11. The operating cash flow impact of increasing sales, receivables, and inventory,
depends on their relative dollar amounts. Generally speaking, sales increases
12. Cash inflows from investing activities include cash received from sale of
equipment, sale or maturity value of investments, and principal collections on non–
13. Cash inflows from financing activities include cash received from issuing stock and
14. Noncash investing and financing activities are activities that would normally be
classified as investing or financing activities, except no cash was received or paid.
15. When equipment is sold, it is considered an investing activity, and any cash
received is reported as a cash inflow from investing activities. When using the
indirect method, the gain on sale of equipment must be reported as a deduction
from net income, because the gain was included in net income, but did not provide
any cash from operating activities.