Can you tell us how assets and liabilities affect a company’s cash flow?

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Financial Management

There are few aspects of how a cash flow of an organisation can be affected:

Change in accounts receivable
Change in inventory
Change with prepaid expenses
Depreciation factor
Change in operating liabilities

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Sanisha Maharjan

Sanisha Maharjan

Jan 18, 2022

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