（a) The following information relates to the draft financial statements of Mocha. Summaris

(a) The following information relates to the draft financial statements of Mocha.

Summarised statements of financial position as at 30 September:

Summarised income statements for the years ended 30 September:

The following additional information is available:

(i) Property, plant and equipment:

The property disposed of was sold for $8·1 million.

(ii) Investments/investment income:

During the year an investment that had a carrying amount of $3 million was sold for $3·4 million. No investments were purchased during the year.

Investment income consists of:

(iii) On 1 April 2011 there was a bonus issue of shares that was funded from the share premium and some of the revaluation reserve. This was followed on 30 April 2011 by an issue of shares for cash at par.

(iv) The movement in the product warranty provision has been included in cost of sales.

Required:

Prepare a statement of cash flows for Mocha for the year ended 30 September 2011, in accordance with IAS 7 Statement of cash flows, using the indirect method. (19 marks)

(b) Shareholders can often be confused when trying to evaluate the information provided to them by a company’s financial statements, particularly when comparing accruals-based information in the income statement and the statement of financial position with that in the statement of cash flows.

Required: In the two areas stated below, illustrate, by reference to the information in the question and your answer to (a), how information in a statement of cash flows may give a different perspective of events than that given by accruals-based financial statements:

(i) operating performance; and

(ii) investment in property, plant and equipment.

The following mark allocation is provided as guidance for this requirement:

(i) 3 marks

(ii) 3 marks