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13 Mar 2023

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08 Mar 2023

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Resolved: Profit or Loss on Assets Disposal

In a situation where we realised profit or loss from the sales of an asset, how should it be accounted for in the Cash Flow Statement?

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Posted on:

13 Mar 2023

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Hi Bashir, 


When a company sells fixed assets at a profit (or loss), this reflects both the Operating and Investing activities in the Cash Flow Statement. 

The sale is recorded as follows:


Operating activities:

Add: loss on sale of assets

Less: profit on sale of assets

These are adjustements to the Net Income amount, as the profit/loss of the sale has already been included in Net Income in the Income Statement. So, we have to exclude them in the Cash Flow Statement. 


Investing activities:

Add: proceeds from sale of assets

Less: purchases of assets

This is the amount of actual cash received/paid in the transaction. 


I hope you find this helpful. Please let us know if you have any other questions. 


Best, 

The 365 Team


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