This article is devoted to a comparative study of stock accounting in the Congolese accounting system and in SYSCOHADA, with the aim of establishing the points of convergence and divergence between these two accounting systems and determining whether they are effective in stock accounting.
At the end of our analysis, we have noted that the two accounting systems compared reveal more differences than similarities in inventory accounting. These differences are, in fact, innovations that SYSCOHADA brings to the PCGC. Other advantages of SYSCOHADA are also due to the major innovations it brings to certain aspects of the economic life of companies. Among these advantages are: the distinction between inventories, in particular, and liabilities and liabilities in general in ordinary and non-ordinary activities, the use of an inventory change account for any movement relating to inventories, the presence of an account to record services in progress, etc.