The convergence of accelerating inflation and heightened tariff costs creates optimal conditions for adopting LIFO, but taxpayers need to understand the benefits and act promptly.

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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 is one of several methods a business may use to account for the cost of its inventory for financial reporting purposes. Inventory is the goods and products a business sells to ...

The impact of reduced new-vehicle inventories and the resulting LIFO recapture continues to be a major concern for dealers. The National Automobile Dealers Association has been very active for more ...

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, ...

Few differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP loom larger than accounting for inventories, particularly the disallowance of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method in IFRS. The proposed shift of U.S. public ...