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Your Business: Leans on Equity Builds on Assets Thrives on Profit Navigates with Debt Survives on Cash Flow. ------------------- LinkedIn restricts posts to 3,000 characters. Join 29,000 subscribers for my free newsletter The Finance Gem 💎 Get my unabbreviated Linkedin post content (including this one) and other finance gems delivered weekly straight to your Inbox >> (L𝗶𝗻𝗸 in my Linkedin profile) ------------------- The Income Statement & The Balance Sheet are the most popular financial statements. But most don't appreciate that the Cash Flow Statement is where the true power is. Because even though a company might be profitable on the P&L. It may still face bankruptcy without sufficient cash to: >> cover operating costs >> invest in growth >> service debt Here are the basics of the Cash Flow Statement. Learn them here for FREE to help your business survive. And check out my Cash Flow Masterclass to learn how to thrive. ➡️There are 3️⃣ types of business activities and each of them can absorb or release cash into a business. 1. Operating Activities ⚫ The primary sources and uses of cash in a company's day-to-day business operations 🎯 Key sources of cash in this section include: >> Cash received from new sales in the period >> Cash collected from sales in prior periods >> Cash received as interest and dividends 🎯 Key uses of cash in this section include: >> Cash payments to suppliers and employees >> Cash interest payments made on debt >> Cash payments made for income taxes **dividends and interest paid/received may also be classified into financing cash flows 2. Investing Activities ⚫ Involve the acquisition and disposal of long-lived assets, such as PPE and investments.   🎯 Key sources of cash in this section include: >> Cash received from the sale of property, plant, and equipment >> Cash received from the sale of investments (stocks, bonds, etc.) >> Cash received from repayments of loans made to others 🎯 Key uses of cash in this section include: >> Cash paid for the purchase of property, plant, and equipment >> Cash paid for the purchase of investments (stocks, bonds, etc.) >> Cash paid out to others as loans 3. Financing Activities ⚫ Include transactions with the company's owners and creditors 🎯 Key sources of cash in this section include: >> Cash received from the issuance of common stock or preferred stock >> Cash received from the issuance of debt (bonds, loans, etc.) 🎯 Key uses of cash in this section include: >> Cash paid to repurchase common stock or preferred stock >> Cash paid for the repayment of debt (bonds, loans, etc.) >> Cash paid out to shareholders as dividends 👉👉👉Like and Share this post to help it reach others. You could help a business survive. 👉👉What are your thoughts on cash flow? ------------------ ➕ Follow me for more finance, business, and cash flow insights. 🔔 Ring the bell at the top right of my profile so you don't miss out on new posts. #entrepreneur #finance #business

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Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Driving Effective Financial Strategy for CEOs and CFOs | Compounding your Impact x Influence through Strategic Finance Courses, Trainings & Talks | Founder and President, Financiario.Com

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Martin Mellor

Finance Expert & Trainer @ Mellor Financial Management | Facilitating Finance Conversations with impact I Driving Business Growth I Make Finance Your Superpower

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Fantastic breakdown Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Sam Carter

Fractional CFO/Business Advisor/Providing comprehensive C-Suite services for business growth.

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I absolutely love the breakdown Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

Your posts are very helpful, thank you

Cezary Zieba

Managing Director | General Manager | EMEA | CEE | f. CIS | - turnarounds and transformations. Batteries, micro-electronics, specialty and fine chemicals, TIC, PPE. Academic lecturer | Ile-de-France, 🇫🇷 | Warsaw, 🇵🇱

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Oana Labes, MBA, CPA Another great piece of work. Never enough to make the indispensable basics clear.

Mariano Fernandez Vivas

CFO | M&A’s | Mentor Finanzas | Consejos de Administración | Business School.

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Another interesting finance post, Oana. Really easy and schematic. Congrats.

Raja K

Reset, Restart & Refocus

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Easy to understand by anyone, Nice break down. Oana Labes, MBA, CPA

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