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Cash and Cash Equivalents Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Financial Accounting and Reporting

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

I. Definition

Cash includes money and any other negotiable instru­ments that is payable in money and accepted by the bank for deposit and immediate credit.
Presen­tation: Current Asset
Measur­ement: Face Value
Estimated Recovery Value - the projected value of an asset that can be recovered in the event of liquid­ation or winding down.

Cash Equiva­lents

short-term and highly liquid invest­ments that are readily conver­tible into cash and so near their maturity that they present insign­ificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.
Measur­ement: Face Value
Presen­tation: Current Asset

Examples of Cash Equiva­lents

Three-­Month BSP Treasury Bills
Three-­Month Time Deposi
Three-­Month Money Market Instrument or Commercial Paper
Xxx-Year BSP Treasury Bills/­Com­mercial Paper/­Red­eemable Preference Share Purchased Three-­Months before Maturity Date.

Note

Three Months is based on the Date of Purchase.
 

II. Cash Items

Cash on Hand
Cash in Bank
Cash Set Aside for Current Operations
Unrest­ricted Compen­sating Balances
Foreign Currency

Cash on Hand

Undepo­sited Collec­tions
Customer's Check
Manager's Check
Traveler's Check
Cashier's Check
Bank Draft
Money Order

Cash in Bank

Checking Accoun­t/D­emand Deposit
Savings Account

Cash set aside for Current Operations

Dividend Fund
Interest Fund
Tax Fund
Payroll Fund
Cash Set aside for the Acquis­ition of Short-­Ter­m/C­urrent Assets

Unrest­ricted Compen­sating Balances

Unrest­ricted - Cash
Restricted - Short/­Lon­g-Term Investment

Foreign Currency

translated to Philippine Peso using the exchange rate at the balance sheet date (Closing Rate)
 

III. Checks Issued and Recorded

Postdated Checks
Undeli­ver­ed/­Unr­eleased Checks
Stale Checks

Postdated Check (PDC)

A check written by the drawer for a date in the future

Undeli­vered Check

A check merely drawn and recorded, but not given or delivered to the payee before the end of the reporting period

Stale Check

Check that have passed their life as a valid form of payment. These are the checks which are at least 180 days old (6 months).

Non-Cash Items

Items
Classi­fic­ations
Travel Expenses and Postage Stamps
Prepaid Expense
Cash in Closed Banks/NRV
Receiv­ables
NSF/DA­UD/DAIF
Receiv­ables
Bank Overdraft (Same Bank + Positive Balance)
Current Liability
Customer's Post-Dated and Undeli­vered Checks
Receiv­ables
IOU (I owe you)
Receiv­ables
 

If restri­ction is silent

Items
Classi­fic­ations
Time Deposi­t/C­ert­ificate of Deposit
Cash Equiva­lents
Money Market­/Co­mme­rcial Paper
Cash Equiva­lents
Treasury Bills
Cash Equiva­lents
Treasury Note
Short-Term Investment (1yr)
Treasury Bonds
Long-Term Investment (10yr)
Redeemable Preference Share
Long-Term Investment
Compen­sating Balance
Cash
Deposit in Foreign Bank
Cash
Sinking Fund for Current Liabil­ities
Cash
Pension Fund for Current Liabil­ities
Cash

NOTES

Foreign Bank (Restr­icted)
Long Term Investment
Company's Post-Dated and Undeli­vered Checks
Revert to Cash