Last In First Out (LIFO) | Inventory Cost Flows

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In this video you'll learn about Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions. There are three of these:
▪ FIFO - First In First Out
▪ LIFO - Last In First Out
▪ AVCO - Weighted Average Cost Method
This accounting tutorial focusses on LIFO. You'll discover how the Last In First Out method works and get to practice using it with an example. This episode is part of a mini-series exploring Inventory in Accounting. You can find the link to the whole playlist here ⬇️
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⏱️TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - What is the Inventory Calculation?
01:04 - What do Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions do?
01:26 - What are Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions?
01:38 - The three assumptions: FIFO, LIFO and AVCO
01:50 - How LIFO works (Last In First Out)
02:01 - Accounting with LIFO - Example
02:57 - Step 1: Draw an Inventory Cost Flow Table
03:10 - Step 2: Enter what you know
04:32 - Step 3: Fill in the blanks
06:52 - Step 4: Cost of Goods Sold and Closing Inventory
07:30 - Advantage of LIFO
07:44 - Disadvantage of LIFO
08:01 - FIFO vs LIFO vs AVCO
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You can find the FIFO and AVCO videos in the Inventory Playlist (link in the vid description). ⏱️TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - What is the Inventory Calculation? 01:04 - What do Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions do? 01:26 - What are Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions? 01:38 - The three assumptions: FIFO, LIFO and AVCO 01:50 - How LIFO works (Last In First Out) 02:01 - Accounting with LIFO - Example 02:57 - Step 1: Draw an Inventory Cost Flow Table 03:10 - Step 2: Enter what you know 04:32 - Step 3: Fill in the blanks 06:52 - Step 4: Cost of Goods Sold and Closing Inventory 07:30 - Advantage of LIFO 07:44 - Disadvantage of LIFO 08:01 - FIFO vs LIFO vs AVCO

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In rising trends of prices, the LIFO method of cost flow assumption leads to higher cost of goods sold...WHY?

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Question 2: the lesser COGS yields mor gross profit and gross profit margin and eventually it result in HIGHER net income ...WHY?

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What is the difference between AVCo And weighted average cost

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how did he get 100 times 2 dollars per unit?

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Where did 2,750 revenue came from? I am confuse. Anyone help

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Don't use LIFO if you're required to fill under IASB.

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