This document discusses different inventory costing methods. LIFO assigns the cost of the latest purchases to ending inventory and produces the highest gross profit when costs are decreasing. FIFO assigns the earliest costs to cost of goods sold and produces the highest ending inventory when costs are increasing. The weighted average method is rarely used with a perpetual inventory system.
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1. Never results in either the highest or lowest possible net income Rarely used with a perpetual
inventory system Cost of the latest purchases are assigned to ending inventory Widely used for
tax purposes Does not follow the physical flow of goods in most cases Prohibited under
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Produces the highest gross profit when costs
are decreasing Produces results that are similar to the specific identification method Assigns the
same value to all inventory units Produces the same cost of merchandise sold under both the
periodic and the perpetual inventory systems Produces the highest ending inventory when costs
are increasing LIFO Weighted average FIFO
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LIFO – Cost of Latest Purchases are assigned to ending inventory
FIFO- Produces the highest ending inventory when costs are increasing
Weighted Average – Rarely used with a perpetual inventory system .