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Using FIFO, you calculate the cost of goods sold expense as follows: In short, you use the first three units to calculate cost of goods sold expense. The cost of the ending inventory asset, then, is $106, which is the cost of the most recent acquisition.The $412 total cost of the four units is divided between $306 cost of goods sold expense for the three units sold and the $106 cost of the one unit in ending inventory.The total cost has been accounted for; nothing has fallen between the cracks.he $412 total cost of the four units is divided between $306 cost of goods sold expense for the three units sold and the $106 cost of the one unit in ending inventory. The total cost has been accounted for; nothing has fallen between the cracks.
During deflation (period of falling prices), FIFO inventory cost is lower than the LIFO inventory cost. Hence, In the example above, the LIFO Reserve is $12,700 - $9,00 = $3,700. This is also exactly equal to the difference in cost of goods sold under both methods ($16,700 vs. $13,000).