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Why is depreciation a positive term in the free cash flow formula?

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Question added by Yazan Ahmad , programmer , wysada
Date Posted: 2014/04/23
Muhammad Akram Shahzad Mughal
by Muhammad Akram Shahzad Mughal , Assist. Manager Inventory & Warehouse , KahrPlast Co.

When you purchase a capital asset, you generally pay cash (or a note) at the time the asset is purchased, then you would capitalize the asset on your balance sheet as an asset at the cost you paid for it. This is better known as "book value", or "historical cost". This is where it would show on your statement of cash flows, as a capital out lay, or an investing cash out flow.

 

Because depreciation is an expense that does not require the outlay of cash during the current fiscal period.  Depreciation is generally created because you spent cash on capital assets in a prior period.

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by Deleted user

Cause it has been deducted on income statement so on cash flows we added to net profit as a noncash item .

Syed  Muntazir
by Syed Muntazir , Accountant , AL BARAKAH DATES FACTORY LLC

Cause it is a non cash item, so we add it back in cash flow statement.

Zeeshan Ehtisham
by Zeeshan Ehtisham , Head of FP&A and Business Control , Tanmiah Food Group

Added back to determine the cash flows, instead the whole outlay on the asset is recognized in the begining of the first year

Mukkaram Siddique
by Mukkaram Siddique , Finance, Management & Stocks , Amazon Foods Saudi Arabia

Because Depriciation is not a flow of cash, although you put it as an expenditure in the income statement but it is not giving rise to any outflow of cash from your till.......

So its added back to actually see the real cash inflow and outflow in Cash flow statement

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