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What are the industries which are using FIFO /LIFO for inventory valuation? Any industry related examples?

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Question ajoutée par Chelmini Mannanayake , Financial Analyst , MAS Holdings Pvt Ltd
Date de publication: 2014/05/26
Muhammad Saad Ghanchi
par Muhammad Saad Ghanchi , Accountant , Nojoom al Madina,General Trading,LLC.

1. IFRS disallowed LIFO and US GAAP allowed to use both.

2. Items that are Perishable in nature use FIFO method.(i.e Vegitables)

3. items that are not Perishable in nature use LIFO method (i.e coal)

4.In united states, LIFO is use for tax reporting.But, FIFO is used in financial accounting.

 

 

 

Omar Almahfooz
par Omar Almahfooz , مستشار مبيعات , الزاهد للتراكتورات والمعدات الثقيلة المحدودة

Most of the industries tend to use FIFO, however, there are some industries use  LIFO such as news paper business they mostly use the latest news that happened to publish it in their new upcoming print.

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