FIFO and Average-Cost Are the Two Most Common Cost Flow

question 194

Essay

FIFO and average-cost are the two most common cost flow assumptions made in costing inventories. The amounts assigned to the same inventory items on hand may be different under each cost flow assumption. If a company has no beginning inventory, explain the difference in ending inventory values under the FIFO and average-cost cost bases when the price of inventory items purchased during the period have been (1) increasing, (2) decreasing, and (3) remained constant.

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Definitions:

Fiscal Policy

Government adjustments in spending levels and tax rates to monitor and influence a nation's economy.

Monetary Growth

The increase in the overall money supply within an economy, which can influence inflation and economic growth.

Fight Inflation

Various strategies and policies employed by governments and central banks to control the rate of increase in prices, aiming to maintain economic stability.

Quantity Theory

A theory in economics that links the price levels and monetary supply, suggesting that changes in the money supply will directly affect price levels over the long term.