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Indirect Operating Cash Flow Adjustments

Reconcile net income to modeled operating cash flow with noncash expenses, working-capital movements and signed operating adjustments.

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  1. Enter the known values in the units shown. Results update as you type.
  2. Where results are editable, change one to solve backwards. Lock a value to hold it fixed.
  3. Use the worked example to check the method. Reset restores the starting fields.

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Formula and method

Net income of 1,000 plus 100 depreciation, 50 amortization, a 100 inventory release, a 100 receivables use, a 50 payables increase and a 20 tax-payable increase gives operating cash flow of 1,220.

Operating cash flow = net income + depreciation + amortization + inventory/receivable/payable cash adjustments + tax-payable change + other operating adjustments

Worked example

Enter these known values and leave the other values blank.

Net income
1000 USD
Depreciation
100 USD
Amortization
50 USD
Beginning inventory
500 USD
End inventory
400 USD
Beginning accounts receivables
200 USD
End accounts receivables
300 USD
Beginning accounts payable
100 USD
End accounts payable
150 USD
Change in income tax payable: ending − beginning
20 USD
Other operating reconciliation adjustments (+/−)
0 USD
Inventory cash adjustment: beginning − ending
100 USD
Receivables cash adjustment: beginning − ending
-100 USD
Payables cash adjustment: ending − beginning
50 USD
Net cash adjustment from these three balances
50 USD
Operating cash flow
1220 USD

Assumptions and limitations

  • Start with after-tax net income for the same period as all adjustments. Add back only depreciation and amortization already deducted in that income.
  • Inventory and receivable increases consume cash; payable increases release cash. The working-capital result here is the signed cash effect of these three accounts, not the change in total current assets minus liabilities.
  • Income tax payable must be the ending balance minus the beginning balance, not the ending balance alone. Do not also include that change in other adjustments.
  • Other adjustments must reconcile net income to operating cash flow, with their correct sign. Investing and financing cash flows are excluded. Avoid duplicating any of the named adjustments.
  • This assumes the balance movements represent operating cash adjustments. Acquisitions, disposals, foreign-exchange changes and noncash reclassifications may require further adjustments.

Common questions

Why does an increase in receivables reduce operating cash flow?

It represents revenue included in income that has not yet been collected, under the simplified balance-movement assumptions.

References

Bookify requires nonnegative balance amounts and depreciation or amortization expenses, while retaining signed income and operating reconciliation adjustments.

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