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Latest revision as of 21:16, 21 July 2022
Financial reporting - balance sheet - assets.
(CCE).
For financial reporting purposes, cash equivalents are:
- Short-term, highly liquid investments that are
- Readily convertible to known amounts of cash and
- Which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
Examples of cash equivalents for financial reporting purposes include money market instruments, treasury bills, short-term government bonds, marketable securities and commercial paper.
Cash and cash equivalents are normally reported as a single aggregated figure in the primary statement of financial position (balance sheet).
