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1. 230-10Overall230 Statement of Cash Flows

   ASC 230-10 governs the statement of cash flows, which every entity presenting both financial position and results of operations must provide for each period results of operations are presented (230-10-15-3). It requires cash receipts and payments to be classified as operating, investing, or financing activities and requires the statement to explain the change in the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents (230-10-45-4, 45-10, 45-24). Operating cash flows may be presented by the direct method (encouraged) or the indirect method, but a business entity must reconcile net income to net cash flow from operating activities either way (230-10-45-25, 45-28, 45-29).

2. 230-942Financial Services—Depository and Lending230 Statement of Cash Flows

   This Subtopic tailors the statement of cash flows to banks, savings institutions, and credit unions. Its core rule is a net-reporting exception: these institutions need not report gross cash receipts and payments for deposits placed with or withdrawn from other financial institutions, time deposits accepted and repaid, and loans made to customers and principal collections on those loans (230-942-45-1). It also requires that principal payments received under sales-type and direct financing leases be classified as investing activities (230-942-45-4) and provides a full direct-method illustration in Section 55.