Example: Caterpillar (CAT), 10-K, 2016
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the
lower of cost or market. Cost is principally determined using the
last in, first-out (LIFO) method. The value of inventories on the
LIFO basis represented about 60 percent of total inventories at
December 31, 2016 and 2015.
If the FIFO (first-in, first-out)
method had been in use, inventories would have been $2,139 million
and $2,498 million higher than reported at December 31, 2016 and
2015, respectively. – Page...