Cash provided by operating activities:
Plus/minus changes in current
asset and liability accounts:
– Increase in accounts receivable (1,850)
– Increase in inventory (5,299)
– Decrease in accounts payable (1,711)
+ Increase in accrued selling and
Requirement 3:
Net income is $3,728, while cash provided by operating activities is
only $372. There are several causes of the difference. First, $6,380
of depreciation expense reduced income, but it did not reduce cash
flow, so it is added back to net income to obtain cash from
operations. Accounts receivable increased during the year (i.e., not