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How Disclosure Choices Can Hide Cash Flow Weaknesses (Course Id 2884)

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Author:

Kelen Camehl, CPA, MBA

Course Length:

Pages: 15 ||| Word Count: 6530 ||| Review Questions: 3 ||| Final Exam Questions: 5

CPE Credits:

1.0

IRS Credits:

0

Price:

$12.95

Passing Score:

70%

Course Type:

Text
How Disclosure Choices Can Hide Cash Flow Weaknesses - CPE course for CPAs

Technical Designation:

Technical

Field Of Study:

Auditing

Approved Audience:

NASBA QAS - NASBA Registry

Key Takeaways:

This course examines how financial statement disclosure choices can be used to obscure underlying cash flow weaknesses.

  • Covers how narrative disclosures and the aggregation of line items can shape the presentation of cash flow information.
  • Explains how non GAAP liquidity measures can be used to influence perceptions of a companys cash flow position.
  • Addresses how these disclosure choices affect the way investors, analysts, and other financial statement users interpret liquidity.
  • Worth 1.0 CPE credit in Auditing as a self study course on cash flow disclosure choices, requiring a 5 question final exam preceded by 3 review questions (optional) and a 70% passing score.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The How Disclosure Choices Can Hide Cash Flow Weaknesses course examines only narrative disclosures, aggregation, and non GAAP liquidity measures, without covering classification or timing tactics.

This course describes how aggregation and line item presentation choices can combine figures in ways that obscure underlying cash flow trends.

This course is designed for CPAs, accountants, and auditors who want a short course specifically on disclosure and presentation techniques.

This course is a Technical, self study text course worth 1.0 CPE credit in Auditing. It requires a 70% score on a 5 question final exam after 3 review questions (optional), within one year. CPEthink is approved by NASBA as a CPE sponsor and lists this course on the NASBA site as a courtesy for CPAs to search https://nasba.org.

Yes, How Disclosure Choices Can Hide Cash Flow Weaknesses provides one hour of CPE credit in fraud prevention, detection, or reporting, which counts toward the four hour fraud CPE requirement imposed by the California Board of Accountancy (http://www.dca.ca.gov/cba) on CPAs subject to the accounting and auditing, governmental auditing, or preparation engagement CE requirement.

Description:

This course looks at how the way companies present and disclose information can hide cash flow issues. It covers things like narrative disclosures, combining line items, and using non-GAAP liquidity measures. As you work through the course, you’ll see how these choices can shape how investors, analysts, and other financial statement users perceive a company’s cash flow and overall liquidity.

Usage Rank:

20000

Release:

2026

Version:

1.0

Prerequisites:

None.

Experience Level:

Overview

Additional Contents:

Complete, no additional material needed.

Additional Links:

Advance Preparation:

None.

Delivery Method:

QAS Self Study

Intended Participants:

Anyone needing Continuing Professional Education (CPE).

Revision Date:

12-Jun-2026

NASBA Course Declaration:

Participants must complete the final examination within one year of purchase and with a minimum passing grade of 70% or better to receive CPE credit unless otherwise noted on the Course History page (i.e. California Ethics must score 90% or better). After logging in click on the Course History links on your My Courses page for the Begin date and Expire date for the Final Exam.

Keywords:

How Disclosure Choices Can Hide Cash Flow Weaknesses - CPE course for CPAs

Learning Objectives:

Course Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify disclosure practices that obscure cash flow trends
  • Recognize aggregation and line-item presentation choices affecting liquidity
  • Determine the impact of non-GAAP measures on interpretation
  • Distinguish presentation from techniques that conceal cash flow issues 

Course Contents:

Chapter 1 - How Disclosure Choices Can Hide Cash Flow Weaknesses

Course Learning Objectives

Course Overview

Introduction

Narrative Disclosure Techniques

Review Questions

Aggregation and Line-Item Presentation

Non-GAAP Liquidity Measures

Conclusion

Review Questions

Glossary of Key Terms

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