September 2022 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released September 2022 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All items rose 0.2% in the last month & increased 8.2% in the last twelve months Food at home increased by 0.6% from August 2022 and rose 13.0% since […]

September 2022 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released September 2022 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): Farm products decreased 0.7% in the last month and increased 25.6% in the last twelve months Processed foods + feeds decreased by 0.5% from August 2022 and rose 9.7% since […]

August 2022 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released August 2022 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): Farm products decreased 2.9% over the last month and increased 22.7% over the last twelve months Processed foods + feeds rose 0.7% from July 2022 and increased 11.7% since August […]

August 2022 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released August 2022 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All items were unchanged in the last month and increased 8.3% in the last twelve months All items, less food + energy, rise 0.5% from July 2022 and rose […]

July 2022 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released July 2022 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): Farm products decreased 2.6% in the last month and increased 27.1% in the last twelve months Processed foods + feeds decreased 0.4% from June 2022 and increased 13.4% since July […]

July 2022 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released July 2022 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): The All items category was unchanged month over month and increased 8.5% in the last twelve months All items, less food & energy, rose 0.3% from June 2022 and […]

Superior LIFO Solutions at a Fraction of Competitor’s Costs

LIFOPro is the most trusted provider for turnkey outsourcing solutions & LIFO software. We offer the most comprehensive documentation & reporting packages, and also provide a full range of LIFO services for both financial reporting and tax. Numerous clients outsource both their book & tax LIFO calculations in order to simplify & streamline the reporting […]

Comparing the Pros & Cons of Internal & External Indexes

The vast majority of companies on LIFO use a method called dollar-value LIFO. Under this method, the calculation of the LIFO reserve occurs as a side-calculation that occurs in two distinct steps, the first being the current year inflation calculation (front end) & the LIFO reserve calculation (back end). The front end of the LIFO […]

June 2022 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released June 2022 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): Farm products decreased 1.0% in the last month and increased 26.5% in the last twelve months Processed foods + feeds rose 1.2% from May 2022 and increased 11.3% since June […]

June 2022 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released June 2022 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All items increased 1.4% over the last month and rose 9.1% over the last twelve months Commodities, less food + energy commodities, increased 0.8% from May 2022 and rose […]

LIFO Coalition Responds to Tax Policy Center’s Repeal Blog

The LIFOPro team would like to acknowledge an article recently published by The Tax Policy Center (you can read the article for yourself here) suggesting LIFO repeal for the gas + oil industry. The LIFO Coalition, whose mission is working on behalf of its members to protect the ability of businesses to use the LIFO […]

May 2022 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released May 2022 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): Farm products rose 2.3% in the last month and increased 26.4% in the last twelve months Processed foods + feeds increased 0.8% from April 2022 and rose 11.8% since May […]