corporation's statement of cash flows:what do you learn about best buy SEC 10-K company as you view the four financial statements together?Do you see net income from the income statement on your statement of cash flows?Can you recalculate the amounts reflected as changes in current assets and current liabilities from your balance sheet(s)?

What is the main source of cash?Operating, financing, or investing activities?Is this a financially healthy way for the corporation to obtain cash flows?What type of activities provide the healthiest source of cash flows (i.e., operating, investing, or financing activities)?

Additionally, here are some topics to consider:

• How does the intent of management (as to length of time) impact how investments are reported?
• What are bonds, and how does issuing bonds above or below their par value affect the amount of interest expense recorded each accounting period?
• What are the key assumptions upon which accounting depends?
• What topic(s) gave you trouble this week (if any)?/What topic(s) do you feel you were able to grasp?Post questions in the homework discussion thread!

Reference

https://www.principlesofaccounting.com

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