| Article ID: | iaor2003867 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 331 |
| End Page Number: | 359 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Journal: | Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management |
| Authors: | Fischer Mary, Gordon Teresa, Kraut Marla Myers, Malone David |
| Keywords: | management, education, statistics: empirical |
Reporting cash flows is a relatively recent development in college and university financial reporting. An examination of the purported usefulness of cash flow information to the users of college and university financial statements including an examination of the relationship between accrual-based change in net assets and cash provided by operations found private universities have implemented the cash flow reporting requirements with a relatively high level of compliance employing the indirect format for reporting operating cash flows. The principal areas of deficiency were the reporting of split-interest, restricted gift activities and the required disclosures of cash outflows related to interest and taxes. The discussion of the compliance deficiencies and display findings leads to needed disclosure guidance and future research.