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Summary

This Statement establishes standards for cash flow reporting. It requires a statement of cash flows (instead of a statement of changes in financial position) as part of a full set of financial statements for all proprietary and nonexpendable trust funds and governmental entities that use proprietary fund accounting. It exempts public employee retirement systems and pension trust funds from the requirement to present either a statement of cash flows or a statement of changes in financial position.

This Statement requires that a statement of cash flows classify cash receipts and payments according to whether they stem from operating, noncapital financing, capital and related financing, or investing activities, and it provides definitions of each category.

Governmental enterprises are encouraged to report cash flows from operating activities directly by showing major classes of operating cash receipts and payments (the direct method), although the indirect or reconciliation method may be used. If the direct method is used, a reconciliation of operating income to net cash flow from operating activities is required to be provided.

Information about investing, capital, and financing activities not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period is required to be provided separately.

This Statement is effective for annual financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1989. Restatement of financial statements for earlier years provided for comparative purposes is encouraged but not required.

Unless otherwise specified, pronouncements of the GASB apply to financial reports of all state and local governmental entities, including public benefit corporations and authorities, public employee retirement systems, and governmental utilities, hospitals, colleges, and universities. Paragraph 5 discusses the applicability of this Statement.