Iwang, when you are calculating CFO using indirect method, you start off with net income. The profit or loss from sale of equipment/property is already encountered in net income. And you also use the total sale price for CFI.
So, to avoid double counting, you must add back the loss, or subtract the gain from N.I when calculating for CFO using indirect method.
Hope that makes sense.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 12:57PM by CFAHouston.