Financial Statements Prepared for Use in Other Countries 2205 the United States, the auditor may report using either (a) a U.S.-style reportmodiï¬ed to report on the accounting principles of another country (see para-graphs.09and.10)or(b)ifappropriate,thereportformoftheothercountry(seeparagraphs .11 and .12).
Retail Inventory Method. The retail inventory method is an accounting system to estimate the ending inventory and cost of goods sold. Essentially, its used to estimate the amount of ending inventory at cost.
Average costing method. Under average costing method,the average cost of all similar items in the inventory is computed and used to assign cost to each unit sold. Like FIFO and LIFO methods, this method can also be used in both perpetual inventory system and periodic inventory system. Average costing method in periodic inventory system: