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Interest/finance paid in cash from operations

SSara3y ago
The following details were provided by an entity, which had a profit before tax of $434,850 for the year ended 31 December 20X6. Depreciation of $37,400 was charged to the statement of profit or loss; this included an amount of $7,600 which was the loss on disposal of a non-current asset. Finance costs of $35,000 were charged to the statement of profit or loss The following extract of the statement of financial position at31 December 20X5 and 20X6 was provided: 31 Dec20X6 31 Dec20X5 $000 $000 Inventory 145 167 Trade receivables 202 203 Prepayments 27 16 Trade payables 166 212 Interest payable 6 28 The answer for cash generated from operations is 503,250- which includes added finance costs of 35,000 to the Profit before tax. My question is why the answer includes only the 35,000 instead of following the following format to solve the cash paid in relation to finance/interest paid. Thank you! e.g. Interest/tax payable account Accrual b/f X Cash paid (ß) X P&L charge X Accrual c/f X ––––– ––––– X X ––––– –––––
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor3y ago#1
We add back to the profit the tax charged in the SOPL, which is $35,000, to get the profit before tax. Separately on the statement we then subtract the actual tax paid (which does mean adjusting for the brought forward and carried forward accruals).
SSara3y ago#2
Thank you for clarifying!
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor3y ago#3
You are welcome.
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