Garden Ltd. acquired fixed assets viz. plant and machinery for Rs.20 lakh. During the same year it sold its firniture and fixtures for Rs.5 lakh. Can the company disclose net cash outflow towards purchase of fixed assets in the cash flow statement as per AS-3?
no both sale of furniture and purchase of plant and machinery has to been shown separately. It is the important point to remember that we can't netting off items
Purchase/sale from Fixed assets need to show in Investment activities. also Depreciation & Profit/loss from Sale of FA need to show under operating activities in adjustments.