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You have several components that would cause changes in Cash flow and Net income. The first, and usually most intrusive is the way that capital asset (machines, buildings, etc.) are recorded. Purchasing a machine worth $50,000 causes an instant outflow of cash, however, you are able to amortize that same machine over it's useful life on the balance sheet. This means that if the machine has a useful life of 10 years, the amortization expense in the same year your purchased the machine (which remember was a $50,000 outflow of cash) will only be $5,000 (assuming straight-line amortization). This gives you a difference of $4,500 for the year. In subsequent years, the amortization expense will still be present at $5,000 (which counts towards your Net Income), however you did not have any cash transaction associated with the asset. This causes a $5,000 affect in the opposite direction.

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Q: What causes the profit for the year not to equal the net cash inflow?
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What causes the net profit for the year note to equal the net cash inflow?

Net profit refers to the book profits made by an enterprise after accounting all incomes & expenses. This includes both cash & non - cash items like depreciation which does not involve any cash outflow. Net cash inflow refers to the actual cash received by the enterprise during the year. The only cause that net profit will equal the net cash inflow is if the Profit & loss account records only the receipts during the year & excludes all expenses both cash & non-cash.


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Net cash flow is calculated as follows Net cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities Net cash inflow (outflow) from investing activities Net cash inflow (outflow) from financing activities Total cash inflow(outflow) Add: Opening cash balance Closing cash balance Closing cash balance must be equal to cash balance in balance sheet.


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Cash inflow - Cash flowing into the business from all sources over a period of time.


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Exactly what it sounds like. A cash inflow means that cash is going into the company, and a cash outflow means cash is going out of the company.


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What is cash inflow and outflow?

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