What Tax And Interest Figures To Use For FCF Calculation?

For tax in the FCF calculation, should I use the tax figure in the cash flow statement rather than the one in the income statement, due to differences in timing of cash taxes paid?

For interest, I noticed that sometimes the company includes interest paid in their cash from operations. Should this be taken out from the FCF calculation?

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