Cash Flow Statement Essentials Template
Prepare a cash flow statement with operating, investing, and financing activities. Track cash inflows and outflows to see net cash position.
What's Included
- Dashboard with cash flow summary showing net cash from operations, investing, financing, and total change
- Cash flow statement in standard accounting format following the indirect method with three activity sections
- Operating, investing, and financing activity sections with pre-built line items for common cash flow entries
- Automatic net cash flow calculation that sums all three sections to show total increase or decrease in cash
- Period-over-period comparison with color-coded input cells (yellow) and auto-calculated totals (blue)
- Works in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc with no setup required
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- Dashboard with cash flow summary showing net cash from operations, investing, financing, and total change
- Cash flow statement in standard accounting format following the indirect method with three activity sections
- Operating, investing, and financing activity sections with pre-built line items for common cash flow entries
- Automatic net cash flow calculation that sums all three sections to show total increase or decrease in cash
- Operating Activities sheet covering cash receipts, cash payments to suppliers and employees, and other operating items with monthly columns
- Investing Activities sheet tracking capital expenditures, asset purchases, asset sales, and investment transactions by month
- Financing Activities sheet logging loan proceeds, loan repayments, equity investments, and dividend payments by month
- Dashboard with 6 KPI cards: net operating cash flow, net investing cash flow, net financing cash flow, total net cash, ending cash balance, and months of runway
- Cash Flow Summary consolidating all three activity sections into a single statement with beginning balance, net change, and ending balance by month
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How to Use This Cash Flow Statement Template
Enter operating activities
Fill in cash from operations - net income, depreciation, and changes in working capital items like receivables and payables.
Add investing activities
Record cash used for or received from investments - equipment purchases, property sales, or investment transactions.
Add financing activities
Enter loan proceeds, loan repayments, equity issued, and dividends paid in the financing section.
Review net cash flow
The dashboard sums all three sections to show the net change in cash for the period, plus beginning and ending cash balances.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What method does this use?
The template follows the indirect method, starting with net income and adjusting for non-cash items and working capital changes to arrive at cash from operations.
What goes in operating vs investing?
Operating covers day-to-day business - revenue, expenses, receivables, and payables. Investing covers asset purchases and sales. Financing covers debt and equity transactions.
Can I compare multiple periods?
Yes. The template supports period-over-period comparison with columns for the current and prior period side by side.
Is depreciation added back?
Yes. Under the indirect method, depreciation is a non-cash expense added back to net income in the operating activities section.
How do I open this in Google Sheets?
Upload the .xlsx file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets. All formulas and formatting will be preserved.
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