o The cash flow from operating activities section of a cash flow statement can be presented using the direct format or the indirect format. The bottom line is the same, but the two begin at different points. Companies are free to use either format. Below is an example of both formats.
o Direct method: shows how much cash came in for sales and how much cash went out for inventory and other operating expenditures.
o Indirect method: starts with net income as a figure that summarizes most of the cash transactions for operating activities in a firm. However, net income also includes transactions that ere not cash, so we must eliminate the non-cash transactions from the net income figure to arrive at an accurate presentation of cash flow from operating activities.
o Direct method: shows how much cash came in for sales and how much cash went out for inventory and other operating expenditures.
o Indirect method: starts with net income as a figure that summarizes most of the cash transactions for operating activities in a firm. However, net income also includes transactions that ere not cash, so we must eliminate the non-cash transactions from the net income figure to arrive at an accurate presentation of cash flow from operating activities.
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