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''Accounting - cash management - financial reporting.''
1. ''Law - international law - sovereignty - personality.''


(CF).  
Very similar to a country.


The movement of cash in or out of a business, a project or a financial instrument in a particular period under review.
But, more strictly, an entity that has:


*A permanent population;
*A defined territory; and
*An effective government.


The cashflow for a given period may differ from the profit or loss for the same period because of:


#Items in cashflow which are not part of profit or loss.  For example capital expenditure or the collection of trade debtors arising and recognised in prior periods; and
States have separate legal personality in international law, and can enter into relations with other states.
#Items in profit or loss which are not cashflows, such as depreciation, amortisation, or making accruals.




Cashflow is sometimes written ''cash flow''.
2. ''Adjective.''


Relating to, or provided by, a government or governmental agency.


== See also ==
For example, ''state aid''.
* [[Accounting]]
* [[Accrual]]
* [[Amortisation]]
* [[Cash]]
* [[Cash conversion cycle]]
* [[Cash flow statement]]
* [[Cash management]]
* [[CertICM]]
* [[Depreciation]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Free cash flow]]
* [[Incremental cash flows]]
* [[Profit]]




===Other links===
==See also==
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/9020 Students: Cash in, The Treasurer, May 2013]
*[[International law]]
* [[Jurisdiction]]
*[[Legal personality]]
*[[Member state]]
*[[Rentier state]]
*[[Sovereignty]]
*[[State aid]]
*[[State immunity]]
*[[State Pension]]


[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Revision as of 18:36, 1 November 2021

1. Law - international law - sovereignty - personality.

Very similar to a country.

But, more strictly, an entity that has:

  • A permanent population;
  • A defined territory; and
  • An effective government.


States have separate legal personality in international law, and can enter into relations with other states.


2. Adjective.

Relating to, or provided by, a government or governmental agency.

For example, state aid.


See also

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