Which Costing Method Cannot Be Used to Determine the Cost

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which costing method cannot be used to determine the cost of inventory items before lower-of-cost-or-market is applied?

• A) Specific identification
• B) FIFO
• C) LIFO
• D) All of these methods can be used.

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