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How LIFO and FIFO accounting methods impact a company's inventory outlook Carla Tardi is a technical editor and digital content producer with 25+ years of experience at top-tier investment banks and ...

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 ...

Through the representation of the assets that a company owns and the liabilities it owes to others, the balance sheet illustrates an organization's financial well-being. The balance sheet also ...

There are different inventory accounting methods, including first in, first out (FIFO) and last in, first out (LIFO). Companies often try to match the physical movement of inventory to the inventory ...

LAKE FOREST, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pactiv Corporation (NYSE: PTV) today announced a change in accounting for inventories from a combination of the use of the last in, first out (LIFO) method and ...

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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 ...