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I presume u’re talking about US GAAP. Using LIFO accounting for inventory, a company generally reports lower net income and lower book value. This generally results in lower taxation. Due to LIFO’s potential to skew inventory value, UK GAAP and IAS have effectively banned LIFO inventory accounting.