Question

Selected information from Frosty Freeze Corporation's accounting records and financial statements for 2022 is as follows ($ in millions): Cash paid to acquire machinery$34 Reacquired Peridot common stock 54 Proceeds from sale of land 93 Gain from the sale of land 54 Investment revenue received 73 Cash paid to acquire office equipment 87 In its statement of cash flows, Frosty Freeze should report net cash outflows from investing activities of: Multiple Choice $101 million. $28 million. $80 million. $33 million.

Answer 1

Answer:

$45 million

Explanation:

The cash flow statement categories the company's transactions in a financial period into 3 groups; these are operating, investing and financing.

The net profit/loss, depreciation, changes in current assets (other than cash) and liabilities are considered as operating activities including income taxes.  

The sale of assets, interest received, purchase of investments are examples of investing activities while the issuance of stocks, debt principal deduction (loan settlement), issuance of debt securities etc are examples of financing activities.

An increase in assets other than cash is an outflow of cash while an increase in liabilities is an inflow of cash.

Hence, the net cash outflows from investing activities (in $'million)

= -$34 + $93 + $73 - $87

= $45