Synopses & Reviews
Cost Accounting provides comprehensive coverage of cost accounting principles and techniques in short learning segments that make it easier for students to learn and understand the material. In addition to a clear, concise writing style, carefully planned organization, and numerous illustrations, this new edition now offers an even more attractive design that enhances learning while maintaining student interest. A spreadsheet applications disk can be packaged with the text.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Job Order Cost AccountingChapter 1: Monitoring CostsChapter 2: Job Order Cost CycleChapter 3: Purchasing MaterialsChapter 4: Storing and Issuing MaterialsChapter 5: Controlling and Valuing InventoryChapter 6: Timekeeping and PayrollChapter 7: Charging Labor Costs into ProductionChapter 8: Departmentalizing Overhead CostsChapter 9: Setting Overhead RatesChapter 10: Applying Manufacturing OverheadChapter 11: Completing the Cost CycleBusiness Project 1: Job Order Cost AccountingChapter 12: Scrap, Spoiled Goods, and Defective GoodsPart 2: Process Cost AccountingChapter 13: Process Cost SystemChapter 14: Production Data and Cost FlowChapter 15: Average Costing of Work in ProcessChapter 16: Units Lost or Increased in ProductionChapter 17: First In, First Out Costing of Work in ProcessChapter 18: By-ProductsChapter 19: Joint ProductsBusiness Project 2: Process Cost AccountingPart 3: Cost Accounting as a Management ToolChapter 20: The Analysis of Cost BehaviorChapter 21: BudgetingChapter 22: Standard Costs: Materials and LaborChapter 23: Standard Costs: Manufacturing OverheadBusiness Project 3: Budgets and Standard CostsChapter 24: Direct Costing: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis (Break-Even Analysis)Chapter 25: Analysis of Manufacturing Costs for Decision MakingChapter 26: Analysis of Nonmanufacturing Costs for Decision MakingChapter 27: Capital Planning