LAKE FOREST, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pactiv Corporation (NYSE: PTV) today announced a change in accounting for inventories from a combination of the use of the last in, first out (LIFO) method and ...

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Home Depot, Inc. announced a key change in accounting principals in its third quarter filing with the SEC. After adopting a new enterprise resource planning system, otherwise known in the ...

There are two methods of accounting for inventory that affect a business's reported profits and taxable revenues: FIFO and LIFO. FIFO, first-in first-out, keeps the first inventory stocked on the ...