Accounting Procedures Allow a Business to Evaluate Its Inventory Costs

question 22

Multiple Choice

Accounting procedures allow a business to evaluate its inventory costs based on two methods: LIFO (Last In First Out) or FIFO (First In First Out) . A manufacturer evaluated its finished goods inventory (in $000s) for five products with the LIFO and FIFO methods. To analyze the difference, they computed (FIFO - LIFO) for each product. Based on the following results, does the LIFO method result in a lower cost of inventory than the FIFO method? What is the value of calculated t?

• A) +0.933
• B) ±2.776
• C) +0.47
• D) -2.028

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Definitions:

Processing Costs

Expenses associated with the process of transforming raw materials into finished goods, often used in industries where products undergo many stages of production.

Sales and Direct Cost

The total revenue generated from goods and services minus the direct costs associated with producing those goods and services.

Activity-Based Costing

A method of costing that identifies the relationship between costs, activities, and products, and through this relationship, assigns indirect costs to products less arbitrarily than traditional methods.

Processing Costs

The expenses involved in handling, treating, or converting raw materials into finished products.