The Tax Court held that a business taxpayer’s automatic consent request to change from the last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method failed due to defects in its Form 3115, Application for Change in ...

With 2021 just ended, many dealers are rubbing their hands in delight over their supersized operating profits while scratching their heads over what to do about last in, first out (LIFO) recapture as ...

New motor vehicle dealers should consider including a tax-saving contingency in their cash plans for pending federal income tax legislation affecting inventory accounting. If enacted, dealers using ...

The last-in, first-out (LIFO) method assumes that the last unit to arrive in inventory is sold first. The first-in, first-out (FIFO) method assumes that the oldest unit of inventory is sold first.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a Tax Court finding that the consistent omission of a step when computing inventory cost under the dollar-value ...

The food industry is gathering data to fight efforts in Congress toward the possible repeal of the LIFO method of inventory accounting — proposals that could mean not only higher taxes on inventory ...

I think we’re going to see a new era in how we manage this type of thing. My hope is people are going to give more thought to the importance of carrying inventory and safety stock so that we can ...

Taxpayers that fail the gross receipts test are not eligible for the new rules governing inventory accounting. The $25 million threshold will be indexed annually for inflation; the 2025 amount is $31 ...