Operating Activities
The operating activities section of your company’s cash flow statement determines whether the net profit or loss reported on your income statement has increased or decreased the amount of your company’s cash flow. Because your income statement is most likely prepared using the accrual method of accounting, the operating activities section of your company’s cash flow statement will present the bottom line recorded on your income statement so it only includes the revenues that were actually received and the expenses that were paid during the weeks or months accounted for in the cash flow statement. This means your company’s interest expense will only reduce the amount of your company’s cash flow to the extent that your business laid out cash to cover the expense.