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- February 22, 2017 at 6:04 pm #373718
I have a question how to handle deferred income in the indirect cash flow.
In this scenario I bill my customer in December for services starting in January for lets say 100 €. Payment is not received by end of year.
Bank 0
AR 100 €
Deferred income 100 €
Profit after tax 0In the cash flow I would start with the Profit after tax which is zero, since I have to recognise the revenue next year. Then I would deduct increase in accounts receivable which would give me a negative cash flow of 100 €.
But in reality there has been no movement in cash. So my question is how to handle payments received where the income is not yet recognised. Where do I put an adjustment, or should I deduct changes in deferred income against accounts receivable in the statement of cash flow?
Thanks in advance!
FredrikFebruary 22, 2017 at 7:04 pm #373732The double entry for the deferred income is what?
Dr Accounts Receivable
Cr An account that will show a credit balance and be included as a liability on the statement of financial positionSo we have an increase in Receivables and that is cancelled out by an increase in the Accounts Payable
OK?
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