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March 18, 2026The Accounting Review

Price Level Adjustments and Inventory Flow Assumptions.

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ADAllan R. Drebin

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Overview

This analysis reveals challenges in defining inventory costs for accurate financial reporting, impacting firms.

Key Points

  • This analysis aims to explore the complexities surrounding inventory cost determination for financial statements and its impact on financial reporting.
  • Surveyed annual reports of corporations by the American Institute of CPA's
  • Analyzed the use of LIFO, FIFO, and average cost methods among companies
  • Identified trends in inventory flow assumptions and their impact on reported income
  • No single inventory cost method (LIFO, FIFO, average) is favored by a majority of companies
  • Wide diversity in inventory flow assumptions complicates income comparison across firms and years
  • Disagreement exists among firms regarding which method best reflects periodic income

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Allan R. Drebin (1965) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba42fb4e9516ffd37a3c2ehttps://doi.org/10.2308/tar-4497844
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  1. 1INVENTORY PRICING AND CHANGES IN PRICE LEVELS.1954
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  3. 3APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL SAMPLING TECHNIQUES TO LIFO INVENTORY VALUATION.1954
  4. 4ANOTHER LOOK AT COST OR MARKET WHICHEVER IS LOWER.1946
  5. 5HAS A.R.B. 29 SETTLED THE PROBLEM OF INVENTORY VALUATION?1953