?Part of a company's draft statement of cash flows is shown below:
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?$!000
Net profit before tax???????????????????????????? 8,640
Depreciation charges???????????????????????? (2,160)
Proceeds of sale of non-current assets? 360
Increase in inventory???????????????????????????? (330)
Increase in accounts payable??????????????? ?440
The following criticisms of the above extract have been made:
1?Depreciation charges should have been added, not deducted.
2?Increase in inventory should have been added, not deducted.
3?Increase in accounts payable should have been deducted, not added.
4?Proceeds of sale of non-current assets should not appear in this part of the statement of cash flows.
Which of these criticisms are valid?