after-tax cash flow

Cash Flow After Taxes

In accounting, a measure of a company's cash flow after all taxes are paid. It is calculated by taking the net income and adding back in the value of all non-cash expenses, notably amortization and depreciation. Publicly-traded companies with a high cash flow after taxes are in a better position to distribute cash dividends than those with a low cash flow after taxes. In addition to this, it is also used as a measure of general performance and financial health.

after-tax cash flow

A financial analysis of an income-producing property to determine cash benefits to the owner after paying all expenses,mortgage payments,and taxes,and after deducting amounts that must be taken into income for tax purposes,but which have not yet been collected. If the tax savings from depreciation or other tax shelters will result in tax losses, thus reducing taxes that must be paid on other income,then those savings are added back in,just as if they were additional income. The intent is to discover the amount of money that can be deposited in the bank at the end of each year.