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Explain three reasons why in many organisations the cash flow for a given period differs from the profit realised by the organisation in the same period.

      

Explain three reasons why in many organisations the cash flow for a given period differs from the
profit realised by the organisation in the same period.

  

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Kavungya
- The cash flow statement will include cash for the buying and selling of assets but the
income statement wont thus bringing about the difference in the cash flow and
retained earnings.
- Distributions don’t show up on income statement when computing profit realised but
do show up on a cash flow statement. This leads to a difference in the cash flows
and retained earnings in a given organisation.
- The cash flow statement includes the changes in the working capital. This brings
about difference since these changes are not included in the computation of
retained earnings.
Kavungya answered the question on May 16, 2019 at 13:42


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