Question

Selected information from Jacklyn Hyde Corporation's accounting records and financial statements for 2021 is as follows ($ in millions): Cash paid to retire notes $ 128 Common shares acquired for treasury 188 Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock 286 Proceeds from issuance of subordinated bonds 308 Cash dividends paid on preferred stock 94 Cash interest paid to bondholders 124 In its statement of cash flows, Jacklyn Hyde should report net cash inflows from financing activities of:

Answer 1

Answer:

$244 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 while an increase in liabilities is an inflow.

Hence net cash inflows from financing activities ($ in millions)

= -$128 - $128 + $286 + $308 - $94

= $244

The interest to bondholders is considered in the operating activities section.