Yes, Expenses done while payment not made is a reason for increase in cash flows because if cash is paid then there would be a reduction in cash while deferred it to future time has actually increase the cash flow for the time being.
Decrease
Decrease in prepaid expenses increases the cash flow because if there is no prepaid expenses already in balance sheet then cash has to be paid to fulfill expenses but as there are prepaid expenses and company save cash that;s why it increases the cash flow.
Many things can cause a decrease in cash flow including decrease in sales, increase in expenses, not collecting accounts receivables timely, and increase in interest rates.
Increase in Accounts payable increases the cash flow because if we had paid accounts payable it will reduce our cash immediately but instead of paying cash we defferred the payment for future time and save the cash that's why it increases the cash flow. Following are simple rules to determine effect on cash flow increase in asset reduces the cash flow decrease in asset increase the cash flow increase in liability increase the cash flow decrease in liability decrease the cash flow
In the cash flow basis of accounting, accounting entries are made only when cash is received or paid. This means that revenue is recognized when cash is received, and expenses are recorded when cash is disbursed, rather than when transactions occur. As a result, the focus is on actual cash movements rather than accrued or deferred amounts.
Increase in wages payable will increase in cash flow because cash is not paid.
Cash flow is revenue or expenses stream that changes a cash account over or given period.
Non-cash items include any outflows or inflows that are accrued over time such as deprecitaion/amortization expenses or accretion expenses but are not necessarily physical cash outflows (the money is not going anywhere perse). Hope that helps.
While preparing cash flow statment using indirect method, non-cash expenses are added back to net income because in net income these expenses were deducted to arrive at net income while there is no cash inflow or outflow from these activities so that's why to arrive cash flow from operating activities these items are added back to arrive at cash flow from operations.
investing activities in cash flow statement
It increases cash flow because you receive cash.
Increase in inventory reduces the cash flow because by paying cash company purchases inventory.