The American Institute of CPAs has sent three recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service about modifying the IRS’s proposed regulations for inventory valuation.
The changes related to the IRS’s proposed Dollar-Value Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) Regulations: Inventory Price Index Computation (IPIC) Method Pool.
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• Permit the inclusion of resale goods in the same LIFO IPIC pool with manufactured or processed goods under the IPIC pooling rules;
• Offer test year, qualifying period, retest year, and extended qualifying period rules similar to the rules provided in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.263A-2(b)(4) and -3(d)(4) for using the historic absorption ratio; and
• Furnish an exception from the requirement to change pools as a result of the application of the 5-percent rules.
The dollar-value method of valuing LIFO inventories is a way of determining costs by using a base-year cost that’s expressed in terms of total dollars as opposed to the quantity and price of specific goods as the unit of measurement. Under the existing Treasury regulations, manufacturers or processors are required to establish one pool for each natural business unit unless the manufacturer or processor opts to set up multiple pools.