LIFO
LIFO (last-in, first-out method) is valuing of inventory with the assumption the last goods received in the store are the first to be sold.
Definitions
According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition),
- LIFO (last-in, first-out method). Valuing of inventory with the assumption the last goods received in the store are the first to be sold.
Related concepts
- Accounting (alternatively known as accountancy) is management of financial data, information, and knowledge about financial transactions of legal entities. Accountancy tends to include bookkeeping and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include quatitative analysis of financial data in the bookkeeping system and/or business intelligence.
