Determining the cost or valuation of inventory held in a company is an important management task. Inventory often represents a large portion of total assets on the balance sheet and the method used to ...

Inventory includes raw materials, partially finished goods and finished goods. A retail business may have finished goods awaiting shipment, while a manufacturing business may have raw materials and ...

For many companies, inventory represents a large, if not the largest, portion of their assets. As a result, inventory is a critical component of the balance sheet. Inventory can be valued using a few ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Frontier Oil Corporation (NYSE:FTO) today announced its intention to change its inventory valuation method to the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method from the first-in, ...

Fleet maintenance software Fleetio has added new inventory valuation methods to its offerings: LIFO / FIFO (last-in first-out, first-in first-out). LIFO / FIFO is an accounting method for customers to ...

Accounting and parts tracking can be some of the most challenging chores for fleet managers. To help, Fleetio added new inventory valuation methods to its list of offerings on Tuesday — LIFO / FIFO ...

Under FIFO, inventory would be valued at $1,600 (400 at $1.25 + 1,000 at $1.10). Cost of sales would be $1,750 ($0 + $3,350 – $1,600), and gross profit would be $1,290 ($3,040 – $1,750). Under LIFO, ...

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 ...