FIFO Reports Higher Gross Profit and Net Income Than the LIFO

question 171

Multiple Choice

FIFO reports higher gross profit and net income than the LIFO method when ​

• A) ​prices are increasing
• B) ​prices are decreasing
• C) ​prices remain stable
• D) ​prices are reduced by 50%

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Definitions:

Payback

Payback is a capital budgeting metric that measures the time required for an investment to generate cash flows sufficient to recover the initial investment cost.

Mutually Exclusive

Situations, choices, or events that cannot occur or be chosen at the same time; selecting one option excludes the possibility of the other.

WACC

The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) represents the expected average return rate a company owes its security holders for financing its assets.

NPV

Net Present Value (NPV) is a financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment, calculated by subtracting the present value of cash outflows from the present value of cash inflows over a period of time.