NO.PZ202308140300007707
问题如下:
ZP Corporation is a (hypothetical) multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that trades on numerous stock exchanges. ZP prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP. Excerpts from ZP’s 2018 annual report are presented below.
Exhibit 1:
ZP Corporation Financial Statements
Exhibit 2:
Excerpt from the 2018 Annual Report, Selected Disclosures
选项:
A.weighted average cost.
B.first-in, first-out (FIFO).
C.last-in, first-out (LIFO).
解释:
B is correct. If prices have been decreasing, write-downs under FIFO are least likely to have a significant effect because the inventory is valued at closer to the new, lower prices. Typically, inventories valued using LIFO are less likely to incur inventory write-downs than inventories valued using weighted average cost or FIFO. Under LIFO, the oldest costs are reflected in the inventory carrying value on the balance sheet. Given increasing inventory costs, the inventory carrying values under the LIFO method are already conservatively presented at the oldest and lowest costs. Thus, it is far less likely that inventory write-downs will occur under LIFO; and if a write-down does occur, it is likely to be of a lesser magnitude.
我怎么觉得应该选C呢?