What are net income adjustments?
Christopher Davis
Updated on February 10, 2026
The adjusted net income or adjust net profit is the income that it makes that it makes, adjusted to reflect certain company practices and excluding any one-time or unusual items (income or expense). Each year you prepare your financial statements (P&L) reflecting the amount of profit (or loss) that you realized.
Which of the following is added to net income as an adjustment under the indirect method of preparing the statement of cash flows?
When preparing a statement of cash flows using the indirect method, a decrease in accounts payable is subtracted from net income. Under the indirect method, an increase in accounts payable is added to net income to arrive at net cash flows from operating activities.
Which of the following would be added to net income using the indirect method?
Depreciation is a non cash expense so it would be added in the net income under the indirect method.
Which method adjusts net income to net cash flows from operating activities?
The indirect method adjusts net income for items that affected reported net income but did not affect cash. A company should add back bond premium amortization to net income to arrive at net cash flow from operating activities.
Is net income after adjustments?
Adjusted net cash flow or adjusted net income represents a business’s earnings after expenses. In accounting terms, it shows the earnings before interest, depreciation and taxes, but it also includes additions or subtractions for such items as the owner’s salary and discretionary, one-time and noncash expenses.
Which of the following is an example of non-cash activity?
Examples of non-cash items include deferred income tax, write-downs in the value of acquired companies, employee stock-based compensation, as well as depreciation and amortization.
Which of the following would be included in net income?
Net income (NI), also called net earnings, is calculated as sales minus cost of goods sold, selling, general and administrative expenses, operating expenses, depreciation, interest, taxes, and other expenses. It is a useful number for investors to assess how much revenue exceeds the expenses of an organization.