with the adjustment for gains or losses, the indirect method format for the operating activities section of the cash flow statement is complete. collectively, the adjustments constitute a reconciliation of net income and net cash generated by operating activities. as seen in illustration 11-3, the $228000 net inflow is the same as would have been reported had the direct method been used. (indeed, some of the adjustment techniques described for the indirect method can be used to obtain the numbers reported by the direct method; the direct method simply reports the results of the adjustments rather than showing the adjustment themselves.)illustration 11-4 is presented as a summary of the adjustments we have described under the indirect method.