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.
The basis of a cost accounting system begins with the type of costs that flow into and through the inventory accounts. There are three alternatives including: pure historical costing, normal historical costing and standard costing. These concepts are illustrated in Exhibit 2-2 and discussed individually below.