Two common ways for companies to account for inventory are first-in/first-out, or FIFO, and last-in/last-out, or LIFO. In FIFO, the first units that arrive in the business are the first sold. In LIFO, ...

A lot depends on the nature of your business. In some cases accounting methods can actually be part of your business strategy; inventory accounting is one of those methods. Specific identification ...

The acronyms FIFO and LIFO identify methods for figuring the cost of goods sold when the price of your inventory has changed over time. With LIFO, you determine the price by assuming the most recent ...

The selection by an entity of its company structure, its fiscal year and its method of accounting are the three main mechanisms that a company can employ in performing substantial tax planning, ...

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 ...

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USA TODAY markets reporter Matt Krantz answers a different reader question every weekday. To submit a question, e-mail Matt at mkrantz@usatoday.com. Q: How does "LIFO" and "FIFO" affect how much tax ...

Many retailers have used the LIFO (last in, first out) accounting method to manage their inventory reporting. The methods assumes that the last unit to arrive in inventory (the most recent) is sold ...