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Reading a business through its numbers: the three statements, cash and value

Building the cash flow statement and checking the links

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Harbour Furniture (fictional): P&L for the year(MYR millions)
Harbour Furniture (fictional): P&L for the year
LineAmount
Revenue300
Cost of goods sold-180
Gross profit120
Operating expenses-60
EBITDA60
Depreciation-15
EBIT (operating profit)45
Interest on the bank loan-5
Profit before tax40
Tax at 25 percent-10
Net profit30

The prompt

Harbour Furniture made the profit shown in the P&L above. During the year it also bought new machines for MYR 25 million, repaid MYR 10 million of its bank loan and paid MYR 10 million of dividends. Build its cash flow statement and check that all three statements tie together.

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