Cash Flow Statement
of the Volkswagen Group for the period January 1 to December 31, 2019
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€ million |
2019 |
2018 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
28,113 |
18,038 |
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Earnings before tax |
18,356 |
15,643 |
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Income taxes paid |
−2,914 |
−3,804 |
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Depreciation and amortization of, and impairment losses on, intangible assets, property, plant and equipment, and investment property¹ |
12,046 |
11,034 |
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Amortization of and impairment losses on capitalized development costs¹ |
3,665 |
3,668 |
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Impairment losses on equity investments¹ |
300 |
170 |
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Depreciation of and impairment losses on lease assets¹ |
8,428 |
7,689 |
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Gain/loss on disposal of noncurrent assets and equity investments |
−4 |
98 |
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Share of the result of equity-accounted investments |
460 |
244 |
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Other noncash expense/income |
−730 |
347 |
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Change in inventories |
−674 |
−5,372 |
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Change in receivables (excluding financial services) |
−893 |
−6,400 |
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Change in liabilities (excluding financial liabilities) |
2,297 |
3,645 |
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Change in provisions |
1,646 |
−762 |
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Change in lease assets |
−13,204 |
−11,647 |
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Change in financial services receivables |
−10,796 |
−7,282 |
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Cash flows from operating activities |
17,983 |
7,272 |
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Investments in intangible assets (excluding development costs), property, plant and equipment, and investment property |
−14,230 |
−13,729 |
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Additions to capitalized development costs |
−5,171 |
−5,234 |
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Acquisition of subsidiaries |
−673 |
−470 |
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Acquisition of other equity investments |
−420 |
−420 |
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Disposal of subsidiaries |
3 |
−26 |
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Disposal of other equity investments |
177 |
210 |
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Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets, property, plant and equipment, and investment property |
237 |
282 |
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Change in investments in securities |
387 |
−1,378 |
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Change in loans and time deposits |
−1,456 |
−826 |
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Cash flows from investing activities |
−21,146 |
−21,590 |
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Capital contributions/capital redemptions |
– |
1,491 |
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Dividends paid |
−2,899 |
−2,375 |
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Capital transactions with noncontrolling interest shareholders |
1,368 |
−28 |
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Proceeds from issuance of bonds |
25,916 |
35,308 |
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Repayments of bonds |
−19,784 |
−15,290 |
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Changes in other financial liabilities |
−4,509 |
5,488 |
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Repayments of lease liabilities |
−957 |
−29 |
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Cash flows from financing activities |
−865 |
24,566 |
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
243 |
−173 |
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Change of loss allowance within cash and cash equivalents |
1 |
−1 |
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Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
−3,784 |
10,075 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
24,329 |
28,113 |
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
24,329 |
28,113 |
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Securities, loans and time deposits |
29,099 |
28,036 |
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Gross liquidity |
53,428 |
56,148 |
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Total third-party borrowings |
−201,468 |
−190,883 |
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Net liquidity |
−148,040 |
−134,735 |
Explanatory notes on the cash flow statement are presented in the section relating to the cash flow statement.