FIFO inventory valuation method

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• Inventory valuation — INVENTORIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Inventories are usually the largest current asset of a business, and proper measurement of them is necessary to assure accurate financial statements. If inventory is not properly measured, expenses and… …   Wikipedia

• Inventory — means a list compiled for some formal purpose, such as the details of an estate going to probate, or the contents of a house let furnished. This remains the prime meaning in British English.[1] In the USA and Canada the term has developed from a… …   Wikipedia

• FIFO — See first in, first out. American Banker Glossary ( first in, first out) An accounting method for valuing the cost of goods sold that uses the cost of the oldest item in inventory first. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * FIFO FIFO [ˈfaɪfəʊ ǁ… …   Financial and business terms

• FIFO and LIFO accounting — methods are means of managing inventory and financial matters involving the money a company ties up within inventory of produced goods, raw materials, parts, components, or feed stocks.LIFO accountingIn LIFO accounting, a historical method of… …   Wikipedia

• FIFO — / fī ˌfō/ abbrfirst in, first out Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. FIFO abbrv. First in, first o …   Law dictionary

• First In, First Out - FIFO — An asset management and valuation method in which the assets produced or acquired first are sold, used or disposed of first. FIFO may be used by a individual or a corporation. For taxation purposes, FIFO assumes that the assets that are remaining …   Investment dictionary

• first-in first-out — FIFO An inventory valuation method that assumes inventory is consumed or sold in the order in which it is purchased or manufactured. The FIFO methodology, which allocates older inventory costs to *cost of sales, is acceptable under most forms of… …   Auditor's dictionary

• last-in first-out — LIFO An inventory valuation method that assumes inventory is consumed (or sold) in the reverse order in which it is purchased (or manufactured). LIFO methodology, which allocates the most recent inventory costs to *cost of sales, is not… …   Auditor's dictionary

• next-in, first-out — (NIFO) An inventory valuation method whereby the cost of goods sold is based on the replacement cost, rather than the actual cost of the goods. This method is not a generally accepted accounting principle; therefore it is not commonly used. See… …   Black's law dictionary

• next-in, first-out — (NIFO) An inventory valuation method whereby the cost of goods sold is based on the replacement cost, rather than the actual cost of the goods. This method is not a generally accepted accounting principle; therefore it is not commonly used. See… …   Black's law dictionary

• next-in first-out — NIFO An inventory valuation method that allocates replacement or *current costs to *cost of sales. NIFO is unacceptable under most forms of *Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, though it may be a valuable costing technique in times of high… …   Auditor's dictionary