Accounting Ch 10
● In times of rising prices, ending inventory determined using the LIFO
inventory assumption will be lower than ending inventory determined
using the FIFO inventory assumption
● Major differences between service companies & retail/manufacturing
companies is that retailers & manufacturers must account for:
○ Inventory
○ Cost of goods sold
● Items held for sale in the normal course of business are referred to as
inventory
● The type of income statement that reports a series of subtotals such
as profit, operating income & income before taxes is a multiple step
income statement
● Following methods are available for costing inventory:
○ Weighted average
○ LIFO
○ FIFO
○ Specific identification
● In times of rising prices, cost of goods sold determined using the
LIFO inventory assumption typically will be higher than cost of goods sold determined using the FIFO inventory assumption