The following information is based on the financial statements of Hewston, a large manufacturing firm. Annual revenues are $66,387 million and net expenses (including income taxes) are $62,313 million. During the year, the firm collected $65,995 million in cash from customers and had cash outflows associated with payments to suppliers and vendors of $56,411 million.
a. Calculate net income and net cash flow for the year.
b. How can cash collected from customers be less than revenues?
c. How can cash payments to suppliers and vendors be less than expenses?