Problem

During 2012, Crop-Paper-Scissors, a craft store, changed to the LIFO method of accounting...

During 2012, Crop-Paper-Scissors, a craft store, changed to the LIFO method of accounting for inventory. Suppose that during 2013, Crop-Paper-Scissors switches back to the FIFO method and the following year switches back to LIFO again.

Requirements

1. What would you think of a company’s ethics if it changed accounting methods every year?


2. What accounting principle would changing methods every year violate?


3. Who can be harmed when a company changes its accounting methods too often? How?

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