EMPIRICAL STUDY CONCERNING THE VIEWS ON THE FORMAT OF CASH FLOW STATEMENTS

Following the proposals about the new IFRS that would replace the existing standards on financial statement presentation in IFRSs, IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows, we conduct an empirical study on the opinions regarding the format of the cash flow statement, and the most appropriate method of presentation. The objective of this research is to develop a critical analysis based on this literature, regarding the most appropriate method of presenting cash flow statements. The results of our research is that the direct method is the most adequate for statement of cash flows, being confirmed by most studies reviewed, most researchers considering this method of reporting as the most appropriate and useful, compared with reporting by using the indirect method.