Discover why IFRS prohibits LIFO accounting, including issues like distorted financials, outdated inventory values, and ...

How a company values its inventory affects its income statement and bottom line. "Average cost" and "last in, first out," or LIFO, are two of the most common methods for valuing inventory. Both rely ...

Last-in, first-out (LIFO) and first-in, first-out (FIFO) are two common inventory valuation methods used by companies in accounting. Inventory valuation is the process of assigning value to materials, ...

Home Depot, Inc. announced a key change in accounting principals in its third quarter filing with the SEC. After adopting a new enterprise resource planning system, otherwise known in the ...

Manufacturers, processors, wholesalers, jobbers, distributors and other companies that have a substantial portion of their assets in the form of inventory have an opportunity to improve their cash ...

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a Tax Court finding that the consistent omission of a step when computing inventory cost under the dollar-value ...

A company with last-in-first-out (LIFO) inventory that experiences a decrease in LIFO inventory would typically have additional taxable income related to the LIFO decrement. A LIFO decrement is the ...

In the glittering world of gold, some jewellers have reportedly been playing a clever game, not with the jewellery, but with the accounting books. ET had earlier reported that the Income Tax (I-T) ...

How much you paid for your cryptocurrency (the cost basis) has a major impact on the taxes you pay when you eventually sell them. Understanding how Specific ID, First in, first out (FIFO) & Highest in ...