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.
In accounting, a business must establish the cost basis of this inventory. Cost accounting is a more conservative inventory valuation method that values inventory based on its cost. Retail accounting, on the other hand, values inventory based on items' retail price. There are three primary cost accounting methods to value inventory -- first in first out, last in first out and weighted average cost.