Question

George Corporation had the following transactions occur in the current year: 1. Cash sale of merchandise inventory. 2. Sale of delivery truck at book value. 3. Sale of George Corporation common stock for cash. 4. Issuance of a note payable to a bank for cash. 5. Sale of a debt security held as an available-for-sale investment. 6. Collection of loan receivable. How many of the above items will appear as a cash inflow from investing activities on a statement of cash flows for the current year? Two items Three Items Four Items Five or more items

Answer 1

Answer: Three items will appear being;

2. Sale of delivery truck at book value

5. Sale of a debt security held as an available-for-sale investment

6. Collection of loan receivable.

Explanation:

The Investment Section of the Cash Flow Statement contains activities related to investment such as the buying or selling of fixed assets and the buying or selling of other company stocks or bonds.

Out of the above therefore, there are 3 activities that would fall under this section of the Cash Flow Statement.

They are;

2. Sale of delivery truck at book value.

- This refers to the sale of a Fixed asset and as such it goes to the investment section.

5. Sale of a debt security held as an available-for-sale investment.

- As a debt security of another firm that was considered available for sale, this goes to the Investment Section as well.

6. Collection of loan receivable.

- Finally, collection of loan receivable means that the company loaned money to another company making it an investment related cash inflow as it is a long term Investment income source.