The inventory costing method your company uses directly affects your "cost of goods sold," which is an expense. The higher the expense you report, the lower your net income, and thus the lower your ...

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What accounting method do you use to value your inventory? The inventory valuation method you choose can affect amount of taxes you pay the government. Got your attention now? LIFO and FIFO are the ...

LIFO vs. FIFO: Inventory Valuation LIFO Since LIFO uses the most recently acquired inventory to value COGS, the leftover inventory might be extremely old or obsolete. As a result, LIFO doesn't provide ...

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On May 1st, I posted about Haverty’s earnings release. Two things popped out at me in that quarterly report. First, Haverty’s decided to push credit to sell furniture instead of lowering prices and ...

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 ...

Fleetio, a fleet maintenance software, has added new inventory valuation methods to its list of offerings, LIFO and FIFO (Last-In First-Out and First-In First-Out). LIFO-FIFO is an accounting method ...

Every crypto investor eventually faces an important question: When I sell my crypto, how do I determine which coins I have actually sold? Because each of these digital assets is purchased at different ...