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Accounting Standard AASB 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements
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Investing activities are the acquisition and disposal of long‑term assets and other investments not included in cash equivalents and the receipt of interest and dividends as described in paragraphs 34A–34D.
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Presentation of a statement of cash flows
10 The statement of cash flows shall report cash flows during the period classified by operating, investing and financing activities. In preparing the statement of cash flows, an entity shall apply this Standard and also apply the general requirements for financial statements in paragraphs 9–43 and 113–114 of AASB 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements.
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12 A single transaction may include cash flows that are classified differently. For example, when the cash repayment of a loan includes both interest and capital, the interest element may be classified as an operating activity and the capital element is classified as a financing activity.
Operating activities
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14 Cash flows from operating activities are primarily derived from the principal revenue‑producing activities of the entity. Therefore, they generally result from the transactions and other events that enter into the determination of profit or loss. Examples of cash flows from operating activities are:
(a) cash receipts from the sale of goods and the rendering of services;
(b) cash receipts from royalties, fees, commissions and other revenue;
(c) cash payments to suppliers for goods and services;
(d) cash payments to and on behalf of employees;
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(f) cash payments or refunds of income taxes unless they can be specifically identified with financing and investing activities; and
(g) cash receipts and payments from contracts held for dealing or trading purposes; and.
(h) cash receipts of dividends and cash receipts and payments of interest as described in paragraphs 34B–34D.
Some transactions, such as the sale of an item of plant, may give rise to a gain or loss that is included in recognised profit or loss. The cash flows relating to such transactions are cash flows from investing activities. However, cash payments to manufacture or acquire assets held for rental to others and subsequently held for sale as described in paragraph 68A of AASB 116 Property, Plant and Equipment are cash flows from operating activities. The cash receipts from rents and subsequent sales of such assets are also cash flows from operating activities.
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Investing activities
16 The separate presentation disclosure of cash flows arising from investing activities is important because the cash flows represent the extent to which expenditures have been made for resources intended to generate future income and cash flows. Only expenditures that result in a recognised asset in the statement of financial position are eligible for classification as investing activities. Examples of cash flows arising from investing activities are:
(a) cash payments to acquire property, plant and equipment, intangibles and other long‑term assets. These payments include those relating to capitalised development costs and self‑constructed property, plant and equipment.;
(b) cash receipts from sales of property, plant and equipment, intangibles and other long‑term assets.;
(c) cash payments to acquire equity or debt instruments of other entities including and interests in associates and joint ventures (other than payments for those instruments considered to be cash equivalents or those held for dealing or trading purposes).;
(d) cash receipts from sales of equity or debt instruments of other entities including and interests in associates and joint ventures (other than receipts for those instruments considered to be cash equivalents and those held for dealing or trading purposes).;
(e) cash advances and loans made to other parties (other than advances and loans made by a financial institution).;
(f) cash receipts from the repayment of advances and loans made to other parties (other than advances and loans of a financial institution).;
(g) cash payments for futures contracts, forward contracts, option contracts and swap contracts except when the contracts are held for dealing or trading purposes, or the payments are classified as financing activities.; and
(h) cash receipts from futures contracts, forward contracts, option contracts and swap contracts except when the contracts are held for dealing or trading purposes, or the receipts are classified as financing activities.
(i) cash receipts of interest and dividends as described in paragraphs 34A–34D.
When a contract is accounted for as a hedge of an identifiable position the cash flows of the contract are classified in the same manner as the cash flows of the position being hedged.