Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Traditional costing methods

Traditional costing methods — practice question

A business is facing increasing inventory cost prices. Instead of FIFO, the company values its inventory using AVCO. What impact does using AVCO rather than FIFO have on inventory valuation and profit?

  • Ainventory valuation higher; profit higher
  • Binventory valuation higher; profit lower
  • Cinventory valuation lower; profit higher
  • Dinventory valuation lower; profit lower

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